Mazierski, Dave

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Dave Mazierski graduated from the Department of Art As Applied to Medicine at U of T in 1982. His first post graduate project was to illustrate the world's only atlas of camel anatomy. Since then, he has contributed to many other medical and scientific books, including Grant's Atlas of Anatomy. He currently teaches foundation courses in digital media production and illustration, as well as undergraduate courses in scientific visualization, while also maintaining a freelance illustration studio. Recently, he completed an M.Sc. in vertebrate paleontology, supervised by Prof. Robert Reisz at the U of T Mississauga campus. He is also interested in the history of the Altai culture of Central Asia, and has traveled to the Hermitage in St. Petersburg to study the tattooed mummies of the Pazyryk people.