I am Yuqing Chen (she/her). My first name can be pronounced as "yu-ch'ing". Friends also call me Iris.

I'm currently a Conservation Genetics PhD candidate at the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University.

• 🧬 I’m interested in biological inquiries addressed through computational genomics.
• 👩🏻‍💻 My toolkit includes population genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, statistics learning, simulations, and data science.
• 🦪 Currently, I study eco-evolutionary processes in eastern oysters and a bit of surfclams.
• 🌊 I apply my research to marine conservation and restoration.

Research interests: admixture & introgression, adaptation, inbreeding, genetic load, domestication