Curriculum Vitae

Katharine MN Lee, MS, PhD

2022 - current: Assistant Professor
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Department of Anthropology
kLee32@tulane.edu

Education and Training

2020-2022: Washington University School of Medicine. St Louis, MO
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Division of Public Health Sciences
2020: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Urbana, IL
PhD in Biological Anthropology
Graduate Minor in Gender & Women’s Studies, Graduate Certificate in Science Communication Dissertation title: Estrogen, energy, and bone: a life history approach to understanding skeletal phenotypes
Dissertation advisor: Kathryn Clancy
2007: Texas A&M-Texarkana. Texarkana, TX
Master of Science in Business Administration
Army Materiel Command Fellows Program
2006: Tulane University. New Orleans, LA
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, field of Biomedical Engineering
Thesis title: 3-D Image Reconstruction of Human Brain Geometry from the Visible Human Project
Thesis advisors: J.K. Francis Suh, PhD, and Richard Hart, PhD

Professional and Research Employment

Washington University School of Medicine

St. Louis, Missouri; Aug 2020 – Jun 2022
Division of Public Health Sciences

Postdoctoral Scholar NIH/NCI T32 postdoctoral training program in cancer prevention and control

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,

Urbana, Illinois; Aug 2013 – Present

Research Affiliate, Department of Anthropology, Oct 2020 – present

Fellow - National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Jun 2014 – May 2019
Studying activity patterns and estrogen effects on bone health in young women

Graduate Research Assistant Jan 2017 – May 2017, Jan 2019 – Jul 2019
Appointed as Research Assistant to Dr. Kathryn Clancy for Polish luteal reproductive function project, funded by NSF 1-200250-241004-241167; Appointed as Research Assistant to Dr. Kathryn Clancy for research on Workplace Climate and Culture at a Federal Research Facility

Graduate Teaching Assistant Aug 2013 – May 2014, Aug 2016 – Dec 2016, Aug 2018 – Dec 2018, Aug 2019 – current

Dog Genetics, LLC,

San Antonio, TX; Feb 2011 – Oct 2013

Research Coordinator at TSA Canine Breeding & Development Center, Lackland AFB

US Army: Army Materiel Command, Natick Soldier Research, Development, & Engineering Center,

Natick, MA; Sep 2007 – Jun 2010

Fellow/Biomedical Engineer, Biophysics & Biomedical Modeling Division at US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) Mar 2009 – Jun 2010

Fellow/Biomedical Engineer, Center for Military Biomechanics Research; Sep 2007 – Feb 2009

US Army: Army Materiel Command,

ALLC, Red River Army Depot, TX 2006 – 2007

Fellow

Ochsner Clinic Foundation,

New Orleans, LA 2005 – 2006

Assistant Program Coordinator for Clinical Research, Department of Endocrinology

Vanderbilt University,

Nashville, TN; 2003 – 2004
Summer Research Assistant/Technical Intern, Energy Balance Laboratory

External grants, fellowships, and honors

2017: Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Dissertation Fieldwork Grant $20,000
2017: American Association of Physical Anthropologists First runner-up as Graduate Student Liaison to AAPA Executive Committee
2017: National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant $31,720
2015: American Philosophical Society The Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research $4500
2014: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)

Teaching Experience

Certified Carpentries Instructor: Teaching foundational programming, data science, and data managment techniques using curriculum designed for scientists and researchers

Washington University in St. Louis

2020 Fall: Applied Qualitative Methods. Teaching assistant

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

2019 Fall: ANTH 246 - Forensic Science (online). Teaching Assistant
2018 Fall: ANTH 246 - Forensic Science (online). Teaching Assistant
2016 Fall: ANTH 103 - Anthropology in a Changing World. Teaching Assistant.
2014 Spring: ANTH 101 - Introduction to Anthropology. Teaching Assistant.
2013 Fall: ANTH 143 - Biology of Human Behavior. Teaching Assistant.

Undergraduate Projects Supervised

2019-2020: H. Ban. Undergraduate Honors Thesis: “Dietary Protein Intake and Urinary C-peptide Concentration in Regularly Menstruating Rural Polish Women”
2018-2019: K. Allen. Undergraduate Honors Thesis: “A Comparison of Methods for Determining Time of Ovulation”
2019: S. Agrawal, University of Illinois Undergraduate Researchers Initiative. Researcher Initiative Symposium poster: “Correlation of Identity Scales in Polish-American Women”; R. Durham, University of Illinois Undergraduate Researchers Initiative. Researcher Initiative Symposium poster: “Effects of Smoking on Cortisol Levels”
2018: J. Kanthak, University of Illinois Undergraduate Researchers Initiative. Researcher Initiative Symposium poster: “Female Reproductive Hormonal Variation”
2017: O. Shukla, University of Illinois Undergraduate Researchers Initiative. Researcher Initiative Symposium poster titled: “Inflammation and Bone Modeling in Healthy Adults”

