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Kate Himes is a muddy boots science diplomat. Her expertise includes Central and South-Central Asia, international development, and science policy. More specifically, she has helped countries utilize science and technology (S&T) to address myriad development challenges, including water, climate change, conservation, and science capacity.

As an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow, Kate served as Regional Science Advisor at the U.S. Agency for International Development Mission to Central Asia, where she supported S&T in five countries of the former Soviet Union: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, and USAID Afghanistan specifically on water. While a AAAS Fellow based at USAID Washington, she led scientific and engineering partnerships between the U.S. and Pakistan; built entrepreneurship programs for researchers in Morocco, Pakistan, and Southern African countries; and supported USAID missions through the use of S&T. Kate worked across USAID and the U.S. Department of State to integrate S&T approaches into development and diplomacy, both bilaterally and multilaterally. Prior to her time in Washington, Kate served as Special Assistant to the Provost at the University of Minnesota.

Currently, Kate is an Adjunct Professor in the Master of Public Administration Program at The Evergreen State College and an independent consultant. She received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Minnesota, MBA in Entrepreneurship from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and B.S. in Neuroscience from the University of Minnesota. Her dissertation focused on development in several invertebrate species, including the honeybee.

Fun-fact: Kate has run across the Grand Canyon and back in a single day. She also holds a Ph.D. Minor in Women’s Studies, with emphasis on the Feminist Philosophy of Science.