Kathryn is Director of the Loughborough University Research Academy (LURA) and Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor for Climate Change and Net Zero at Loughborough University. She has held the positions of Head of Researcher Development at Loughborough, Head of Skills for the Energy Research Accelerator (ERA), and Director of C-DICE. Kathryn’s background is in Biology; she gained her PhD at Lancaster University in 2004.  Through LURA and C-DICE, Kathryn is driving a step-change in postdoctoral development, providing opportunities for researchers to develop their careers, for research and innovation to achieve net-zero, and for industry.