Katherine is an expert in the way humans navigate this modern world full of uncertainty and change.
With a background in human and cognitive science, she is dedicated to interdisciplinary research, bringing scientists and creatives together to solve the complex and very human challenges we face today. Her mission is to equip people with the tools needed to not just thrive in an uncertain society but to drive innovation, seize opportunities and unlock their own potential.
Through interdisciplinary research, science communications and a refreshingly very punk approach to life in general she is a rebel scientist who will inspire you and leave you with a new excitement about being human.
As a science presenter and communicator Katherine is currently the co host and lead scientist on The Uncertainty Experts, a new interactive documentary, with Sam Conniff (Netflix, in development) with a book about the show due for publication next year.
She is co author of the book, and modern identity field guide, ‘Do You’ (out 2024) and co host and executive producer on the Audible Originals neuroscience and wellbeing podcast series Beyond 5 Senses (2024).
Katherine regularly appears as a science expert across a range of media platforms including BBC, Sky News, NBC, CNN, Radio 4, The Today Show (NBC) and The One Show (BBC1), Start the Week (Radio 4), Stylist, Metro, and more.
She also writes about science and brains for the likes of VICE, Motherboard, Creators Project, Pavement Licker, Sandwich, and SIESMA and has been featured in The Guardian, The Metro, The Telegraph, New Scientist, The Times, and many more.
Katherine connects creative and science ecosystems and thinking. With an extensive background across neuroscience and cognitive psychology, and immersive experiences she creates cross-discipline dialogue to align and embed scientific insight into the creative processes.
Katherine has consulted with everyone from Google to the NFL. Sought after to bring new perspectives to projects and uncover cutting-edge scientific insight that can inspire and drive disruption, innovation and change.
She is co-founder of the female-led and kick ass Kinda Studios, a neuroaesthetics studio that through collaborations with academics, labs and creatives, redefining wellbeing as connection to self, others and the world around us.
LINKS
Turning Fear of the Unknown Into Superpowers | Sam Conniff & Katherine Templar Lewis | TEDxNewcastle
