Karen Chin

Karen Chin
Chin in 2008
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California San Diego (BS)
Montana State University (MS)
University of California, Santa Barbara (PhD),
Known forCoprolite Research
Scientific career
FieldsPaleontology
InstitutionsUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
ThesisThe paleobiological implications of herbivorous dinosaur coprolites: Ichnologic, petrographic, and organic geochemical investigations (1996)
Doctoral advisorBruce H. Tiffney
Other academic advisorsJack Horner (MS)

Dr. Karen Chin is an American paleontologist and taphonomist who is considered one of the world's leading experts in coprolites.