Amy Rowat is a Professor and Vice Chair of Integrative Biology and Physiology and Marcie H. Rothman Presidential Chair in Food Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is also a member of the UCLA Bioengineering Department, Molecular Biology Institute, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Broad Stem Cell Research Center. Rowat holds degrees from Mount Allison University (B.Sc. Honors Physics, 1998; B.A. Asian Studies, French, & Math, 1999), the Technical University of Denmark (M.Sc. Chemistry, 2000), and the University of Southern Denmark (Ph.D. Physics, 2005). She was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Physics/ Division of Engineering & Applied Science, Harvard University as well as Brigham Women’s Hospital/ Harvard Medical School. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, such as the prestigious Allen Distinguished Investigator Award, a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER development award, and NSF Boosting Research Ideas for Transformative and Equitable Advances in Engineering (BRITE) Fellow award. Rowat has authored over 75 peer-reviewed publications and 5 patents. In addition to her commitment to research, Rowat pioneered the use of examples from food and cooking as vehicles for teaching sophisticated physics concepts to a general audience. She is founder and director of Science & Food, an organization based at UCLA that promotes knowledge of science through food and food through science, and Faculty Director of the UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies. Dr. Rowat has received wide media coverage from outlets like the New York Times, LA Times, NPR, Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC), and the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC).
