Welcome! I create professional illustrations to effectively communicate your scientific concepts.
About

You lose the impact of scientific achievement if it can’t be communicated.
When used effectively, visual communication is a remarkable tool that bridges complex science with audience engagement. Dr. Stephanie Jones’s passion and vocation is to act as this bridge; to increase scientific accessibility and engagement, while retaining a high degree of accuracy.
Stephanie combines her unique skillsets from multiple disciplines to provide indispensable services directly to clients. As a 2020 Genetics and Molecular Biology Ph.D. graduate from Emory University, she has received first-rate scientific training, years of hands-on research experience in the laboratory, and has been credited as an author on several academic publications. Due to these experiences, she communicates easily and effectively with clients and incorporates important details into her illustrations that may have otherwise been overlooked by others. As such, her work has been published in numerous academic publications (to include a feature in Nature), grant proposals, and presentations. In addition, she illustrates for the ScholarRx online learning platform and the First Aid for the USMLE guidebook series, the world’s most popular USMLE preparation resource for medical students.
If you are interested to get in touch or have any questions, please contact Stephanie at bioillustrations@gmail.com. She would be more than happy to discuss potential projects. Rates are determined on a project-to-project basis and are subject to negotiation.
Portfolio
I have created illustrations for a variety of resources, including medical review books, online learning platforms, peer-reviewed publications, grant proposals, scientific conferences/events, biomedical programs, and scientific outreach. My style is highly flexible to suit the particular needs of the project; from simplistic and stylized to more complex and realistic.

Testimonials
“Working with Stephanie was thoroughly enjoyable. She communicated with me throughout the process, ensuring that our vision of the final piece was aligned. Stephanie’s unique blend of skills related to science and art allowed elements of my research to be captured in beautiful images, something that would elude most basic scientists. With the huge influx of biomedical information and potential for misunderstanding by the public, the ability to effectively and accurately communicate research to the larger community is more important than ever. Stephanie’s ability to relay my research visually allows substantially higher impact, a wider reach to broader audiences and increased interest and appreciation for science due to the high quality of her work.”
Rita Nahta, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
Emory University
“If you’re in need of a medical illustration, look no further – Stephanie’s illustrations and designs are of the highest quality. Not only does she provide creative solutions to complex requests, but she does so in a timely and aesthetically pleasing manner. I had the pleasure of working with Stephanie to create and revise 80+ illustrations for a medical review book, and I can confidently say that her enthusiasm and quality of work is amongst the strongest I’ve ever come across. I look forward to working with Stephanie again in the future.”
Jordan Abrams, MD
Resident, Department of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
“With Stephanie, art is collaborative; she’s the imagination and the brains, but she does kind of a brainmeld with you first, to see what you need and why, and then gets it just right.”
Arri Eisen
Nat C. Robertson Distinguished Teacher in Science & Society
Department of Biology, Emory University
“I had a short timeline and a clear vision of the figure that I needed. Stephanie worked quickly and professionally to produce a figure that exceeded expectations. She added many subtle touches that took the figure to a level that I never could have taken it on my own.”
Aaron Blanchard
Graduate student of Chemistry
Dr. Salaita Lab, Emory University
“We needed a figure for a scientific publication and Stephanie was recommended to me by my co-author. In a word, her work was “brilliant”. She took my crude drawing and brought it to life with artistic flair and ingenuity, communicating the message of the paper in an innovative and creative manner. I highly recommend Stephanie as an efficient, talented and creative scientific illustrator.”
Nicholas A. Ingoglia, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience
New Jersey Medical School
“Stephanie was a fantastic medical illustrator for our review book, First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2021. While her work ethic and dedication to the project were excellent, what was truly extraordinary was how she was able to make some of our strongest artwork for the textbook as well as incorporate her scientific knowledge to make them intuitive, thoughtful, and medically accurate. She is by far the strongest illustrator I have gotten to work with in my career and I will be sharing her information with any of my colleagues who are in need of medical illustrations in the future.”
Caroline Coleman, MD
Resident, Department of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
“I wanted the figure to be visually appealing, but more importantly be detailed enough so that I could use it in my talks and articles describing these systems. I contacted Stephanie and we spent time going over all the details. Being a PhD student, she understood the importance of all the details and drafted a schematic after a short period of time. She was flexible and accepted our comments as we went back and forth through email to get the most accurate illustration of the system. Her artistic expertise alongside her understanding of micro and nanoscale processes makes her a one of a kind illustrator for bio and nanotechnology.”
Alisina Bazrafshan
Graduate student of Chemistry
Dr. Salaita Lab, Emory University
“Stephanie took our project and came out with a creative illustration that perfectly portrayed the ideas we were trying to convey. The most impressive thing was that it only took a single meeting for project description and questions. Working with her was an easy process, straight forward with satisfying results. Absolutely the person to go to for your designs!”
Ordy Manuela Gnewou
Graduate student of Chemistry
Dr. Conticello Lab, Emory University
“For some time I had trolled Google Images seeking a specific image to illustrate several models. I met briefly with Stephanie to describe what I was looking for and was amazed when precisely the image I always imagined finally came to life in her hands. I no longer have to settle for something that is ‘not quite right’ as now I can practically snap my fingers and my desired image is there. A picture is truly worth a thousand words particularly when it is just the right picture!”
Anita H. Corbett, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry and Co-Director
Emory University MD/PhD Program
Updates

April 6, 2024
Yet another great year of illustrating for this highly regarded and informative medical review series. Thank you so much to all the expert collaborators, content writers, editors, managers, and junior illustrators involved in the creation of this newest edition. But my amazing illustrator colleague Rachael Joy deserves a massive shout out in particular for creating so many high-quality illustrations that are consistently beautiful and precise.
As an Illustrator for the 34th edition of the First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 guidebook, I’m continuing to push myself to create better illustrations with each year. This year I incorporated a higher degree of anatomy, perspective, and design layout than ever before. I’ve highlighted a couple of my personal favorite pieces I created for this edition to the side. As always, this experience leaves me excited to create even more biomedical illustrations in the future.
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