Press and Project Summary

*For 2026 I’ll be posting exciting highlights on my LinkedIn, including my training, facilitation and presenting work with University of Surrey, University of Leeds and Manchester University!
Future partners to be announced closer to the events.*

[Dated up to December 2025] Here is a list of:
Presentations and Performances
Videos, Podcasts and TikTok
Articles
Academic Papers and Talks

Presentations and Performances

“The Decision Tea Tree” – Maths in Action [A-level Outreach], December 2025
“The Decision Tea Tree” – Maths in Action [A-level Outreach], November 2025
The Harold Long Form Improv – Laugh at Leeds, October 2025
“Applying Improv in Maths Communication Training” – Talking Maths in the Public Conference, August 2025
Adventure Movie Long Form Improv – Laugh at Leeds, April 2025
“Asexual, Aromantic and Agender experiences in STEM” – STEM, LGBTQ & You 2025 oSTEM, February 2025
“Explore the ‘A’ identities within the LGBTQIA+” – The Proud Science Alliance, February 2025
Asexual/Aromantic Science Demonstrations: “Carousel of Science” – The Royal Institution and Pride in STEM, November 2024
Asexual/Aromantic Science Demonstrations: “The Big Pride Science Party” – The Royal Institution and Pride in STEM, June 2024
“Aromantic Awareness Week Panel” (Organiser and Chair) –Imperial 600, February 2024
“My Asexual Aromantic Love Story” – Story Collider, February 2024
“Aces of All Ages” – Ace Space London, December 2023
“Playing Billiards in the Quantum Pub” – A Pint of Science, May 2023
“Semiclassical Mechanics: Connecting Quantum and Classical Worlds” – Imperial Summer Showcase, June 2022
“The Pride of Exhibition Road” – Exhibition Road Festival, June 2022
“Asexuals in STEM Panel” – Aces in STEM, June 2021
“Quantum Superposition and the Ultimate Game of Hide and Seek” – Imperial Summer Showcase, June 2021
Speed Science (Founder, Chair, Presenter) – Aces in STEM April 2021

Videos, Podcasts and TikTok

(Ongoing Series) Science Reductions on TikTok @Katherine.Holmes.SciComm
(Podcast/Stream) Aces in STEM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqOnM9mPVZI
(Podcast/Stream) Navigating Amatonormativity and The Importance of Unconventional Relationships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX35m2EiYLA
(LGBTQ+ in STEM) My Asexual Aromantic Love Story:
https://www.storycollider.org/stories/2024/5/15/lgtbqia2s-stories-in-celebration-of-pride-month
(Science Communication) Playing Billiards in the Quantum Pub: https://youtu.be/lZYcK4wrTh8
(Comedy) Cinematic Art vs. True Success:
https://youtu.be/CqRceCMbAbY
(For Fun) Singing Tom Lehrer’s The Elements:
https://youtu.be/AUc-BgCm0C8

Articles

Why Aspec awareness matters at Imperial:
https://felixonline.co.uk/issue/1822/comment/why-aspec-awareness-matters-at-imperial
My identity is my pride:
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/stories/pride-2022/
Self-belief and a life-changing Fellowship: the summer I spent as a pseudo PhD student:
https://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/natural-sciences/2021/02/03/my-summer-as-a-pseudo-phd-student/

Academic Articles

Husimi Dynamics Generated by non-Hermitian Hamiltonians – PRL: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.157202
An Open System Billiard Model (Classical Dynamics) – Preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.08694

Academic Talks

Invited Seminar – University of Bristol, March 2024
Invited Seminar – Leeds University, November 2024
Invited Seminar – University of Palermo, October 2024
Invited Seminar – Osaka Metropolitan University, June 2024
(Conference Organiser) “Non-Hermitian Schrödinger Dynamics in
Optical Waveguides and Beyond” – Imperial College London, February 2024
“Retreat for Women in Applied Mathematics: Contributed Talk” – ICMS, January 2024
Invited Seminar – University of Nottingham, November 2023
“Physics of Open Systems and Beyond: Contributed Talk” – Hokkaido University, August 2023