Since 1990 Peg Dirckx has worked side by side with CBE faculty, staff, and students from 11 academic disciplines, assisting their efforts to communicate CBE research to academic, industrial, governmental and general public audiences through word and image.

With an academic background in English education and art, her career has included language arts instruction at the secondary and college levels, and over 20 years in professional graphic/information design and illustration. Her work at the CBE has provided her a rare degree of exposure to, and participation in, communication across disciplinary boundaries. Her conceptual illustrations based on biofilm research have appeared in Nature Reviews | Microbiology, Science, New Scientist, The Lancet and Natural History, as well as numerous science textbooks.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM CURRENT POSITION

Scientific/conceptual/technical illustration for print reproduction

CBE graphic identity program development and implemention

Technical presentation instruction, including preparation of instructional handbooks, materials, and seminars for:
              CBE students, staff and faculty
              the NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates
                    Program at CBE
              MSU undergraduate and graduate classes (invited speaker)

Website design
     Center for Biofilm Engineering: www.erc.montana.edu
             Featured as a "Great FrontPage-Based Web Site" by Microsoft
     Bioglyphs art/science collaboration: www.erc.montana.edu/Bioglyphs

Editing and writing for web and print publication

Co-direction of Bioglyphs art/science project:
      www.erc.montana.edu/Bioglyphs

Education
B.A., 1975, Magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Departmental Honors in English
English Education secondary teaching certification

Art minor
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota

Employment

April 1990–Present

Communications Specialist, Center for Biofilm Engineering at Montana State University–Bozeman

July 1985–May 1990
Art Director, Publications & News, Montana State University–Bozeman

August 1979–June 1985
Assistant Graphic Artist, Montana State University Art Service

September 1978–June 1979
Teacher’s Aide, Title 1 Program, Bozeman Junior High School

September 1975–June 1978
English Teacher, Clara City High School, Clara City, Minnesota

Awards
2004 Nominated by the CBE for the MSU Employee of the Year Award
2003 Shared semi-finalist award with Bioglyphs project directors,
        1st annual NSF/Science-sponsored Science and Engineering
        Visualization Challenge: Multimedia category

2002 MSU–Bozeman College of Engineering Outstanding Professional
        Employee Award (inaugural recipient)
1989 Bozeman Sweet Pea poster competition
        (for an annual local fine arts festival)
1986 1st place, National Division of annual COSIDA competition:
        Cover design, MSU football media guide
1982 Bozeman Sweet Pea poster competition

All pictures for viewing only