The world faces a global environmental crisis. Indeed, it has been facing a global environmental crisis for decades, one that even as a small child Professor Yates was aware of, and which inspired her desire to be a scientist in order to “save the planet”. 
The decimation of our oceans led Katherine to focus on marine spatial planning, protected areas and the associated science policy interface. Her work, which touches on many disciplines, has always embraced the multifaceted complexity of real-life conservation planning decisions. But, whilst she is passionate about improving marine management and sincerely hopes her work has contributed to that, this inaugural professorial lecture will not focus on her research achievements per say. Rather, it will be about how the research she has undertook and the people she’s met along the way have changed her, and as a result changed the work she will go on to do in the future. 
Following her journey from a “fish hugging” biodiversity conservationist to an equity focused spatial planner, Professor Yates will reflect on the broader lessons learned about conservation, research, and academia. 
This lecture will also be about not being a “normal” academic, the strength that can be found in embracing diversity, the importance of open-mindedness, and the fundamental necessity of equity.  This lecture will suggest that in the end, be it conservation, research, or indeed life, it’s all about people.
Professor Katherine Yates, Biography
My academic career started at the University of East Anglia, where I studied Environmental Science, but really, this journey began as a small child with a lot of self-efficacy who loved nature and felt responsible. After my undergraduate degree, I lived in Spain for a couple of years before working for conservation NGOs in Central America. I returned to the UK to complete a Marine Management MSc at the University of York and developed a particular interested in marine protected areas and fisheries management. As part of my MSc, I won a grant to work in Bermuda and develop spatial conservation plans for their nearshore reefs.
I then worked as a Field Instructor for Ecology Project International, where I had the opportunity to take groups of students to remote field stations for up to two weeks. I returned to the UK to study for my PhD at Ulster University and undertook a project looking at Northern Ireland’s network of marine protected areas. During my PhD I won a scholarship to spend four months at the University of Queensland in Australia, in the Centre for Excellence in Environmental Decisions (CEED).
My first Postdoctoral Research post was with the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), where I developed distribution models for various aspects of fish biodiversity and tested the transferability of those models in space. In 2016 I took up a lectureship post at the University of Salford and have continued with research on spatial conservation planning, both from ecological and socio-economic perspectives. Since then, I have secured four NERC grants, including a Knowledge Exchange Fellowship working with the UK Marine Management Organisation, which really helped me appreciate the difference between research and practice and how we can all collaborate better for shared goals.
In 2021, I became Director of the Doctoral School, providing strategic leadership for all matters of postgraduate research across the University of Salford. In this role, I support postgraduate researchers, their supervisors and the multiple professional services teams that work with them throughout their journey.
No one really knows where their feet will take them. I feel very fortunate to be where I am, to have had the opportunities and experiences I have had, and I am immeasurably grateful for all those who have been part of this wonderful, crazy journey.
Registration is from 5.30pm with the lecture starting promptly at 6pm.
This lecture will be live streamed via Microsoft Teams Live from 6pm . If you would prefer to attend online, please register for a 'Teams Live' ticket to receive the Live event link which will be emailed to you the day before the lecture.
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