Katherine Austin

Current

• Consulting Analyst, GigaOm Pro <http://pro.gigaom.com> at GigaOM
• President and founder at KDA Consulting
• Member, Society of Industry Leaders, Vista Research at Standard & Poor's

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Past

• Consulting Analyst at Frost & Sullivan
• Consulting Analyst, The Cleantech Report at Lux Research
• Consulting Analyst at Technical Insights

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Education

• University of Washington
• Harvard University

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Industry

Market Research

Katherine Austin’s Summary

Analyst/writer, cleantech, biotech, medicine. 17 years' experience, including market analysis, book-length reports, peer-reviewed research articles, CME, profiles and feature articles. Clients have included GigaOm, Lux Research, the United Nations, Sanofi Aventis, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Former research scientist in molecular pathology and cancer genetics. (US/Canadian citizen.)

Katherine Austin’s Specialties:

Cleantech; biotechnology; medicine.

Cleantech/Sustainable Design: Renewable energy (solar, wind, wave, waste-to-energy), fuel cells, green building, water purification, environmental remediation, biofuels.

Biotechnology/Medicine: Genetics, oncology, hematology, genomics, proteomics, stem cells, gene therapy, infectious disease, bioinformatics, tissue engineering, labs-on-a-chip, pharmacogenomics, microscopy, drug discovery, drug delivery, diagnostics. Freelance medical writer.

Katherine Austin’s Education

• University of Washington

  PhD , Pathology (Molecular genetics of cancer) , 1984 — 1991

• Harvard University

  BSc. , Biochemistry/Molecular Biology , 1974 — 1978

Additional Information

Katherine Austin’s Interests:

Sustainable architecture & design, emerging technologies, basic science, skiing, kayaking, climbing, backpacking, mountain biking.

Katherine Austin’s Groups:

Member, National Association of Science Writers
Member, Council of Healthcare Advisors, Gerson Lehrman Group
Member, Society of Industry Leaders, Vista Research, Standard & Poors

•    Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
•    Renewable Energy Business Network
•    COPUS - Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science
•    Harvard University Alumni
•    Sustainable Investment Forum
•    CleanTech
•    National Association of Science Writers
•    Healthcare & Science Journalist
•    Science & Technology Media Professionals™
•    INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY PROFESSIONALS
•    Biotech Cluster Worldwide

Katherine Austin’s Contact Settings

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