She studies marine sediments to derive long-term records of past ocean conditions and also conducts culture experiments with live Foraminifera to develop new proxies for use in paleoceanography. Kat studied Geology at Case Western Reserve University (BSci), Earth and Environmental Sciences at Cambridge University (MPhil) and Columbia University (PhD) and conducted post-doctoral work at Rutgers Universty. She’s motivated by a life-long fascination with the ocean and enjoys hiking and rowing at home in Maine.