Kathleen graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics with a minor in Philosophy. As an undergraduate she was involved in experimental physics research in astrophysics, plasma physics, quantum opto-mechanics, and neutrino physics as part of the MicroBooNE experiment. She studied in Columbia’s M.A. program in the Philosophical Foundations of Physics while conducting research in the Sahin lab. Her research in biophysics focused on high-resolution atomic force microscopy of cells to study intracellular forces. She also built a 3D printer to that prints a solution of Bacillus Subtilis spores. The spores can be used as an energy source to power small mechanical devices. She later worked in astrophysics on the FIREBall II balloon experiment, and is joining the physics PhD program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the Fall of 2015.