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Suhaylah Ahmad AliÂ
I am a Zoologist and lab tech with a special interest in the ecology and evolution of infectious diseases. I combine a professional focus on research with a deep love for scientific illustration. I am also a past-time cyclist who reads biology-based non-fiction and frequently documents wildlife around me!
This page serves primarily as an art portfolio, but at the bottom you'll see the research projects where I've drawn much of my inspiration!
Digital Art Gallery
July 2026: Blue Backed Manakins
June 2025: Sea Slugs
April 2026: Agbirds Fieldwork Logo
November 2025: Practice coloring of Daylilies
July 2026: Seven Colored Tanagers
May 2026: Fuhrman Birds
March 2026: Canada Jay
July 2026: *In-progress portrait of a special cat
I started sketching animals as a way to sudy their anatomy and capture life around me. I now understand that art pairs really well with research! Since exploring digital art, I've the design of stickers, t-shirts, fieldwork logos, and private art commisions.
Sketches and Watercolor
I started primarily as a sketch artist and spent years carrying sketchbooks with me during fieldwork and outings.
Birds
Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles
Mammals
Plants
I often draw the study species I work with. Each of my listed research projects are either independently led or projects where I served as a primary contributor.
A year-long dive into the parasitology and pathobiology of a myxozoan parasite impacting salmonids in the Great Lakes region through the FPIL at Michigan State University
An internationally collaborative project to understand the genetic diversity of the widespread aquatic pathogen, Saprolegnia, in Michigan, with a special focus on S. australis
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Research and Fieldwork
As a Summer Systematics Institute intern, at the California Academy of Sciences, I worked to resolve the phylogenetic placement of a collection of Indo-Pacific nudibranchs, also known as sea slugs
The Agbirds disease ecology project aimed to identify and understand the differences between disease occurrence and parasitemia in wild birds residing in agricultural and natural habitats
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