Kat Ng is Principal Data Scientist and Principal Manager, Technology Strategy at one.bio, a biotech spinout of UC Davis focused on creating highly soluble natural fibers that can selectively modulate human health.  A microbiologist by training, Kat completed her PhD in Justin Sonnenburg's lab at Stanford University, where she studied antibiotic-mediated disruption of the gut microbiota. She performed postdoctoral work in KC Huang's lab at Stanford, studying the factors that influence recovery of the microbiota after perturbation, including diet. As a senior research associate in Carolina Tropini's lab at the University of British Columbia, Kat worked on understanding how single-strain growth of bacteria under stress can be generalized to predict larger community responses. 

In her role at one.bio, Kat has worked with the R&D team to characterize the compositional diversity of dietary fiber in our food systems, as well as to understand how different dietary fibers exert distinct effects on the gut microbiota, enabling the selection of fibers for specific health applications. She has also spearheaded numerous consumer research projects and worked on product development at one.bio, providing a perspective on functional foods that is informed by basic science and consumer preferences.