Catherine S.

Catherine S. is a highly skilled professional in the fields of research and education, currently serving as a Senior Research Associate at Conception and as a Teaching Fellow at EnCorps - STEM Teachers since October 2025. Prior to these roles, Catherine worked as an Associate Scientist at Wildtype, focusing on cell integration, tissue engineering, edible biomaterials validation, and process development from October 2022 to December 2025. Catherine's earlier experience includes positions as a Research Assistant at Massachusetts General Hospital's Wainger Lab, where significant contributions were made to the study of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) through the development of statistical analysis pipelines and phenotypic drug screens, as well as practical work involving induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Catherine began a research career at the University of Edinburgh School of Engineering, where a technical procedure for bioprinting a 3D breast cancer tissue scaffold was designed. Academically, Catherine holds a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, East Asian Studies, and Materials Science & Engineering from Princeton University.