INFORMATION VISUALIZATION
Hey, I’m Mark-Jan, based in Berlin, and my main field of interest lies in the creation and research of information visualization. I’m working as a research associate at the UCLAB (FH Potsdam), where my work is situated at the intersection of data visualization and the digital humanities. In my PhD research, I’m particularly interested in fluid interaction techniques that support movement between multiple levels of data abstraction.
Whether you want to collaborate, have questions, or just want to say hi, feel free to send me a message or find me on LinkedIn!
About
Biography
since Apr 2018
research associate
UCLAB, FH Potsdam
Apr 2025 – Jul 2025
guest lecturer
Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin
Apr 2023 – Apr 2025
visiting professor
Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin
Oct 2015 – Oct 2017
master of arts, Design (Interface Design)
Fachhochschule Potsdam – University of Applied Sciences
since Aug 2014
Freelancing
Feb 2014 – Aug 2014
internship (infographic artist)
Golden-Section-Graphics (now Infographics Group), Berlin
Aug 2012 – Feb 2013
term abroad (graphic design)
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Sep 2010 – Feb 2015
bachelor of arts,
communications design,
Fachhochschule Aachen – University of Applied Sciences
Jun 2010 – Aug 2010 & Jan 2011 – Feb 2011
internship,
photography
Photographic Studio Vauth, Datteln
Teaching
Design Project Seminar:
»Visualizing Cultural Collections«
with Viktoria Brüggemann
FH Potsdam, Germany: summer term 2025
Guest Lectures/Workshops/Consultations in Design Project Seminar:
»COHABITATION - greenlab 14.0«
with Zane Berzina & Barbara Schmidt
weißensee kunsthochschule berlin, Germany: summer term 2025
Design Project Seminar:
»Sensing Data: How do we encode information in materials?«
with Mina Mahouti, Elisabeth Oestringer, Esther Kaya Stögerer & Andreas Kallfelz
weißensee kunsthochschule berlin, Germany: winter term 2024/25
Design Project Seminar:
»METABOLISM - greenlab 13.0«
with Zane Berzina, Barbara Schmidt, Mina Mahouti, Lucy Norris & Andreas Kallfelz
weißensee kunsthochschule berlin, Germany: summer term 2024
Design Project Seminar:
»Climate Reality«
with Barbara Junge & Julian Netzer
weißensee kunsthochschule berlin, Germany: winter term 2023/2024
Design Project Block Seminar:
»Climate Reality – Interactive Storytelling in Print und Augmented Reality«
with Barbara Junge, Julian Netzer, Anja Tiedjens & Holger Heißmeyer
weißensee kunsthochschule berlin, Germany: winter term 2023/2024
Design Project Seminar:
»Elastic Time: embodiment of time-based information«
with Thomas Ness, Anna Schäffner, Dominic Eger Domingos, Simon von Schmude, Yolanda Leask, Felix Rasehorn, Robin Hoske & Georg Klöck
weißensee kunsthochschule berlin, Germany: summer term 2023
Theory Seminar:
»InfoVis Reading Group«
FH Potsdam, Germany: summer term 2023
Workshop:
»Introduction to Data Visualization with D3.js Workshop
«
weißensee kunsthochschule berlin, Germany: May 8 2023
Theory Seminar:
»InfoVis Reading Group«
with Fidel Thomet
FH Potsdam, Germany: summer term 2022
Design Project Seminar:
»Advances in Data Visualization: Networks & Hierarchies«
FH Potsdam, Germany: winter term 2021/2022
Theory Seminar:
»InfoVis Reading Group«
with Fidel Thomet, Arran Ridley & Francesca Morini
FH Potsdam, Germany: winter term 2021/2022
Design Project Seminar:
»Visualizing Cultural Collections«
with Viktoria Brüggemann
FH Potsdam, Germany: summer term 2020
Workshop:
»Introduction to D3.js«
FH Potsdam, Germany: May 3 2017
Awards
Information Is Beautiful Awards 2019
Longlist (Arts, Entertainment & Culture) for Reading Traces
Designpreis Brandenburg 2019
Digital Services – Young Professional Winner
for Reading Traces
Information Is Beautiful Award 2015
Gold: Infographic
for Rare Earth Elements
ADC 2015
Bronze: Corporate Publishing – Extern
with Team of Golden Section Graphics
for Saisonbroschüre des Symphonieorchesters des BR
SELECTED from Bilbao 2015
Shortlist: Student category
for Rare Earth Elements
IIID Award 2014
Student Gold
for Indeland, Energy Infographics
Exhibitions
»Raoul Hausmann. Vision. Provocation. Dada« at the Berlinische Galerie – Museum of Modern Art
with »Raoul Hausmann Visualization«
8 Nov 2025 - 16 Mar 2026
»fontane.200 / Brandenburg – Bilder und Geschichten« at the Haus der Brandenburgisch-Preußischen Geschichte in Potsdam
with »Reading Traces«
6 Jun - 30 Dec 2019
»Zukunftslabor Indeland« at the Kreishaus Düren
with »Indeland – Energy Infographic Installation«
Apr 2015
»Diploma FH Aachen WiSe 2015« at FH Aachen
with »Rare Earth Elements – Infographic Series«
6 Feb – 7 Feb 2015
Other Academic Services
VIS4DH (IEEE VIS Workshop)
Organizing Committee (2021, 2022, 2023, 2025 (Co-Chair), 2027 (Chair))
Reviewing
ACM CHI, IEEE VIS, EuroVis, PacificVis, Journal of Cultural Analytics
Staff council for the academic and artistic staff
FH Potsdam (2021-2023)
Information+ Conference 2018
Print Material
