Niamh Ordner is an environment, health and science intern at the Los Angeles Times. She is an undergraduate student at Rice University studying integrative biology, with research experience in plant molecular biology and computational cancer genomics. She joined The Times in 2025 as an AAAS Mass Media Fellow, sponsored by the American Statistical Assn.
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