Catherine (Katie) Nation is a post-doctoral fellow studying the tegumental nucleotide metabolizing ectoenzymes of Schistosoma mansoni. Katie joined the lab in February 2018 after completing her PhD in Parasitology from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. There, she studied the role of molecular chaperone HSP90 in Leishmania stage differentiation. When not in the lab, Katie enjoys cooking, hiking with her husband and dog, and bird photography.