From the Smithsonian Museums
Chihiro Kai is a Science Writing Intern at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. She covers natural history research for the museum's online magazine, Smithsonian Voices. Chihiro is a double major in Journalism and Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Organismal Biology at the University of Kansas. She is particularly fond of dinosaurs and was a research volunteer for two field seasons at the KU Vertebrate Paleontology Lab. Previous to the Smithsonian, Chihiro was a freelance reporter covering the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, specializing in the COVID-19 pandemic and Japanese domestic and international policy. One of her favorite pastimes is watching old "Bill Nye the Science Guy" episodes.
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