In 1996, Cathleen started her own research group at the University of New Brunswick. In 2002, she moved to Queen’s University.

 

In 2013, Cathleen was offered a position as a member of the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) at Nagoya University where she runs a full-time satellite lab.

 

Cathleen is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair and the recipient of the 2019 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award.

 

Cathleen Crudden was born in Belfast, N. Ireland to Patrick and Linda Crudden. Shortly thereafter, her family emmigrated to Canada, where they settled in Toronto and gave Cathleen two younger sisters, Mary and Sarah, and her only brother, Patrick.

 

Cathleen grew up in Toronto attending Notre Dame high school in the Beaches before starting her B.Sc. at the university of Toronto.

After this, she stayed on at the U. of T. to complete a master’s degree with Professor Mark Lautens.