Publications

See Publications page or Google Scholar

Published Abstracts

2020: Lee, Katharine MN, Rogers, Mary P; Galbarczyk, Andrzej; Jasienska, Grazyna; Clancy, Kathryn BH. “Household food production shows little effect on body size and composition in two samples of young adult women.” Poster presentation, accepted for annual American Association of Physical Anthropologists conference. Canceled due to COVID-19. Am J Phys Anthropol. vol 171, pg 157.
2020: Lee, Katharine MN, Rogers, Mary P; Galbarczyk, Andrzej; Jasienska, Grazyna; Clancy, Kathryn BH. “Does relative body size at menarche correspond with adult body size?” Poster presentation, accepted for annual Human Biology Association conference. Canceled due to COVID-19. Abstract publication forthcoming.
2020: Lee, Katharine MN, Rogers, Mary P; Galbarczyk, Andrzej; Jasienska, Grazyna; Clancy, Kathryn BH. “Effects of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior on Bone Density in Healthy Adult Women.” Poster presentation, accepted for American Association of Anatomists/Evolutionary Biology conference. Canceled due to COVID-19. The FASEB Journal 34(S1). doi: fasebj.2020.34.s1.06652
2019: Lee, Katharine MN; Rogers, , Mary; Galbarczyk, Andzrej; Jasienska, Grazyna; Polk, John; Clancy, Kathryn. “Estrogen, energy, and skeletal biology: life history approaches to understanding skeletal phenotype in living women of reproductive age.” Am J Phys Anthropol. vol 168. no S68, pg 140.
2019: Rogers, Mary; Lee, Katharine MN; Galbarczyk, Andzrej; Jasienska, Grazyna; Ripan S Malhi; Clancy, Kathryn BH. “The relationship between stress, gene methylation, and reproductive function.” Am J Phys Anthropol. vol 168. no S68, pg 206-207.
2018: Lee, Katharine; Rogers, Mary; Galbarczyk, Andzrej; Jasienska, Grazyna; Polk, John; Clancy, Kathryn. “Lifestyle factors influencing frame size, grip strength, and bone density in two related populations.” Am J Phys Anthropol, vol 165, no S66, p 155.
2018: Rogers, Mary; Lee, Katharine MN; Galbarczyk, Andzrej; Jasienska, Grazyna; Ripan S Malhi; Clancy, Kathryn BH. “Childhood energetic and psychosocial stressors affect adult reproductive function.” Am J Phys Anthropol, vol 165, no S66, p 229.
2018: Rodgers, Erica; Clancy, Kathryn BH; Richey, Christina; Lee, Katharine MN “An inclusive workplace for all scientists.” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. URL
2017: Lee, Katharine; Rogers, Mary; Galbarczyk, Andzrej; Jasienska, Grazyna; Polk, John; Clancy, Kathryn. “Bone maintenance in young healthy women: Relationships between markers of bone turnover, reproductive status, and energetics.” American Journal of Human Biology, 29 (2).
2017: Rogers, Mary; Lee, Katharine; Galbarczyk, Andzrej; Jasienska, Grazyna; Malhi, Ripan; Clancy, Kathryn. “Investigating combined effects of childhood environment and age at menarche on adult reproductive hormones.” American Journal of Human Biology, 29 (2).
2016: Lee, Katharine; Rogers, Mary; Galbarczyk, Andzrej; Jasienska, Grazyna; Polk, John; Clancy, Kathryn. “Physical activity and anthropometry effects on bone turnover biomarkers in rural Polish women.” Am J Phys Anthropol, vol 159, no. S62, p 205.
2016: Rogers, Mary; Lee, Katharine; Galbarczyk, Andzrej; Jasienska, Grazyna; Malhi, Ripan; Clancy, Kathryn. “Investigating varition in age at menarche: relationships between gene methylation and reproductive traits in rural Polish women.” Am J Phys Anthropol 159, p 271.
2016: Clancy, Kathryn; Rogers, Mary; Lee, Katharine; Galbarczyk, Andzrej; Jasienska, Grazyna. “Environmental factors associated with luteal phase endometrial thickness in a sample of rural Polish women.” Am J Phys Anthropol 159, p 117.
2015: Lee, Katharine M; Rogers, Mary P; Galbarczyk, Andzrej; Jasienska, Grazyna; Clancy, Kathryn B; Polk, John D. 2015. “Physical activity levels in women of reproductive age in rural Poland,” Am J Phys Anthropol, vol. 156, no. S60.
2015: Rogers, Mary P; Lee, Katharine M; Galbarczyk, Andzrej; Jasienska, Grazyna; Malhi, Ripan; Clancy, Kathryn B. 2015. “CYP19A1 methylation: life history factors’ effects on the genome.” Am J Phys Anthropol, vol. 156, no. S60.

