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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The Sierra Club, the Missouri Coalition for the Environment and other St. Louis-area environmental groups have released public statements to express support for the Black Lives Matter movement. But the largely white organizations, which focus on policy and outdoor recreation, have found it difficult to address environmental problems that affect predominantly black St. Louis neighborhoods. -
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... -
An advisory group Gov. Mike Parson appointed during the record-breaking 2019 floods has released a report that calls for strengthening levees and other... -
Missouri health officials do not plan to publicly identify nursing homes that have residents or workers who have tested positive for the coronavirus. Dr... -
At least 49 nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Missouri have residents or workers who tested positive for COVID-19, according to state... -
Health policy researchers have strongly recommended that state governments update their quarantine policies to protect individual rights. -
An advisory group Gov. Mike Parson appointed to study ways to address flooding has released a report that recommends state and federal agencies repair... -
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... -
Biologists at Washington University have discovered that an invasive species of mosquito in the U.S. has adapted to colder climates by laying eggs that...
