Dr. Karen Schindler is a Professor in the Department of Genetics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She received a B.S. in Biology from Loyola University, Maryland and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology at Thomas Jefferson University. She then completed postdoctoral training with Dr. Richard Schultz at the University of Pennsylvania. Her NIH-funded laboratory investigates the molecular and genetic mechanisms that can cause aneuploidy in oocytes. Dr. Schindler was the recipient of 2018 SSR Virendra B. Mahesh New Investigator Award, the 2020 FASEB Excellence in Science Early Career Investigator Award, and most recently the 2024–2025 Rutgers Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research. Dr. Schindler was recently co-editor in chief of the Reproduction journal and director of the Gametogenesis and Embryogenesis section of the Frontiers in Reproduction course. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Society for the Study of Reproduction.