Kate is an Evan Pugh Unversity Professor in the Department of Geosciences and Department of Chemistry at Penn State University. Her research interests include isotopic biogeochemistry, paleoclimate and new methods in organic isotope analyses. She is a graduate of Wellesley College, earned her M.S. and Ph.D. working with John Hayes at Indiana University, and was a postdoc with Stuart Wakeham at Skidaway Institute of Oceanography. Kate is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Geochemical Society, the American Academy of Microbiology and the Geological Society of America. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2013.

Megan Kohler is a Learning Designer with the John A. Dutton e-Education Institute at Penn State. Among her professional accomplishments, she is recognized for her work as the lead instructional designer and project manager on Penn State’s highly-rated Epidemics MOOC. She conceptualized the MOOCs by Design Webinar series and served as the pedagogical lead for the Penn State Digital Badges Initiative. She continues to explore interesting opportunities focused on improving the online learning experience for higher education.