EDUCATION 2014 Ph.D., Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Advisors: Dr. Andrew G. Clark & Dr. John W.

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1 NANCY CHEN Cornell Lab of Ornithology 227 Biotechnology Building, Cornell, Ithaca, NY EDUCATION 2014 Ph.D., Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell, Ithaca, NY Advisors: Dr. Andrew G. Clark & Dr. John W. Fitzpatrick 2007 A.B., Biochemical Sciences, magna cum laude, Harvard, Cambridge, MA Advisor: Dr. Scott V. Edwards APPOINTMENTS GRANTS Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Advisors: Dr. Andrew G. Clark & Dr. John W. Fitzpatrick 2014 SMBE Graduate Student Travel Award: $ 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, Cornell Center for Vertebrate Genomics Travel Award: $ Cornell Lab of Ornithology Athena Fund: (2x) $32, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Research Fund: $2, Paul P. Feeny Graduate Student Research Fund: $ International Ornithological Congress Travel Award: $ Cornell Graduate School Research Travel Grant: $1, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Research Fund: (3x) $2, Andrew Mellon Student Research Grant: $1, Cornell Center for Vertebrate Genomics Seed Grant: $11, NSF SGER, Episodic disease and host population dynamics: Immediate response to an emerging epidemic in a well- studied organism: $50,000* 2008 Joseph Grinnell Student Research Award: $1, Cornell Sigma Xi Research Award: $ Orenstein Endowment Fund: $ AMNH Frank M. Chapman Memorial Grant: $2, 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.

2 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 Using Mendelian inheritance to improve high throughput SNP discovery. Genetics. doi: /genetics Chen, N., Bellott, D.W., Page, D.C., Clark, A.G 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 Exploring Phenotypic Plasticity in Emerald Moths: A Phylogeny of the Genus Nemoria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: Chen, N., Gascoin, F., Muller, E., Karpinski, G., Stiewe, C., Snyder, G.J Macroscopic thermoelectric inhomogeneities of (AgSbTe 2 ) x (PbTe) 1- x. Applied Physics Letters 87: INVITED PRESENTATIONS 2014 Genomics of population decline in the Florida Scrub- Jay. Department of Biology, of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Genomics of population decline in the Florida Scrub- Jay. Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton, Binghamton, NY. Genomics of population decline in the Florida Scrub- Jay. Principals of Population Genetics Conference, Ithaca, NY 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.

3 Chen, N. Allele frequency dynamics in a population of Florida Scrub- Jays undergoing regional decline. Cornell EvoGroup seminar, Ithaca, NY 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 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 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 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. the avian genome. Cornell Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Research Symposium, Ithaca, NY 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. 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.

4 the avian genome. Poster at the Cornell Center for Vertebrate Genomics Symposium, Ithaca, NY 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 Instructor, Genetics of Adaptation seminar (BIOMG1250), Cornell 2013 Instructor, Population Genomics for Nonmodel Taxa, American Genetics Association workshop 2012 Instructor, Writing in the Majors, Evolutionary Biology & Diversity (BioEE1780), Cornell 2011 Guest lecturer, Seminar in Research Skills for Biologists (BioG3010), Cornell 2009 Teaching Assistant, Evolutionary Biology & Diversity (BioEE1780), Cornell Course Assistant, Mathematical Modeling (Math 19), Harvard Course Assistant, Multivariable Calculus (Math 21a), Harvard Course Assistant, Linear Algebra & Differential Equations (Math 21b), Harvard SERVICE & OUTREACH current Organizational Chair, Expanding Your Horizons (math & science outreach program for middle school girls) 2014 Instructor, Vestal High School, Graduate Student School Outreach Program Workshop leader, Expanding Your Horizons Reviewer, Cornell Sigma Xi Grant Awards Chair, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Recruitment Weekend Committee 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

5 Undergraduate Researcher, Harvard. Advisor: Scott V. Edwards Genomics and population genetics of cis- regulatory regions of House Finch immune system genes during an epizootic 2007 Field Assistant, Harvard. 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 2005 Undergraduate Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology. Advisor: John D. Roberts NMR Conformational Analysis of meso- tartaric acid 2004 Undergraduate Research Fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Advisor: G. Jeffrey Snyder Macroscopic thermoelectric inhomogeneities of AgPb m SbTe m PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution Society for the Study of Evolution American Ornithologists Union Genetics Society of America Sigma Xi