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Kathryn received her undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering with an emphasis in Biomedical Sciences from Cornell University, where she graduated cum laude. While an undergraduate, she was awarded the Merck Science and Technology Fellowship and subsequently worked as an intern with this pharmaceutical company. She received her doctorate in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied the adhesion of neutrophils to P-selectin–coated surfaces under shear flow, and the dynamics and kinetics of the P-selectin/PSGL-1 bond. She worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, and was awarded an NRSA to fund her research. Her postdoctoral research involved the dynamics and structure of fibrin clots formed under flow, both in vitro and in vivo. During her postdoctoral tenure, Kathryn worked as an editorial intern with the Journal of Clinical Investigation, where she developed a passion for science writing and editing. Kathryn has performed bench research in drug delivery systems and organic chemistry, and has co-authored peer-reviewed scientific research articles and successful grant proposals. Kathryn’s particular areas of scientific expertise fall into the general categories of biophysics and bioengineering, with particular emphasis on cell adhesion and migration, neutrophil/platelet interactions, cardiovascular systems, blood coagulation, atherosclerosis, thrombosis and hemostasis, and fibrinolysis. |