Kit Yates is an Association of British Science Writers media fellow at Live Science. At his day job, he is a professor of mathematical biology and public engagement at the University of Bath in the U.K. He reports on mathematics and health stories. His work has appeared in The Guardian, The Independent, New Statesman, BBC Futures and Scientific American among others. His science journalism has won awards from the Royal Statistical Society and The Conversation. Kit holds a BA in mathematics, an MSc in mathematical modeling and a PhD in Systems Biology all from the University of Oxford. He has written two popular science books, The Math(s) of Life and Death and How to Expect the Unexpected.
