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Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D.

@kmullaugh.bsky.social

484 followers 1.5K following 53 posts

Mom, gardener, cat lover, Girl Scout leader, environmental chemist, Assoc prof, College of Charleston

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Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Pink water lily with small orange and black koi

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Bonus carnivorous plants: sundew, Venus fly trap, pitcher plants with flower

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Past food, about to get replaced: celery, dill, parsley

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Future food: Apple, cucumber, tomatillo, pear (yes, we grow apples in Charleston, SC!)

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Blue berries, strawberries, black berries, and new this year: raspberries

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I have like no social media following, but I’m so happy it’s spring, I just have to share these pictures from our garden…first up flowers

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I have been working out a new environmental chemistry lab for the detection of NOx from various combustion sources (pink solution = NOx). When I couldn’t capture detectable levels from the tailpipe of a car, I decided to try it on the gas burners in my kitchen and…

Four syringes with pink colored solutions

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Me: “I’ll take you to the lab and we can look at your hair under the electron microscope!” 9yo: “You really should have gotten one that’s in color” 😭

Scanning electron microscope image of human hair (black and white)

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Zinnia appreciation post #gardening

Backyard garden with multicolored zinnias

Yellow zinnia

Orange zinnia

Purple zinnia

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Rain clearing out just in time for graduation. I’ll take this as a good sign! 🌈

Rainbow over downtown Charleston

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Phew, apple blossoms survived what is hopefully 🤞🏻 the last frost of the year

Close up picture of Dorset apple blossom

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Right on, fortune cookie, right on…

Fortune cookie fortune that says,”Seek professional help when needed for your mental health.”

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I mean…what are we even doing here?

Google maps showing Gulf of Mexico renamed “Gulf of America”

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Possible winter storm or bird flu? A bit of both? Who knows!

Empty grocery case with no eggs left

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Orange tabby under white Christmas tree skirt with head poking out

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Could use some help eating these greens #garden #GardenSky 🌱

Backyard raised bed garden with herbs, cabbage, kale, arugula, lettuce, bok choy, carrots, celery, onions, radishes

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Glamour Gus

Long haired orange tabby

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

Just got a benchtop electron microscope installed 🤗 thank you nsf!

Delong LVEM5 microscope in chemistry lab

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

Garden harvest for today…now comes the real work of cooking with it all! Bonus cat 🐈

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

Welp…definitely tomato seeds in the compost

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

Why do cats do this

Orange tabby cat sitting on top of papers being graded

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

Love when friends send me pics of the sweet potato they grew from the slips I gave them 🍠🌱

Pile of sweet potatoes

Kate Mullaugh, Ph.D. @kmullaugh.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

Do cats today know how good they have it? Boxes show up on a near daily basis around here

Two kitties in a “kitty express” made of cardboard boxes