Katherine (Kat) Jarvis

Kat is a masters graduate student and research assistant in Kelley Lab studying Biochemistry. The research focuses on G-protein Coupled Receptor signaling pathway modeling using computational biology. Kat’s love of both mathematics and biochemistry lead her to want to join Khalil’s team of expertise and learn more about computational modeling and analysis. She has experience modeling using a variety of methods including ordinary differential equations and agent based modeling to explain biological phenomenon such as gradient tracking in the yeast pheromone pathway and COVID-19 spread in a population. The majority of Kat’s simulations are coded in MATLAB but she has experience coding in R, Java and Python as well as programs such as VCELL and ImageJ/FIJI. Other than computational biology, Kat also conducts benchwork exploring the relation of septin deposition and vesicle trafficking to the yeast pheromone pathway’s ability to track a gradient. In her free time, Kat enjoys hiking and exploring Maine as well as cooking and painting.