Biography
Donna Cox received a B.A. at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1982, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in CGA at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1985.
In 1985 she became a Visiting Assistant Professor at UIUC, in 1990 Associate Professor at the School of Art + Design and since 1992 a Full Professor. In the same period she started as an Adjunct Professor and Research Artist/Scientist at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) in 1985, became an Associate Director for Education in 1989, Co-Director, Scientific Communications and Media Systems in 1992, Director of the Virtual Director Group in 1997 and Director, Visualization and Experimental Technologies in 2002 and since 2006 Director, Advanced Scientific Visualization Laboratory at the NCSA. From 1989 to 1996 she was Project Leader/PI, Renaissance Experimental Lab, at the NCSA.
Donna Cox is honored at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry as one of 40 selected modern-day Leonardo DaVinci's. In 2008 she receives first Michael Aiken Endowed Chair.
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