Dr Kerry Knox

Profile

Biography

I am an Honorary Visiting Fellow with the Department of Education. My research interests involve the learning and teaching of science at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

In 2015 I joined the Department of Education as a Lecturer in Science Education, and was later promoted to Senior Lecturer. As part of these roles I taught in the areas of science education, pedagogy, learning, and assessment, and supervised undergraduate and postgraduate research in education.

I am the Science Education Specialist of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science. This involves working to understand and improve doctoral training in the sciences and engineering. For further information please see the formal announcement from the EPRSC and the press release from the UK and Ireland Aerosol Society.

Before joining York I worked with the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative at the University of British Columbia. This role involved understanding and improving science education at undergraduate level, with a focus on the use of research-based instructional strategies.

Career

• 2024-present: Honorary Visiting Fellow, Department of Education, University of York, UK
• 2023-24: Senior Lecturer in Science Education, Department of Education, University of York, UK
• 2015-23: Lecturer in Science Education, Department of Education, University of York, UK
• 2013-14: Science Teaching and Learning Fellow, Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative and Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Canada
• 2011-13: Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Canada
• 2010-11: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Canada
• 2009-10: Postdoctoral Research Assistant, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK
• 2007: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Hokkaido University, Japan
• 2005-09: PhD in Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK
• 2004-05: Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Science), Green College, University of Oxford, UK
• 2000-04: MSci and BA (Hons) in Natural Sciences (First Class), Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, UK.

Departmental roles

• Research Centre Leader for University of York Education Group (UYSEG) (2024)
• Interim Research Centre Leader for University of York Science Education Group (UYSEG) (2023-24)
• Deputy Chair, Board of Studies (2016-19)
• Teaching and Learning Development Coordinator (2015-16)

University roles

• Supervisor for Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (2022-24)
• Member of Programme Catalogue Steering Group (2017-18)
• Academic representative for the Faculty of Social Sciences, Marketing Advisory Steering Group (2015-17)

Research

Projects

For details of current and completed projects and outputs please view my profile in the York Researcher Database.

Research group(s)

• University of York Science Education Group (UYSEG)

External activities

Memberships

• Member of ESRC Peer Review College
• Science Education Specialist of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science (formal announcement from the EPRSC and the press release from the UK and Ireland Aerosol Society)
• Member of local organising committee, Variety in Chemistry Education (ViCE) and the Physics Higher Education Conference (PHEC), 2017