Katerina Zouboulakis

Biography

Katerina Zouboulakis is multidisciplinary researcher in the Science and Society Research Group and a PhD candidate (Provost’s Project 2022-2026) studying the visual culture of Earth Systems science through the history of Met Éireann. She is interested in the use of scientific visualisations to understand and communicate complex processes and concepts, such as those used in climate science and meteorology. She is an avid science communicator and educator, and teaches climate science, biology, and science communication to students in primary school through university.

Katerina received her Master’s of Education at Trinity College Dublin, with her thesis research exploring ocean literacy in Irish primary school students. She received her Bachelor’s of Art at Brown University, where she double-majored in Biology and Public Health and instructed a nutritional programme in under-resourced communities in Providence, Rhode Island on managing diabetes and food insecurity.

Academic interests: co-creative research and teaching practices, non-formal science learning, accessible science communication, visual and material culture.