[3] Her research is based on the field of chemical education, science communication, development of the chemistry curriculum and assessment, and also in engagement of STEM subjects within school students.
[3] Kristy read her Doctor of Philosophy degree with Prof. David J. Procter on Solid-phase approaches to heterocycles using a sulfur linker cleaved by reduction with samarium (II) iodide at University of Glasgow and successfully gained her PhD in 2006.
[6] She then moved to Bolton School in 2012, where she currently works as a chemistry teacher to date.
[3][4] In 2011, she also joined the University of Manchester as a RSC School teacher fellow.
[3] She is also a member of the committee board at RSC in Curriculum and Assessment development for age groups 11 – 16 and 11 – 19.