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NANCY CHEN Cornell Lab of Ornithology 227 Biotechnology Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 [email protected] http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/chen EDUCATION
2014 Ph.D., Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Advisors: Dr. Andrew G. Clark & Dr. John W. Fitzpatrick 2007 A.B., Biochemical Sciences, magna cum laude, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Advisor: Dr. Scott V. Edwards APPOINTMENTS
2014-‐2015 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Advisors: Dr. Andrew G. Clark & Dr. John W. Fitzpatrick GRANTS
2014 2013-‐2015 2010-‐2013 2012 2010-‐2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2008-‐2010 2010 2009 2008-‐2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2006 SMBE Graduate Student Travel Award: $1500 NSF, Genome-‐wide dynamics of neutral and fitness-‐related variation in a pedigreed population of Florida Scrub-‐Jays undergoing regional decline $737,830* Cornell Graduate School Conference Travel Grant: (4x) $1,785 Cornell Center for Vertebrate Genomics Travel Award: $750 Cornell Lab of Ornithology Athena Fund: (2x) $32,000 Cornell Lab of Ornithology Research Fund: $2,000 Paul P. Feeny Graduate Student Research Fund: $532 International Ornithological Congress Travel Award: $500 Cornell Graduate School Research Travel Grant: $1,370 Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Research Fund: (3x) $2,000 Andrew Mellon Student Research Grant: $1,500 Cornell Center for Vertebrate Genomics Seed Grant: $11,700 NSF SGER, Episodic disease and host population dynamics: Immediate response to an emerging epidemic in a well-‐studied organism: $50,000* Joseph Grinnell Student Research Award: $1,000 Cornell Sigma Xi Research Award: $800 Orenstein Endowment Fund: $600 AMNH Frank M. Chapman Memorial Grant: $2,000 MCZ Grants-‐in-‐aid of Undergraduate Research: $2,400 *I could not be listed as a PI because I’m a grad student. For the NSF proposal, I designed the experiments and wrote >95% of the proposal. The SGER grant was co-‐written by me & a postdoc. FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
2012 Cornell Center for Comparative & Population Genomics Fellowship 2008 AOU Student Membership Award 2007 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 2006 NASA Tech Brief Award 2005 Certificate of Distinction in Teaching – Harvard Bok Center for Teaching & Learning PUBLICATIONS
Chen, N., Van Hout, C.V., Gottipati, S., Clark, A.G. 2014. Using Mendelian inheritance to improve high throughput SNP discovery. Genetics. doi:10.1534/genetics.114.169052. Chen, N., Bellott, D.W., Page, D.C., Clark, A.G. 2012. Identification of avian W-‐linked contigs by short-‐read sequencing. BMC Genomics 13: 183. Canfield, M.R., Greene, E., Moreau, C.S., Chen, N., Pierce, N.E. 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, G.J. 2005. Macroscopic thermoelectric inhomogeneities of (AgSbTe2)x(PbTe)1-‐x. Applied Physics Letters 87: 171903. INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2014 Genomics of population decline in the Florida Scrub-‐Jay. Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Genomics of population decline in the Florida Scrub-‐Jay. Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY. Genomics of population decline in the Florida Scrub-‐Jay. Principals of Population Genetics Conference, Ithaca, NY. 2012 Evolutionary inference from genome-‐wide SNP assays of the Florida Scrub-‐Jay. V North American Ornithological Conference, Vancouver, Canada. CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS
2014 Chen, N., Grenier, J.K., Fitzpatrick, J.W., and Clark, A.G. Regional population decline has led to increased inbreeding and hatch failure in the Florida Scrub-‐Jay. Poster at Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution, Puerto Rico. Chen, N. Allele frequency dynamics in a population of Florida Scrub-‐Jays undergoing regional decline. Cornell EvoGroup seminar, Ithaca, NY. 2013 Chen, N., Van Hout, C.V., Grenier, J.K., Fitzpatrick, J.W., and Clark, A.G. Genomic consequences of severe population declines in the Florida Scrub-‐Jay assessed by genotyping-‐by-‐sequencing. Poster at the Gordon Research Conference on Ecological & Evolutionary Genomics, Biddeford, ME. Chen, N., Van Hout, C.V., Grenier, J.K., Fitzpatrick, J.W., and Clark, A.G. Genomic consequences of severe population declines in the Florida Scrub-‐Jay assessed by genotyping-‐by-‐sequencing. Poster at Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution, Chicago, IL. 2012 Chen, N., Van Hout, C.V., Fitzpatrick, J.W., and Clark, A.G. Family values: Using Mendelian inheritance to improve