Katherine Bujold is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology at McMaster University since 2020. Her principal research interests reside in oligonucleotide chemistry, DNA self-assembly, and drug delivery. Currently, her research group at McMaster focuses on the synthesis of oligonucleotides and nucleic acids nanostructures with modified backbones to modulate their interactions with living systems for applications in precision medicine. Prof. Bujold was previously a Banting and International Institute for Nanotechnology Postdoctoral Fellow in Prof. Chad Mirkin's group at Northwestern University where she co-developed the first automated synthesis protocol to access cationic deoxynucleic guanidine (DNG) oligonucleotides. She completed her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Hanadi Sleiman at McGill University where she developed stimuli-responsive DNA nanostructures towards biological applications as an NSERC and FRQNT awardee. Prof. Bujold received McMaster’s President and Faculty of Science Awards for Excellence in Graduate Supervision in 2023.