(That’s me on the right)
Hi there, I’m Katia! I’m a graduate student in Harvard’s Molecules, Cells, and Organisms Ph.D. program and a recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. In 2023, I graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where I completed my B.S. in Molecular Environmental Biology and was an undergraduate researcher in the Sudmant Lab. Today, I’m a PhD student in Dr. Vadim Gladyshev’s lab at Harvard Medical School and I work closely with Dr. Elinor Karlsson at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
I was born and raised in the Bay Area and my lifelong passion for wildlife inspired me to pursue research opportunities as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley. There, I studied the unique biology of long-lived bat populations. Now as a graduate student, I am pursuing several questions in comparative biology of aging, leveraging insights from mammals and birds to understand longevity and aging across the tree of life. When I’m not in lab or out in the field, you can find me testing out new recipes or playing DnD.
I love connecting with new people so whether you’re a researcher in academia or industry, a student, or just want to chat, reach out to me anytime.