I am currently a Research Fellow in youth development and mental health in the Lifespan Modelling and Psychometrics (LIFE-MAP) Lab, King's College London. I specialise in understanding  how individual differences in the brain, cognition, and environment shape youth development to create solutions to support young people to thrive. I work with stakeholders - from young people to charities to education practitioners - in my research and science communication. 

Communicating scientific findings is a big part of my work. At The Science or Fiction Podcast, we interview researchers to separate the science from the fiction in news headlines: www.scienceorfiction.co.uk 

For research and science communication enquires, contact me at kathryn.2.bates@kcl.ac.uk