Catherine Murphy is an Associate for Nuclear Policy at the Institute for Security and Technology (IST), where she works on the CATALINK Initiative and the AI and NC3 projects. Prior to IST, she was a program coordinator and research assistant with the Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) in the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Catherine has also completed internships at the U.S. House of Representatives and Redica Systems. Catherine holds a BA in government and international relations from Claremont McKenna College, where her thesis focused on two-peer competition and U.S. nuclear force posture.