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Moriah Katt, PhD
Albany, New York<\/p><\/div>\n

Moriah Katt<\/a> recently defended her PhD in materials science and engineering, focusing on modeling the human blood-brain barrier in health and disease. Moriah is from Albany, New York, where she completed her B.S. at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Materials Engineering.<\/em><\/p>\n

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How did you get interested in materials science and engineering? What interests you the most about the field?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Materials science provided answers to many of the questions that I had in high school chemistry; how molecular and atomic interactions impact the physical characteristics of the bulk material. Then I learned that anything and everything is a material and that I could apply my knowledge to nearly any problem that I was interested in.<\/p>\n

What made you decide to come to Johns Hopkins?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I decided to come to Johns Hopkins because of the exciting research opportunities, and the ability to collaborate with a wide variety of scientists.<\/p>\n

What research were you involved in during your time in MatSci? What was your role?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have been involved in modeling the human blood-brain barrier, or the vasculature of the brain. Through this work, I brought stem cell differentiation protocols into the lab and changed the entire direction of research of the lab. I was able to identify the key factors that derived brain microvascular endothelial cells need to adhere and survive in a 3D blood-brain barrier model. I also researched the role of the cerebrovasculature in neurodegenerative diseases, looking at dysfunction in passive and active transport across a monolayer of endothelium.<\/p>\n

What impact do you hope to make through your research?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope to identify mechanisms that are critical in the progression of cerebrovascular diseases. I hope to develop tools that can be used to answer a wide variety of questions that center on the blood-brain barrier.<\/p>\n

Outside of lab and class: were you involved with (groups, organizations, intramurals, etc.)?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not really.<\/p>\n

What sort of impact do you hope to have either as an engineer or in a STEM field?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My ultimate goal is to improve quality of life for patients. I hope to do this by identifying mechanistic steps for disease progression and by creating tools for research.<\/p>\n

What are your plans or goals after graduation?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I will be accepting a post-doctoral position at a university (TBD) continuing my research on the blood-brain barrier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-12439","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-student-experience"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGraduate Q&A: Moriah Katt - Department of Materials Science & Engineering<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/materials\/news\/student-qa-moriah-katt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Graduate Q&A: Moriah Katt - Department of Materials Science & Engineering\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Moriah Katt recently defended her PhD in materials science and engineering, focusing on modeling the human blood-brain barrier in health and disease. 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