Natalie is a PhD student in the Anthropology department at UC Davis. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Chapman University in 2013 and began her graduate studies in the Henn Lab in 2017. She is interested in the genetic architecture and evolution of human traits such as eye and skin pigmentation and disease resistance, as well as population mutational and inbreeding load. She is currently working with single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data to analyze inbreeding load and its effects on health and reproduction within populations in southern Africa. ​