Annie Chen
Annie Chen is an artist, designer, researcher, and author-illustrator whose work explores the relationships between science, culture, and the living world. Drawing on her background in biology and design, she creates visual stories that make complex ecological ideas feel vivid, wondrous, and alive. Her debut picture book, Salmon Run, follows a Pacific coho salmon from tiny egg to adulthood, tracing her extraordinary life cycle and the magic of her journey home.
Annie is a graduate of the Brown | RISD Dual Degree Program, a Research Affiliate at the MIT Media Lab's Community Biotechnology Initiative, and the co-founder of BEAM, a creative studio focused on climate and emerging science. She grew up among the mountains, forests, and streams of northern Georgia, and now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she remains endlessly fascinated by fish.