Kat Phillips
katdoesmaths.bsky.social
Kat Phillips
@katdoesmaths.bsky.social
📚 Innovation Research Associate and Engagement Lead at CAMaCS, University of Warwick
➕ MathsComm on Twitch
🎩 Wearer of Hats
💙💜🩷 She/They
🎓 Calling UK University Maths Departments - Registration now open for PhD Your Way 2025!

22 Oct 2025 | 🕑 14:00–16:30 BST | Online
Talks, Live Q&A, virtual uni fair. Breaking down the knowledge barrier to entry for UK maths PhDs.

Register your institution by 30 Sept 👉 forms.gle/F47w6EVNmFKt...
August 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
✨💧 New Publication Alert 💧✨
My paper alongside Radu Cimpeanu and Paul Milewski is finally available on Proceedings of the Royal Society A !!
The paper titled "Modelling two-dimensional droplet rebound off deep fluid baths" captures the dynamics of a droplet rebound on a deep liquid bath🧵1/4
July 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I can't believe it's been 4 years since I started talking maths on twitch. I'm celebrating with possibly the most challenging streeam I've ever designed - a 12 hour maths exam! Join me on the day as I raise money for the british heart foundation!
twitch.tv/katdoesmaths
May 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A large part ofmy love of rugby is due to the weekly rhythm in our house. Saturdays meant doing the weekly shop, wolfing down a swansea pie, and then heading off to sit in the cold for two hours beside my Mam and Dad, and later Mam and Bampi, as we cheered on @ospreysofficial.bsky.social. 🧵1/5
May 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hallo! I'm not very good at using this platform, but I am quite good at sometimes remembering to tell people where they can find me. I'll be live over on twitch doing some co-working study streams this week, and I'll be doing some maths and fundraising May 21st (more to follow). Come say hi!
May 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Last time I played a game with Sam I helped try to unionise a bunch of bakery goblins. He is a fantastic GM and I can't recommend this highly enough!!
"You Awaken in a Strange Place"

I’m opening up some paid one-shots to help bring in some extra income!

Sign up to grab a spot at an upcoming game of You Awaken in a Strange Place, an improv-heavy tabletop roleplaying game, that requires zero prep!

Sign up here: tally.so/r/mDM8DX
March 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I am so excited for this evening! Come along and share the joy 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
🏳️‍🌈 The Red Dragon's Blessing 🏳️‍🌈

Our final @prideinstem.bsky.social one-shot is tonight!

An all-Welsh cast led by @livkennedy.bsky.social, with players @katdoesmaths.bsky.social, Eleanor of @deckofmanyaces.bsky.social and @hangingsloth.bsky.social

🕖 7pm GMT
🔗 twitch.tv/scienceandsorcery
March 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Reposted by Kat Phillips
Very excited to share these new pins! I couldn't find my favourite version of the transbian flag as a pin already, so I decided to make them myself. Please share these around so that other people can find and enjoy them too! canopyrobin.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...
February 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Do grey squirrels have red faces/backs for the same reason that some non-ginger people get ginger beards?
February 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Do they release a cut of The Traitors where they don't include the confessionals, so you can play along? Because that would be so much fun
January 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I've had a very good day. I hope y'all have also had a good day, and if you haven't, I hope tomorrow is better 💜
December 3, 2024 at 6:23 PM
This year for JingleJam the sci com collective are getting together to provide two weeks of chaotic streams, including a 12 hour Xmas Spectacular where it'll be me, some maths, and a few friends to keep me sane! This is all in the name of charity and you can donate here: tiltify.com/+the-sci-com...
December 1, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Forget Christmas, the best part of December is watching two grown men lose their minds watching silly cat videos for charity. #jinglejam
December 1, 2024 at 4:59 PM
The book I'm reading got to a sad moment, so I decided to catch up on my Buffy rewatch. Only I forgot that my next episode is The Body... Looks like we're having a crying night no matter what
November 29, 2024 at 7:50 PM
I've had an amazingly full circle moment today where I was invited to speak at the applied mathematics seminar in Cardiff University. I completed my undergraduate in Cardiff in 2019, so to go back just after completing my PhD and share my success with the people who inspired me was a lovely feeling.
November 26, 2024 at 5:12 PM
If we run out of lore you're getting bad maths jokes, but this looks fun!

1 like = 1 piece of Kat lore

(Also go check out the really cool people in this chain!!)
1 like = 1 piece of Sam lore

I have some weird stories to share
November 23, 2024 at 10:13 AM
For people who've had to chair talks, what's your favourite way to ensure your speakers don't run over? I'm enjoying watching someone use my favourite method - stand menacingly by the side of the stage when the time is up.
November 21, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Adding to my list of first time SciComm experiences: Yesterday I did my first school visit to share my talk "Everyday Fluid Dynamics" with a group of passionate A level students. I had a lot of fun, and the students did too - if their many, many questions were anything to go by!
November 19, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Shwmae! With the mass migration it seems the appropriate time to introduce myself, I'm Kat and I do maths! You can find me at my day job as an Innovation Research Associate, on twitch teaching maths and chatting about academia, or doing talks about cool things! I love puns, games, and lofi remixes 💜
November 15, 2024 at 1:08 PM