Karen is a policy adviser on research landscape & economy for the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, and a director of research culture consultancy Culture Base Consulting. Recently, she was elected as Vice-Chair of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment and she is a Governing Board Member for EuroScience. Karen has contributed to the drafting of a European agreement on reforming research assessment together with DG-RTD, Science Europe and EUA and led the development of the Royal Society's Resumé for Researchers. She is a chemist by training and holds a PhD in inorganic chemistry from KU Leuven, Belgium. Karen served on the MCAA board from 2020-2022, prior to which she was a Vice-Chair of the policy working group.