Amy Ione, an international lecturer, painter, and writer, is presently the Director of The Diatrope Institute, based in Berkeley, California. From 2005-2007, she served as a Chair of the Leonardo Education Forum. Ione has explored discovery, creativity, innovation, invention, and historical challenges in art and science for over 25 years. Current projects include editing a special issue for the Journal of the History of Neuroscience on Visual Images and Visualization (scheduled for publication in 2008). In the past, she has published several books, most recently Innovation and Visualization: Trajectories, Strategies, and Myths (Rodopi, 2005) and is widely published in the books and journals of several disciplines, including Trends in Cognitive Science, The Encyclopedia of Creativity, and the Journal of Consciousness Studies. Her artwork has been commissioned by the City of San Francisco, exhibited internationally, and is found in many collections. Please contact her at ione@diatrope.com for more information about her art and academic research.