As one of the University of Pennsylvania’s science news officers, Katherine (Katie) Baillie works with faculty, staff and students to share and promote their research, primarily in the life sciences. Prior to joining Penn, she worked as a writer and editor at The Wildlife Society, where she helped launch the organization’s member magazine, The Wildlife Professional. Katie has more than a decade of science writing experience, including stints at Science and NPR and freelance work for USAID, the American Society for Microbiology, New Scientist, Earth, and other outlets. She earned her bachelor’s degree in biology at Haverford College before fleeing the laboratory for the newsroom and has a master’s degree in science writing from Johns Hopkins University. She’s currently enrolled in Penn’s Master of Environmental Studies program.