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Jennifer Handler

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Contemporary, Suspense, Medical Thriller

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Jennifer Handler is the pen name of a scientist, educator, and novelist whose career has focused on genetics, neuroscience, and human disease. She earned a BS in Molecular Genetics and a PhD in Genetics, completed postdoctoral training in neuroscience at the Cleveland Clinic, and served as a research associate in the Alzheimer's Research Laboratory at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She is a faculty member in the Department of Biology at Case Western Reserve University, where she teaches physiology and neuroscience.

Her scientific research, teaching experience, and lifelong interest in making complex science accessible inform her fiction, blending authentic scientific concepts with character-driven storytelling.
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