Vera Ting is an artist, nature enthusiast, and specimen preparator, interested in the intersection of art and science and the utility of museum collections for research and beyond. She is a lover of birds, odonates, and wetlands.

Vera holds a B.S. in Environmental Science with minors in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Art & Design from the University of Michigan. She is currently a Bartels Science Illustrator at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.