Nayani Jensen

Election Year: 2018

Election Constituency: Canada

Scholar Status: Scholar Alum

Rhodes Identifier: Maritimes & University 2018

Nayani Jensen

Biography

Nayani Jensen is a writer and historian of science from Halifax, Nova Scotia (Kjipuktuk). After studying Mechanical Engineering and working on climate research projects, she used the Rhodes Scholarship to study English Literature and History of Science at the University of Oxford. In both her academic and creative work, she is interested in merging arts and sciences in interdisciplinary approaches to history, science and fiction. Her debut short fiction collection TWO BODIES IN FLIGHT is forthcoming from Scribner Canada.