Raluca Nicola

Hey there, I'm Raluca!

I like to create data visualizations about various topics, but mostly geodata and mostly on the web. A few years back I fell in love with watercolor. On sunny weekends I'm probably somewhere in the mountains.

A drawing of the camping area with the Fitz Roy in the back
  • Watercolor
  • Mountains

Argentina - a travel sketchbook

My travels to Patagonia in watercolor.
A dashborad to explore real-time and historical traffic in Raleigh, North Carolina.
  • Data visualization
  • Maps

Raleigh in Motion

A dashborad to explore real-time and historical traffic in Raleigh, North Carolina.
A watercolor painting of Bremgarten
  • Watercolor

Bremgarten in watercolor

A class with Susanne Brem
Visualization of Swainson's Hawk migration patterns.
  • Data visualization
  • Maps

Swainson's Hawk migration

Visualization of Swainson's Hawk migration patterns.
Visualization of children's access to education over time.
  • Data visualization
  • Maps

Better access to education for children

Children stay longer in school compared to 30 years ago.
Visualization of Blue bikes data in Cambridge in January.
  • Data visualization
  • Maps

Blue Bikes open data

Visualization of Blue bikes data in Cambridge in January.
A sketch of the various states of a car: parked, searching for parking, travelling and stuck in traffic.
  • Sketching

The states of a car

A sketch of the various states of a car: parked, searching for parking, travelling and stuck in traffic.
Visualization of satellites in orbit around the Earth.
  • Data visualization
  • Space

Satellite Explorer

An educational tool to explore satellites in orbit around the Earth.
An image of a scatterplot of all women that travelled to space up to 2021
  • Data visualization
  • Space

Women in space

An interactive chart providing insights into the history of women that travelled into space.