KATHERINE DUNCAN

Chancellor’s Research Fellow and Lecturer Marine Natural Products Drug Discovery, University of Strathclyde, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science, Glasgow
Scotland, UK
Kate discovers novel antibiotics and anticancer compounds from the oceans using a multidisciplinary approach encompassing microbiology, comparative metabolomics, chemistry, ecology and molecular biology. She has over 12 years’ research experience, including a RSC MChem (Scotland), an international Masters placement in Chemistry (Florida), a PhD in Biomedical Sciences (Canada), two postdoctoral fellowships in Marine Biomedicine (University of California) and Marine Biotechnology (Scottish Marine Institute). She started her own research group in 2016.