Profile

After a brief career in professional tennis, Rachel von Roeschlaub studied chemistry at the University of Montana and received an M.S. in organic chemistry from the University of Oregon. As a molecular biologist at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York, she participated in cancer research and managed the genome facility. Rachel traveled to monasteries and schools in India to introduce Tibetan monks, students and teachers to modern biotechnology. In 2007, Rachel founded a non-profit organization, TB Aware Inc., to fight tuberculosis within the Tibetan community that she worked with in India.

Rachel's passion for science and art intertwined in 2003 as her whimsical acrylic paintings of biological themes were featured on the covers of leading industry magazines and journals. She has exhibited her paintings at art galleries in New York, Boston, Maine, and at the American Association of Arts and Science in Washington, DC.

Rachel's most recent series of work incorporates fingerprints personally provided by Nobel Prize recipients, entertainers and philanthropists. A portrait of the subject is layered over the fingerprint, leaving the viewer with both a biological mark and a more subjective expression of the person within Rachel's characteristically vibrant canvas.

Her private commissions include paintings for Dr. James Watson, Glenn Close, Mike Mills, bass guitarist for R.E.M., and a mural for the entry into the Harvard University Bio Labs.