Bor-Rong Chen is a postdoctoral researcher at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. As a member of the Center for Next Generation of Materials Design (CNGMD) Energy Frontier Research Center, she investigates the formation and evolution of oxides during water-based chemical reactions in real time by using X-ray analysis techniques. Her goal is to understand the nature of reaction pathways and to design more effective ways for synthesizing new materials. Chen has been studying materials science since 2005, and she graduated with a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Northwestern University in 2017.