genotyping-‐by-‐sequencing. First Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology, Ottawa, Canada. Chen, N., Van Hout, C.V., Fitzpatrick, J.W., and Clark, A.G. Family values: Using Mendelian inheritance to improve genotyping-‐by-‐sequencing. Cornell Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Research Symposium, Ithaca, NY. 2011 Chen, N., Fitzpatrick, J.W., and Clark, A.G. Evolutionary inference from genome-‐wide SNP assays of a fully pedigreed natural population. Poster at the Gordon Research Conference on Ecological & Evolutionary Genomics, Biddeford, ME. 2010 Chen, N. and Clark, A.G. Genome-‐wide SNP discovery in the Florida Scrub-‐jay. Ornithology Seminar, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY. Chen, N. and Clark, A.G. Genome-‐wide SNP discovery in the Florida Scrub-‐jay. Functional genomics symposium, International Ornithological Congress, Campos do Jordao, Brazil. Chen, N. and Clark, A.G. A novel method for identifying female-‐specific sequences in the avian genome. Cornell Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Research Symposium, Ithaca, NY. 2009 Chen, N. and Clark, A.G. Where’s Dubya? Identifying W-‐specific sequences in the avian genome. Ornithology Seminar, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY. Chen, N. and Clark, A.G. A novel method for identifying female-‐specific sequences in the avian genome. Cornell Genetics & Development Field Seminar, Ithaca, NY. Chen, N. and Clark, A.G. Where’s Dubya? Identifying W-‐specific sequences in the avian genome. American Ornithologists’ Union, Philadelphia, PA. Chen, N. and Clark, A.G. A novel method for identifying female-‐specific sequences in the avian genome. Poster at the Cornell Center for Vertebrate Genomics Symposium, Ithaca, NY. 2007 Chen, N. and Edwards, S.V. Genomics and population genetics of cis-‐regulatory regions of House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) immune system genes during an epizootic. Society for the Study of Evolution, Christchurch, New Zealand. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014 2013 2012 2011 2009 2004-‐2007 Instructor, Genetics of Adaptation seminar (BIOMG1250), Cornell University Instructor, Population Genomics for Nonmodel Taxa, American Genetics Association workshop Instructor, Writing in the Majors, Evolutionary Biology & Diversity (BioEE1780), Cornell University Guest lecturer, Seminar in Research Skills for Biologists (BioG3010), Cornell University Teaching Assistant, Evolutionary Biology & Diversity (BioEE1780), Cornell University Course Assistant, Mathematical Modeling (Math 19), Harvard University Course Assistant, Multivariable Calculus (Math 21a), Harvard University Course Assistant, Linear Algebra & Differential Equations (Math 21b), Harvard University SERVICE & OUTREACH
2009-‐current Organizational Chair, Expanding Your Horizons (math & science outreach program for middle school girls) 2014 Instructor, Vestal High School, Graduate Student School Outreach Program 2013-‐2014 Workshop leader, Expanding Your Horizons 2011-‐2014 Reviewer, Cornell Sigma Xi Grant Awards 2007-‐2014 Chair, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Recruitment Weekend Committee 2011-‐2013 Summer Program Director, Undergraduate Biology Research Fellowship (NSF-‐
funded program to promote diversity in the scientific research) 2012 Volunteer blogger, Frontiers in the Life Sciences Symposium 2011 Mentor, St. Mark Catholic School science fair projects 2008 Mentor, Expanding Your Horizons 2008 Volunteer, International Society for Behavioral Ecology meeting PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2008 Intern, Archbold Biological Station. Advisor: Reed Bowman Ontogeny of innate immunity in suburban vs. native scrub populations of Florida Scrub-‐Jays 2005-‐2007 2007 2005 2004 Undergraduate Researcher, Harvard University. Advisor: Scott V. Edwards Genomics and population genetics of cis-‐regulatory regions of House Finch immune system genes during an epizootic Field Assistant, Harvard University. Advisor: Sacha Vignieri Understanding the evolutionary mechanisms of adaptive coat coloration in the Choctawhatchee beach mouse through simultaneous integration of genetic, environmental, and ecological data Undergraduate Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology. Advisor: John D. Roberts NMR Conformational Analysis of meso-‐tartaric acid Undergraduate Research Fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Advisor: G. Jeffrey Snyder Macroscopic thermoelectric inhomogeneities of AgPbmSbTem PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution Society for the Study of Evolution American Ornithologists’ Union Genetics Society of America Sigma Xi

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