Curriculum vitae |
EDUCATION
APPOINTMENTS
PUBLICATIONS
GRANTS
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
MENTORING EXPERIENCE
SERVICE & OUTREACH
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Ph.D., Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 2014
Advisors: Dr. Andrew G. Clark & Dr. John W. Fitzpatrick - A.B., Biochemical Sciences, magna cum laude, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 2007
Advisor: Dr. Scott V. Edwards
APPOINTMENTS
- NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis. Aug 2015 - present
Advisor: Dr. Graham Coop - Lab Associate, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Aug 2015 - present
- Research Affiliate, Archbold Biological Station. Sept 2015 - present
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Aug 2014 - Aug 2015
Advisors: Dr. Andrew G. Clark & Dr. John W. Fitzpatrick
PUBLICATIONS
- Chen N, Cosgrove EG, Bowman R, Fitzpatrick JW, Clark, AG. 2016. Genomic consequences of population decline in the Endangered Florida Scrub-Jay. Current Biology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.062.
- Kaiser SA, Taylor SA, Chen N, Sillett TS, Bondra ER, Webster MS. 2016. A comparative assessment of SNP and microsatellite markers for assigning parentage in a socially monogamous bird. Molecular Ecology Resources. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12589.
- Chen N, Van Hout CV, Gottipati S, Clark AG. 2014. Using Mendelian inheritance to improve high throughput SNP discovery. Genetics 198: 847-857.
- Chen N, Bellott DW, Page DC, Clark AG. 2012. Identification of avian W-linked contigs by short-read sequencing. BMC Genomics 13: 183.
- Canfield MR, Greene E, Moreau CS, Chen N, Pierce NE. 2008. Exploring Phenotypic Plasticity in Emerald Moths: A Phylogeny of the Genus Nemoria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: 477-487.
- Chen N, Gascoin F, Muller E, Karpinski G, Stiewe C, Snyder GJ. 2005. Macroscopic thermoelectric inhomogeneities of (AgSbTe2)x(PbTe)1-x. Applied Physics Letters 87: 171903.
GRANTS
- NSF, Genome-wide dynamics of neutral and fitness-related variation in a pedigreed population of Florida Scrub-Jays undergoing regional decline, 2013-2015. $737,830*
- Cornell Center for Vertebrate Genomics Travel Award, 2012 & 2015 (2x). $1,250
- SMBE Graduate Student Travel Award, 2014. $1500
- Cornell Graduate School Conference Travel Grant, 2010-2013 (4x). $1,785
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology Athena Fund, 2010 & 2011 (2x). $32,000
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology Research Fund, 2011. $2,000
- Paul P. Feeny Graduate Student Research Fund. 2011. $532
- International Ornithological Congress Travel Award, 2010. $500
- Cornell Graduate School Research Travel Grant, 2010. $1,370
- Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Research Fund. 2008-2010 (3x). $2,000
- Andrew Mellon Student Research Grant, 2010. $1,500
- Cornell Center for Vertebrate Genomics Seed Grant, 2009. $11,700
- NSF SGER, Episodic disease and host population dynamics: Immediate response to an emerging epidemic in a well-studied organism, 2008. $50,000*
- Joseph Grinnell Student Research Award, 2008. $1,000
- Cornell Sigma Xi Research Award, 2008. $800
- Orenstein Endowment Fund, 2008. $600
- AMNH Frank M. Chapman Memorial Grant, 2008. $2,000
- MCZ Grants-in-aid of Undergraduate Research, 2006. $2,400
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
- NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology, 2015
- Cornell Center for Comparative and Population Genomics Fellowship, 2012
- AOU Student Membership Award, 2008
- Cornell Presidential Life Sciences Fellowship, 2007
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2007
- NSF Undergraduate Diversity at SSE/SSB award, 2007
- Blumberg Creative Science Award, 2007
- AmeriCorps Education Award, 2007
- NASA Tech Brief Award, 2006
- Certificate of Distinction in Teaching – Harvard Bok Center for Teaching & Learning, 2005
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
- Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL. 2016
- Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA. 2015
- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. 2014
- Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY. 2014
- Principals of Population Genetics Conference, Ithaca, NY. 2014
- V North American Ornithological Conference, Vancouver, Canada. 2012
CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS
- Biology of Genomes: 2016
- North American Ornithological Conference: 2016
- Society for the Study of Evolution: 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016
- Gordon Research Conference on Ecological & Evolutionary Genomics (poster): 2011, 2013, 2015
- Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution (poster): 2013, 2014
- International Ornithological Congress: 2010
- American Ornithologists’ Union: 2009
- Cornell EvoGroup Seminar: 2014
- Cornell Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Research Symposium: 2010, 2012
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology Seminar: 2009, 2010
- Cornell Genetics & Development Field Seminar: 2009
- Cornell Center for Vertebrate Genomics Symposium (poster): 2009
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Guest lecturer, Cornell University: 2014. Human Genomics
- Instructor, Cornell University: 2014. Genetics of Adaptation seminar
- Instructor, American Genetics Association: 2013. AGA-sponsored workshop on Population Genomics for Nonmodel Taxa
- Instructor, Cornell University: 2012. Evolutionary Biology & Diversity, Writing in the Majors
- Guest lecturer, Cornell University: 2011. Seminar in Research Skills for Biologists
- Teaching Assistant, Cornell University: 2009. Evolutionary Biology & Diversity
- Course Assistant, Harvard University: 2004-2007. Mathematical Modeling, Linear Algebra & Multivariable Calculus
MENTORING EXPERIENCE
- First year Ph.D. rotation students: Stepfanie Aguillon (2014-current), Siwei Chen (2015), Henry Kunerth (2015-current)
- Undergraduate students: Alex Gileta (2010 – now a Ph.D. candidate in the Dept. of Human Genetics at the University of Chicago), Sarah Kimball (2014-2015), Ashish Akshat (2015-current), Huijie Feng (2015-current), Ishaan Jhaveri (2015-current), Megan Wallace (2015)
SERVICE & OUTREACH
- Reviewer: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Evolution
- Planning team, UC Davis Women in Science discussion group. 2015-current
- Member, Early Professionals Committee of the American Ornithologist’s Union, 2014-current
- Organizational Chair, Expanding Your Horizons, 2009-2015
- Workshop leader, Expanding Your Horizons, 2013-2015
- Reviewer, Cornell Sigma Xi Grant Awards, 2011-2015
- Instructor, Graduate Student School Outreach Program, 2014
- Chair, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Recruitment Weekend Committee, 2007-2014
- Summer Program Director, NSF Undergraduate Biology Research Fellowship, 2011-2013
- Volunteer blogger, Frontiers in the Life Sciences Symposium, 2012
- Mentor, St. Mark Catholic School science fair projects, 2011
- Mentor, Expanding Your Horizons, 2008
- Volunteer, International Society for Behavioral Ecology meeting, 2008
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution
- Society for the Study of Evolution
- American Ornithologists’ Union
- Genetics Society of America
- Sigma Xi