Dr. Cate Morgan has a BSc. in Materials Science and Engineering with a minor in Applied International Studies from MIT, where she got to know the science and technology landscape in Germany through participation in the MIT-Germany program. She then received a MSc. in Materials Science from the TU Münich and a PhD in physics from the University of Duisburg-Essen. She is also certified as a project manager and as a quality manager (TÜV).
Since 2017, she is coordinating the Palestinian-German science bridge program from the Jülich side.