Calen Ryan

Calen is an evolutionary biologist and human geneticist specializing in the role of epigenetic processes in development, reproduction, aging, and health. He works with high-throughput data from large, longitudinal population and clinical datasets to answer fundamental questions about why our bodies function the way they do, and how that can help us be healthier, and age better.
Dr. Ryan’s overarching research goal is to use an evolutionary framework to inform basic biology, medicine, and public health by characterizing the molecular processes underlying evolutionarily-motivated questions. He is most interested in reproduction, inheritance, development, and senescence (aging), which are core concepts in evolutionary thinking.

Calen earned his PhD in biological anthropology at Northwestern University working with National Academy of Sciences member Chris Kuzawa and Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Fellow Thomas McDade.

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Contact at cpr2139@cumc.columbia.edu.