Dr. Kathryn Atherton
@k8eatherton.bsky.social
✨ In my Doctoral Era
👩🏻🔬 Boston U PhD 2025
🚂 Purdue Alumna 2019
👩🏻🔬 Boston U PhD 2025
🚂 Purdue Alumna 2019
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!
Our newest team member, Policy Associate Kathryn Atherton (k8eatherton.bsky.social), will help us expand our work translating science into impact for communities. She brings strong experiences in both research and policy to the role. Get to know her ➡️ www.bu.edu/igs/profile/...
January 28, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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!
Reposted by Dr. Kathryn Atherton
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
It’s the most optimistic 30 minutes you’ll hear all week: tinyurl.com/3ztc2w34
December 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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
It’s the most optimistic 30 minutes you’ll hear all week: tinyurl.com/3ztc2w34
Reposted by Dr. Kathryn Atherton
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...).
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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...).
🌳 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...
Cities are full of life we don’t see, including microbes that live in and on trees.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s442...
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...
doi.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🌳 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...
Cities are full of life we don’t see, including microbes that live in and on trees.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s442...
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!
“I've trained for 10 years to get to this point, and all of a sudden this election has entirely derailed everything that I've ever wanted to do,” a Boston University student said.
Under Trump, job prospects look 'bleak' for Mass. grads in environmental science
In recent months, the Trump administration has clawed back funding for research, slashed scientific agencies and reshaped climate policy. The moves are complicating opportunities for environmental sci...
www.wbur.org
May 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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!