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Dr. Kathryn Atherton

@k8eatherton.bsky.social

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✨ In my Doctoral Era 👩🏻‍🔬 Boston U PhD 2025 🚂 Purdue Alumna 2019

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Dr. Kathryn Atherton @k8eatherton.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Excited to share that I’ve started a new position with @bu-igs.bsky.social where I will be venturing into the fields of climate, energy, and health while building relationships with non-academic partners to ensure BU science makes an impact in MA!

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 31/12/2025

On @revealnews.org's “More To The Story,” climate change activist @billmckibben.bsky.social examines the remarkable growth of renewable energy and why it gives us a chance to fight climate change. It’s the most optimistic 30 minutes you’ll hear all week: tinyurl.com/3ztc2w34

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BU URBAN @buurban.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Another impressive alum sharing their research on our urban environment! Check out @k8eatherton.bsky.social's paper in Nature Cities (www.nature.com/articles/s44...), "Behind the Paper" blog post (communities.springernature.com/posts/the-dy...) , or coverage at WBUR (www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...).

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Dr. Kathryn Atherton @k8eatherton.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

🌳 Big news! My paper “Disruption of the oak tree microbiome with urbanization” is now out in Nature Cities! 🏙️🌿 Cities are full of life we don’t see, including microbes that live in and on trees. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s442...

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Disruption of the oak tree microbiome with urbanization - Nature Cities

Urbanization disrupts oak tree microbiomes by reducing beneficial fungi and increasing plant and human pathogens across leaves, roots and soils, with consequences for tree health, urban climate mitiga...

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Dr. Kathryn Atherton @k8eatherton.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Ever since I started my graduate school career, I've known I want to work in science policy for the federal government, but right now that possibility is looking less and less likely each day. Thanks so much to @vivianla.bsky.social for doing such a wonderful job telling this story!

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