Kate Wright

Kate Wright is a highly experienced research scientist currently serving as Principal Research Scientist and Team Leader at Vertex Pharmaceuticals since September 2019, previously holding roles as Senior Research Scientist, Research Scientist II, and Fellow. Academic experience includes a tenure as a Lecturer at St Edmund Hall, where Kate instructed Biochemistry undergraduates, and a Postdoctoral Fellow position at Imperial College London, focusing on malaria protein research under a Sir Henry Wellcome Fellowship. Other notable roles include Junior Research Fellow at New College, and a Media Fellow experience with The Times. Educational credentials include a Ph.D. in Structural Biology and an M. Biochem. from the University of Oxford, where Kate's doctoral research centered on a crucial malaria protein implicated in red blood cell invasion.