Kat is interested in the drivers of successful tropical forest landscape restoration, and the co-benefits of forest restoration for biodiversity and ecosystem services. She is particularly interested in the potential role of agroforestry and timber plantations to facilitate natural forest regeneration and generate sustainable livelihoods. Kat served as a Peace Corps Volunteer (’19-’20) in eastern Madagascar after college, working with community leaders to empower farmers to start and scale multi-strata agroforestry systems, as well as to increase the prevalence of native trees in agricultural landscapes. Before that, she received her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and Public Policy from Harvard (’18), and has previously studied the behavioral ecology of Anolis lizards, microbial ecology in prairie streams, and monarch butterfly migration. Outside of work, Kat enjoys hiking, running, chilling with her pup, Kova, and exploring the natural world, wherever she happens to be.