Catherine Beamish graduated with her BS from Washington University in St. Louis in 2018 with a major in Chemistry with a concentration in Biochemistry and a Mathematics minor. There, under the mentorship of Dr. Timothy Wencewicz, she explored new isolation methodology of the natural product and antimicrobial, salmycin. Catherine is currently enrolled in the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Rochester. She is in her second year in the Toxicology PhD program within the Department of Environmental Medicine, pursuing her training under the mentorship of Dr. Matthew D. Rand. In the Rand lab, she is investigating novel toxicity mechanisms of methylmercury using the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster.