Jill Tessler, DVM

pen and ink, digitally colored self portrait

Currently, Jill Tessler, DVM, is a candidate for an M.S. in Biomedical Visualization from University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Tessler has been enamored with the shapes, colors, rhythms, and patterns of the natural world from her earliest memories. Her passion for comparative physiology propelled her acquisition of a veterinary degree from University of California, Davis in 2002 and subsequent 11-year career as a small animal practitioner. Her deep curiosity about veterinary medicine included exploration of both Western and Eastern practice. Now, her unending fascination with form following function resulting in endless beautiful variation has fueled her desire to pursue the use of visual media to communicate the intimate world of physiology and biology to others.