Mentors that guided me through my undergraduate and graduate education have been instrumental in helping me develop an independent intellectual perspective.

Providing excellent and individualized mentoring to students with diverse goals is one of my core aims as an academic educator.

Kate (left) and Research Professional Jeanette Moore (right) in the field, Summer 2013. Kate was funded through the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates

As an academic, mentoring and developing the next generation of scientists is a central part of my job.

​​Mentees both past and present have taught me a lot about how challenging it can be to fulfill the expectations of a mentor you have for yourself. I owe many thanks to these fantastic mentees for being patient, hard-working, and fun. 

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Past Mentees: Where are they now?

Jaclyn Lai 
Alvin Balmeo
Aimee Pepper**&       
Emily Tang               
Rita Bao**                   
Cody Limber**&        
Kristin Conner**&      
Allegra Estrada**
Jacob Albright
Madison Atlas
Hannah Johnson& 
Kirksey Cunningham**&       

2015-2016 – UC Berkeley – DVM
2015-2016 – UC Berkeley – Software Engineer
​2016-2018 – UC Berkeley – DVM
2016-2019 – UC Berkeley –  MS, Data Science
​2017-2019 – UC Berkeley – MD student
​2017-2019 – UC Berkeley – PhD student, Yale University
​2018-2019 – UC Berkeley – DVM candidate, Univ. of California Davis
2018-2019 – Chabot College – Naturopath
2019-2021 – Univ. of Montana - PhD student, University of Montana
2019-2021 – Univ. of Montana - Park Ranger, USFS
2019-2021 – Univ. of Montana - PA student, Rocky Mountain College
2019-2022 – Univ. of Montana - Undergraduate, Univ. of MT

** indicates co-author on peer-review manuscripts in review or published
& indicates honors thesis mentee