Technical Reports and White Papers

2014: Sinn, David L; Fratkin, Jamie L; Bensky, Miles; McGarrity, Monica E; Lee, Katharine M; and Gosling, Samuel D. Tasks 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7 Combined Report – Task analyses to define characteristics of successfully deployed detector dogs. US Department of Homeland Security, Contract HSHQDC-10-C-00085: “Improving the Effectiveness of Detector-Dog Selection and Training through Measurement of Behavior and Temperament”.
2013: Sinn, David L; McGarrity, Monica E; Lee, Katharine M; DeBono, Stephen, Fratkin, Jamie L; Bensky, Miles, Banks, Sean; and Gosling, Samuel D. Task 4.6 Report – REDCap database development and handbook. US Department of Homeland Security, Contract HSHQDC-10-C-00085: “Improving the Effectiveness of Detector-Dog Selection and Training through Measurement of Behavior and Temperament”.
2012: Hare, Elizabeth and Lee, Katharine. “Genetic Linkage Analysis (Task 3) of Detector Canines in the TSA Canine Breeding and Development Center Population.” Produced under DHS Contract HSHQDC-10-C-00185.
2010: Lee, Katharine. “Effects of increased helmet weight on the ground soldier.” Internal white paper prepared for helmet and helmet-borne equipment development team.

Invited Panels, Presentations, and Guest Lectures

2019: “Participating in an inclusive, productive lab.” Sep 13, 2019. Panel at 21st Century Scientists Inclusive Lab Leader - Grad workshop, invited by Dr. Kathryn Clancy.
2019: “Menstruation, models, and metaphors”. Apr 11, 2019. Guest lecture for Anth 379 Medical Anthropology, invited by Emma Verstraete.
2019: “Menstruation: evolutionary and medical perspectives.” Feb 20, 2019. Guest lecture for Anth 249 Evolution and Human Disease, invited by Dr. Mary Rogers.
2018: “Hesitant Data Science Session II: Data/Programming.” Sep 27, 2018, organized by Illinois Data Science Initiative at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and hosted by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications for 2nd annual Data Science Day at UIUC.
2018: “Life history tradeoffs affecting bone maintenance and development in premenopausal Polish and Polish-American women.” May 2, 2018, Guest lecture for Anth 102 Human Origins and Culture, invited by Alexandra Zachwieja.
2018: “Life history tradeoffs affecting bone maintenance and development in premenopausal Polish and Polish-American women.” Apr 26, 2018, Department of Anthropology Colloquium talk, hosted by the Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2018: “Beyond #MeToo in Tech and Academic Workplaces.” Apr 4, 2018, organized by Women@NCSA and hosted by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
2016: “Gender and Health.” Oct 5, 2016. Guest lecture for Anth 103 Anthropology in a Changing World, invited by Dr. Krystal Smalls.

Published Software

2018: Lee, Katharine MN. R Code in support of publication. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1308115

Language Competence

Intermediate German
Beginning/Intermediate Polish

Technical and Research Skills

Computing: R, MATLAB, LaTeX, Markdown, Git, Jekyll, Hugo
Data planning and data management
Anthropometry (height, weight, circumferences, body segment measures)
ELISA hormone analysis methods
Design, implementation, and promotion of academic and research-related organizational strategies
Experience with clinical and university IRB processes for human subjects research
Experience with IACUC process for canine research

Service

Manuscript review:: American Journal of Human Biology, PeerJ
The Carpentries: 2019-current
Certified Software & Data Carpentry Instructor, The Carpentries teach foundational coding and data science skills to researchers worldwide.
21st Century Scientist Working Group: UIUC; 2014-current
Founding Member Group of faculty, staff, and students at the University of Illinois interested in public engagement in science and making science more inclusive.
Graduate representative to Department of Anthropology Faculty Meetings: UIUC; 2016-2018
Association of Biological Anthropologists at UIUC: UIUC; 2013-current
Treasurer 2013-2016, President 2017-2018
Field work, Science, and Sexual Assault: Academic field site safety should not be an afterthought: UIUC; Oct 30, 2014 – Organized panel to discuss field site safety and university policies. Panel included Kathryn Clancy and representatives from UIUC Women’s Resource Center and the UIUC Office of Diversity, Equity, and Access.
Anthropology Undergraduate Research Capstone Conference: UIUC Invited Judge, Spring 2014

Community outreach talks and presentations

Science Café: Sponsored by the UIUC Institute of Genomic Biology and Beckman Institute December 5, 2018. Title: “Peak Bone Mass: What does it mean? Why do we care?””

Professional Society Memberships

American Anthropological Association (2016-current)
American Association of Physical Anthropologists (2014-current)
American Association for Anatomy (2019-current)
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (2014-current)
Human Biology Association (2014-current)
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (2006-current)
IEEE Women in Engineering (2008-current)
Biomedical Engineering Society (2004-2010)