Callie Chappell

Callie Chappell is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biology. Callie works in the community ecology lab of Tadashi Fukami and studies how genetic variation influences how ecological communities change over time. With a background in bioengineering, Callie is particularly interested in the conservation and policy impacts of gene editing wild organisms and the cascading impacts that genetic variation can have on ecological and evolutionary processes. Outside of the lab, Callie leads several groups that work in the intersection of science and society. Callie is the 2020-21 President of Stanford Science Policy Group (SSPG), a volunteer student organization with over 250 members that engages scientists with policy on the local, state, national, and international level. Callie is also a co-director of BioJam, an educational program that collaborates with high school students and community organizations from Oakland, East San Jose, Salinas, and South Monterey County. We learn together about bioengineering and biodesign through our own culture and creativity. Callie is from Traverse City, Michigan and received her B.S. and M.Sc. from the University of Michigan. Currently, she is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, a Stanford Graduate Fellow, a Science Policy Fellow with the Ecological Society of America, and a former Graduate Ethics Fellow with Stanford’s McCoy Center for Ethics in Society.