Adjie Henderson is a scientist and previously a Dean for Graduate Sciences. She has published over two hundred reports on diverse research, from molecular genetics to setting standards for environmental controls. Her current research concentrates on cleaning the environment.

She has made numerous public appearances related to science—CBS, Good Morning America, and National Public Radio—and been interviewed in the New Yorker, Science News, Scientific American, and Popular Science, among others. More recently she has published news articles as well as 28 short stories, none of which have to do with the credentials above.