Professor Kate Coaching and Consultancy

I am a certified professional coach and an experienced workshop facilitator. I am passionate about helping people achieve their potential and live fulfilled, successful lives aligned with their personal values. I am also a Professor of Biology with a successful career spanning different continents, and a track record of competitive research funding (NIH, NSF, HFSP, Wellcome Trust, MRC, Royal Society, Leverhulme Trust), teaching awards, and leadership roles in prestigious institutions.

Coaching Certifications

Recent Academic Positions

2020 – 2023            Chair of the Biology Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA.

2019 – present         Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence.

2018 – present         Professor, Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA.

2017 – 2024             Co-Director of Syracuse University’s Women in Science and Engineering Programs.

2017 – 2020             Director of Syracuse University’s Integrated Learning Major in Neuroscience.

2017 – 2020             Treasurer of the International Zebrafish Society, IZFS.

Degrees

PhD, Developmental Biology and Genetics. University College London, UK. 

MA with Distinction in Women’s Studies, University of Westminster, UK.

Postgraduate credit. Harvard University, Cambridge, USA. (Kennedy Scholar).     

BA (Honors), First Class (all 3 years), Natural Sciences. Cambridge University, UK. [MA awarded in 1996].

Selected Honors and Fellowships

2019 – present         Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professorship for Outstanding Teaching. 

2019                       James K. Duah-Agyeman Award for Outstanding Faculty .

2017 – 2020            Elected Treasurer of the International Zebrafish Society (IZFS).

2004 – 2010            Royal Society University Research Fellowship. (Renewed in 2008).

2004 – 2010            King’s College, Cambridge Fellowship.

2006                       National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts Crucible fellowship.

2006                       Represented British Science at a reception with the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh.  

2005 – 2010            Elected committee member, British Society of Developmental Biology (BSDB).

1999 & 2000           Wellcome International Prize Travelling Research Fellowship.

1994 – 1998            Imperial Cancer Research Fund PhD Studentship.

1993 – 1994            Kennedy Memorial Fellowship. Harvard University.