CEO, Creative Director Cameron Slayden, M.S. (Since 1999)

Cameron started his scientific visualization career as Science Magazine’s primary scientific illustrator in late 2000, producing illustrations and covers for the journal and animations for its online presence. Three years later, he began his Masters in Medical Illustration from Augusta University Health and continued to provide illustration and animation to the periodicals Science and Nature. After graduating in 2005, Cameron and Olivia founded Microverse Studios under its original name, Cosmocyte. Since then Microverse Studios has produced award-winning animations for multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical corporations, educational institutions, biotech startups, and produced scientific graphics for documentary TV series for Discovery, National Geographic, and the History Channel. Cameron has given numerous talks on methods and techniques for scientific animation and story structure as applied to mechanism of action and mechanism of disease narratives for the Association of Medical Illustrators, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, the Public Relations Society of America, and numerous universities in the US and abroad. Cameron lives in Northeast Florida and strives to bring an air of respectability to the term “Florida Man.”

Chief Financial and Commercial Officer Olivia Slayden (Since 2001)

While Olivia’s degree is in psychology, most of her professional life has involved regulations, paperwork and spreadsheets (So. Many. Spreadsheets). Early in her career, Olivia worked in contracting for the federal government, administering and competing large contracts for various agencies including the State Department, Environmental Protection Agency, National Institutes of Health and the Executive Office of the President. Then, in 2005, Olivia decided to leave it all behind and co-founded Microverse Studios with Cameron, where she focuses mainly on business management, marketing and compliance. When not working, Olivia enjoys creative writing, reading, gardening, spending time with her family and dreaming of the day when she might open her very own Renaissance Festival.

Chief of Operations Teal Quinn (Since 2008)

Teal has managed the production of all animated material for several television series, including World’s Toughest Fixes (National Geographic), Food Detectives (the Food Network), and How the States Got Their Shapes (History Channel).  Additionally, her experience as an animator allows her to understand the technical requirements for our projects, making her management of the production pipeline seamless. Teal lives in Maryland with her family and enjoys fossil hunting, fishing, sculpture and creating stained glass.

Medical Director Adam Mueller, MD/PhD

Adam Mueller completed his MD and PhD at the University of Virginia, his research work focusing primarily on non-coding RNA mediated regulation of gene expression in prostate and breast cancer, as well as in skeletal muscle development. He trained in radiation oncology at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, where he served as chief resident. His clinical practice includes advanced radiation oncology techniques such as SBRT, stereotactic radiosurgery, and brachytherapy, with a clinical interest in gastrointestinal, as well as head and neck malignancies. His post-doctoral research focused on resistance to radiation therapy in pancreatic cancer through modulation of the tumor stromal and immune microenvironment, and strategies to overcome this resistance by targeting the intersection of matrix metalloprotease ADAM10 with the EphB4-EphrinB2 tyrosine kinase receptor complex.

He has written clinical book chapters on proton therapy for prostate cancer, as well as SBRT for liver oligometastases. His work has resulted in over $170,000 of competitive external grant funding from the Deparment of Defense, Radiologic Society of North America, Cancer League of Colorado, and Paul Sandoval Foundation.

Adam has been the recipient of multiple awards, including the Joyce Hamlin award, UVA presidential fellowship, and Burgee Regents Scholarship. He is a member of the Arnold P Gold Humanism Society, the American Society of Radiation Oncology(ASTRO), the Radiologic Society of North America, the American Association for Cancer Research, as well as others. He lives in Denver, Colorado where he enjoys hiking 14ers, rock climbing and road biking.

Senior Biomedical Animator Stephen Boyd, M.S. (Since 2004)

Early on, Stephen could not decide between a career in art, science, or nature. “Why not all of it?”, he thought, graduating in 2001 from The University of Georgia with majors in Scientific Illustration, Biology, and Ecology. Stephen received his Masters in Art as Applied to Medicine from Johns Hopkins University in 2004, and immediately began his career producing biomedical animation for medical and pharmaceutical clientele. With over 16 years of biomedical animation production experience, Stephen is passionate about bringing science and medicine to life through rich visuals and thoughtful cinematography, and he has used his diverse skillset to help generate award-winning animations seen at multiple SIGGRAPH and Association of Medical Illustrators conferences. Stephen lives just outside Atlanta and, when not working, he can be found exercising, getting destroyed by the AI in Civilization 6, or playing Pokemon TCG with his daughters.

Biomedical Animator Molly Huttner, M.S. (Since 2015)

Molly received her Masters’ degree in biomedical visualization in 2017 from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and has been producing scientific animation since 2015. She has a particular affinity for patient education, mental health, and bioethics, and as a believer in interdisciplinary collaboration, Molly continues to facilitate a course on bioethics in health informatics at her alma mater in Chicago. Her work has won numerous accolades in both health-centered and mainstream communications programs, including but not limited to: The Communicator Awards, W3 Awards, and the Hermes Creative Awards. As you may have guessed, she currently resides in Chicago and she thinks the winters there really aren’t that bad.

Biomedical Animator Amanda Manowski, M.S. (Since 2016)

Amanda got her introduction to the world of science and medicine as a medical textile engineer developing machinery and materials over the course of seven years. Inspired by the concepts of form and function, she received her bachelor’s degree in Scientific Illustration from the University of Georgia and went on to receive a Master of Science in Medical Illustration from Augusta University. She has created resources for the Children’s Hospital of Georgia, the Georgia Museum of Natural History, and has had work accepted to the Fernbank Science Center. Amanda currently resides in Athens, Georgia with her dog Mystery Meat, and in her free time she likes to play video games, roller skate, and practice archery–though not necessarily all at once.

Biomedical Animator Leo Swenson, M.S. (Since 2020)

Leo loves the creative challenge of making information both accessible and beautiful. He received his BA in Neuroscience from the University of Southern California in 2013 and his MS in Biomedical Visualization from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2020. Before becoming a medical animator, he worked as an analyst for Pace Analytical and Medtronic and helped found the Minnesota Tool Library, a nonprofit focused on sharing DIY skills and resources. Leo lives in Salt Lake City, Utah where he loves to ski, climb, and make stuff.