Kathryn Grabenstein

Kathryn Grabenstein is a Graduate Research Fellow at the National Science Foundation since May 2017, focusing on the intersection of genomics and field studies to understand human impact on species interactions. As a PhD candidate at the University of Colorado Boulder since August 2016, Kathryn received the Graduate Student Teacher Award in 2018 and achieved recognition for research presentations, garnering over $250,000 in research grants and fellowships, significantly exceeding the national average funding rates. Prior experience includes an internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the Climate Change Science Institute and a research assistant position at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, where notable achievements included a runner-up award for poster presentation at the Animal Behavior Society and recognition for an outstanding undergraduate thesis. Kathryn holds a PhD in Genome Sciences/Genomics from the University of Colorado Boulder and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Cornell University.