Eli Chen
Eli Chen is the science and environment reporter at St. Louis Public Radio. She comes to St. Louis after covering the eroding Delaware coast, bat-friendly wind turbine technology, mouse love songs and various science stories for Delaware Public Media/WDDE-FM. Before that, she corralled robots and citizen scientists for the World Science Festival in New York City and spent a brief stint booking guests for Science Friday’s live events in 2013. Eli grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, where a mixture of teen angst, a love for Ray Bradbury novels and the growing awareness about climate change propelled her to become the science storyteller she is today. When not working, Eli enjoys a solid bike ride, collects classic disco, watches standup comedy and is often found cuddling other people’s dogs. She has a bachelor’s in environmental sustainability and creative writing at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and has a master’s degree in journalism, with a focus on science reporting, from the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism.
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More than 280,000 properties in Missouri are at risk of flood damage, according to a nationwide study of flood zones. That's nearly twice the number... -
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Leticia Classen-Rodriguez planned on spending spring and summer searching for wolf spiders along a winding tree-covered... -
Updated at 4:30 p.m., May 1, with details about Missouri’s plan to identify the number of nursing homes that have coronavirus cases. In mid-April, Tim... -
At least 49 nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Missouri have residents or workers who tested positive for COVID-19, according to state... -
Updated at 5:30 p.m., March 31 with comment from Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis University doctors are using an experimental drug to... -
Health policy researchers have strongly recommended that state governments update their quarantine policies to protect individual rights. -
Hospitals and doctors in the St. Louis area have been preparing for several weeks for a case of the new coronavirus disease to arrive in Missouri . That... -
Did you see the bright flash last night? Many home security cameras in the St. Louis area sure did . The annual Taurid meteor shower, known to burn more... -
Many insects that feed on Missouri oak trees could be threatened by climate change, according to a study from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.... -
Missouri waters are polluted with microplastics, small pieces of plastic smaller than a pencil eraser. Microplastics can come from large pieces of...
