The Leffler Lab

Ellen completed a BA in Biology at Amherst College and an MPhil in Biological Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. She then spent a year studying Mandarin in Lanzhou, China before pursuing a PhD in Human Genetics at the University of Chicago with Molly Przeworski. She worked with Chris Spencer and Dominic Kwiatkowski at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics at the University of Oxford as a postdoctoral fellow. In February 2020, she began her position at the University of Utah, where she holds a Mario Capecchi endowed chair. Outside the lab, she enjoys spending time with her family and experiencing varied Utah landscapes.