Comics
Quantastic Journey
ARTIST
SNEJANA GRANATKINA
Snejana is a multidisciplinary visual artist, illustrator and graphic designer based in Luxembourg.
Curious and versatile, she switches between digital work, painting on canvas and illustration. She finds inspiration in the content and idea of the project. That’s why her style can vary greatly between different techniques and approaches.
“Happy to participate in LUX:plorations again!”
Location
Luxembourg
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
Quantastic Journey
Portraits for LUX:plorations Vol. 2
Cover Illustrations of LUX:plorations Vol. 2
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“It’s amazing to visualise science in entertaining comics. It is so much fun to create it and so much fun to read it after!”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“Science itself seems difficult, but when you take off with Lux:plorations, even the most complex concepts become easy. The whole Lux:plorations team has done a fantastic job!”
What was the biggest challenge for you?
“Understanding quantum world concepts. And I was also relieved to learn that no cats were harmed in the Schrödinger experiment!”
SCIENTISTS/AUTHORS
FLAVIENE SCHEIDT DE CRISTO
Flaviene Scheidt de Cristo is a doctoral candidate at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) at the University of Luxembourg. Her research focuses on improving message dissemination in unstructured peer-to-peer networks.
Research Focus
Distributed systems
Affiliation
SEDAN – SErvices and Data mANagement, SnT – Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
Quantastic Journey
BYJESH NALINI RADHAKRISHNAN
Byjesh Nalini Radhakrishnan is a researcher at the Department of Physics and Materials Science at the University of Luxembourg. His research focuses on theoretical condensed-matter physics, particularly quantum many-body systems.
Research Focus
Condensed-matter physics, quantum systems
Affiliation
Theory of mesoscopic quantum systems, Department of Physics and Materials Science
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
Quantastic Journey
MENTOR
JESSICA BURTON
Jessica Burton gained her PhD at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH), working on the relationship between European comic transfers in the 1960s within the Popkult60 project. She previously worked as a comic editor for Titan Comics, on titles such as Doctor Who, before embarking on her PhD. She is a mentor for LUX:plorations and teaches classes on comics history at the University.
Research Focus
Comics, History, Cross-cultural Transfers, Popular Culture
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
What Is a PhD?
Zamara & Yso’s Space Odissey
It’s About Time!
One Ome To Rule Them All
The Future Is Now
Beware the Eye in the Sky
Becoming an Agent of Change
Chronicles from Platform 6
Inside the Solar Cell
Microglia: Guardians of the Brain?
Why so Distracted?
Quantastic Journey
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“I truly believe in the power of comics to inform and educate, so jumped at the chance to help fellow doctoral candidates learn how to tell their research through comics form.”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“Watching the doctoral candidates work on their ideas and seeing them engage with the artists for an amazing end product.”
What was the biggest challenge for you?
“Finding the balance between suggesting ideas and allowing participants maximum creativity.”
SUPERVISOR
OLIVER GLASSL
Oliver Glassl is an educational management professional with long-term experience in academic teaching and curriculum development. His education includes degrees in speech and language therapy and business administration. His research in the field of neurorehabilitation has given rise to various publications. Currently working as a project manager at the Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Luxembourg, he is a member of the DESCOM team.
Work Focus
Educational Management
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
Modern Talking
It’s About Time!
Microglia: Guardians of the Brain?
Chronicles from Platform 6
Quantastic Journey
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“The world gets increasingly complex, also driven by science and research. It is therefore the responsibility of any research institution to make scientific knowledge available for lay audiences in an understandable way.”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“I very much appreciated collaborating simultaneously with scientists and artists. Even though these fields might appear to be rather different on the first glimpse, they converge when it comes to the importance of creativity. Being part of this was a very inspiring experience.”
What was the biggest challenge for you?
“Waiting for the arrival of the boxes with the finished comics.”