Stories by Nancy Chen

Nancy Chen received an A.B. in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard University then switched fields after becoming fascinated with evolution and genetics. Now she is a graduate student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, where she studies evolutionary genetics of endangered birds. Nancy's interest in birds is both professional and recreational: when not wading through mountains of DNA sequence data, she loves birding, hiking, and cooking with friends. For more on her research, visit her website.