Nackerdien, Zeena

Zeena Nackerdien is a dual US and South African citizen. She obtained a PhD degree in Biochemistry from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. Zeena has been a research chemist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Maryland and a senior research associate at The Rockefeller University in New York. She is the author of several publications in scientific journals, a book chapter, a novel, and a collection of poetry. As a scientist turned patient advocate and writer, she is intensely interested in building relationships with people from different cultures through story...