Katy is an entrepreneurial professor and plant breeder specializing in UAS, nutritional quality, quantitative genetics, and the soybean value chain. She develops new tools for crop research professionals, and has extensive experience in multi-state research coordination. Katy advocates and advises for crop genetics adn ag research nationally, and has multiple recognitions for excellence and leadership at Purdue:

Appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture: Member of National Genetic Resources Advisory Council (NGRAC), since 2019
Member of the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) Next Generation Crops Scientific Advisory Council, since 2022
Member of the American Seed Trade Association CSS Planning Committee, since 2014
Named a Purdue University Faculty Scholar, 2020
Appointed Purdue University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Ambassador, since 2021
Director of the Purdue Soybean Center, since 2018
Testified to the Senate Ag Committee about the Farm Bill, Dec 6 2022