Isobel Parkes is a data visualisation developer and visual storyteller. Her practice spans information design, data journalism, and engineering. She holds a PhD in Neuroscience from University College London.
SELECTED WORK
Graphics translating qualitative insights on loneliness
Greening Taipei
Closed-loop optical technology for real-time pose detection
WRITING
February 2026
The Back of the Painting: On structure, integrity and data visualisation
Nightingale
An exploration of the parallels between the restoration of a Renaissance altarpiece and the intention "digital carpenty" required to build honest, interactive documents with D3.js
November 2025
From Pixels to Parks: The Intersection of Data Visualisation and Urban Greening
Nightingale
How can design principles bridge the gap between digital data representation and the physical reality of urban green spaces?
April 2025
Precision cutaneous stimulation in freely moving mice
eLife
Peer-reviewed research combining real-time computer vision tracking with automated sensory stimulation, demonstrating the full pipeline from hardware design to neural network integration to experimental data collection.
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