Katie M. Murphy, PhD is the Director of Phenotyping and Principal Investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, a non-profit research institute in St. Louis, Missouri. She holds a B.S. with Honors in Chemistry from Stanford University, and a PhD in Plant Biology from UC Davis.
In addition to great science, Katie is passionate about science communication. She believes that if tax payers fund her research, they deserve to understand what their money is doing. You can check out her science communication at this page.
Current Team Members
Leo Chavez
Lab Manager
Joe Duenwald
Technician II
Chloe Hendrikse
Technician I
Tess Rogers
Pivot2Plants Fellow
Former Team Members
Nick Miklave – Grad Student Intern 2025
Caitlyn Elliott – NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates 2025
MaKayla Stewart – High School Intern 2024