Welkin Pope, an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at Chatham University. Welkin has also served as the Science Coordinator for the Science Education Alliance (SEA) through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She is an active researcher focusing on identifying new molecular mechanisms of host defense and prophage-mediated host defense against bacteriophage infection using computational and molecular approaches. In this episode, we discuss some of Welkin's passions/hobbies, growing up in Cape Cod, MS, her pursuit of higher education, and her path leading to her current role in academia. 

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