Katherine M. Murphy: Plant Physiology First Author

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Katherine M. Murphy, first author of “Shielding the oil reserves: the scutellum as a source of chemical defenses”

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Education: Ph.D. in Plant Biology from UC Davis, B.S. in Chemistry from Stanford University

Non-scientific Interests: teaching group exercise and crafting

Brief bio: Katie Murphy is an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow interested in all things maize metabolism. Her PhD work focused on specialized metabolism in maize, specifically the role of diterpenoids in the maize stress response. Her current postdoctoral research at the Danforth Center focuses on the intersection of metabolism and plant phenotypes in maize under heat stress conditions. Katie communicates her work to a general public @Real_Time_Science TikTok and Instagram.