Katherine Unger Baillie

Katherine Unger Baillie, LPS’22, director of Penn’s Environmental Innovations Initiative, is a science writer whose work has appeared in Science Magazine, New Scientist, Penn Today, and elsewhere.

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Cultivating Discovery
Within the Department of Biology, the self-described “plant group” is employing cutting-edge techniques to explore everything from cancer and developmental biology to how agricultural crops might withstand a changing climate.
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Cancer Cells Selectively Use ‘Drones’ to Keep T Cells From Infiltrating Tumors
Wei Guo, Class of 1965 Term Professor of Biology, identifies a new tool to help predict how a patient might respond to checkpoint inhibitor drugs.
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Seeing Clearly Through the Fog of War
In a new book, M. Susan Lindee, Janice and Julian Bers Professor of History and Sociology of Science, explores the interplay between scientific progress and violence in modern war.
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The Mutualistic Relationship Between Ants and Acacias
Scott Poethig of Biology and Aaron Leichty, GR’18, examine the factors that govern the development of the acacia’s ant-sustaining traits.