Ben does data visualization, creative coding, information design, visual journalism, UX engineering, and front-end development.

Here's some recent work.

Screenshot of a flood dashboard. A map is on the left, with various charts on the right showing rainfall, population exposed, and duration for each flood event in a given region.

Global Flood Database

Published in Nature

Exploratory dashboard of the world’s largest collection of flood maps. In collaboration with Cloud to Street and in support of original research published in Nature.

data viz design

MA K-12 COVID Testing Dashboard

Published in Cell

Dashboard to track the COVID-19 testing strategies of school districts in MA. In support of the STSS collaborative.

data viz dev

Map of MA showing districts in shades of red, yellow, and green.

A cluster of colorful bubbles grouped by linear number rating, with 1 on the left and 5 on the right.

To All the Books I Read in 2020

Self-published

Data viz essay looking back on the books I read in 2020.

data viz dev essay

Tiny Algae and the Theater of Planting 1 Trillion Trees

Parametric Press

An interactive data essay written for the Parametric Press issue on climate change.

data viz dev essay

A radar chart comparing metrics such as land use, water use, and CO2 across multiple carbon capture methods.

A data table showing drug compounds from the Repusposing Hub, with charts on the right hande side to summarize the compounds available.

2019 - A Year in Data

Self-published

A retrospective of the data I tracked during 2019. Each category of data became a data viz poster to highlight and remember stats from the year.

data viz dev design