Matteo Farinella

Matteo is a neuroscientist turned illustrator and science communicator.

He has been drawing all my life: his notes from biology classes were filled with sketches, so retrospectively it is not surprising that he ended up mixing science and art. While studying for a PhD in neuroscience he started working on Neurocomic, a graphic novel about the brain. It was published by Nobrow (2013) with the support of the Wellcome Trust, and it’s now translated in over 10 languages. The success of Neurocomic lead him to discover a real passion for science communication and public engagement. Since then he did his own research on science comics, wrote another graphic novel (The Senses, 2017), a children book (Cervellopoli, 2017) and a webcomic about neuroscience for ERC Comics. He also created a Science Tarot with Massive Science, which celebrates famous women scientists. During the day he works at Columbia University, producing animations and illustrations for the neuroscience institute.