Kathy Kahn

On Sabbatical

About

Connecting people, ideas, and resources for farming to flourish in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. After seventeen years at the Gates Foundation, I am on sabbatical on the Isle of Iona, Scotland. Watch this space for more updates!

Country

United Kingdom

City

Isle Of Iona

Industry

Philanthropy

Skill

Experience

On Sabbatical

2024-12 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

Isle of Iona, Scotland, UK

Senior Program Officer

Gates Foundation

2009-8 - 2024-12 · 15 yrs 5 mos

Seattle, Washington, United States

Program Officer

Gates Foundation

2007-8 - 2009-8 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Agricultural Biotechnology Advisor

USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)

2006-8 - 2007-8 · 1 yr 1 mo

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

AAAS Fellow

USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)

2004-9 - 2006-8 · 2 yrs

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Diplomacy fellow placed with USDA-FAS Biotechnology Group (subsequently hired as a full-time permanent position advisor)

Visiting Research Fellow

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

2003-3 - 2004-8 · 1 yr 6 mos

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Focused on cassava biotechnology and biosafety, with initial support from the Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship, followed by direct institutional support from the Danforth Center, prior to taking up AAAS fellowship.

Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow

University of East Anglia

2001-3 - 2003-3 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Norwich, England, United Kingdom

Royal Society fellowship supported my research based in Jonathan Jones' group at The Sainsbury Laboratory within the Norwich Research Park.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

The Sainsbury Laboratory

1998-2 - 2001-3 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Norwich, England, United Kingdom

Funded by international fellowships from EMBO for 2 years, and the U.S National Science Foundation (NSF-NATO) for 1 year.

Education

Universidad de Concepción

Biosafety - Agricultural Biotechnology

2003 - 2004 · 1 yr

Combined distance and on-site program in partnership with UNIDO

University of Missouri-Kansas City

Molecular Biology and Biochemistry / Cell Biology and Biophysics

1992-8 - 1998-2 · 5 yrs 7 mos

Identified the first reported transposon in cyanobacteria which I used as a tool to understand light harvesting and chromatic adaptation. Awarded university-wide prize for Outstanding PhD Dissertation of 1998.