Katherine joined the Cheng Lab in 2011 to collaboratively write grants and research papers with the international postdocs and the PI (Keith Cheng). Later that year, she began to focus almost solely on assisting with data collection for the East Asian skin color project (EASCoP) with Dr. Khai Chung Ang. She is currently fundraising to travel to Dominica and collect human DNA samples to complete the project: Exploring an age-old question: can we demystify skin color?