ICCS announces Amelie Ott, Ph.D. is joining ICCS as Director, Environmental Sciences

Erin Hill, President and CEO, is announcing Amelie Ott, Ph.D. is joining ICCS as Director, Environmental Sciences. Amelie is an experienced scientist and scientific manager with a track record of leading international projects to assess the environmental safety of chemicals and cosmetics.

In this new role she is tasked with overseeing the strategic development and tactical management of the environmental science program. Her responsibilities encompass environmental scientific capacity building on New Approach Methods. Collaborating closely with ICCS organizational teams and working groups, she will also liaise with external stakeholders, including collaborators, regulators, and NGOs, to further the program's objectives.

She comes from Cosmetics Europe (CE) serving as an Environmental Sciences Manager for the past three years. Prior to that she worked as a project manager at Newcastle University co-leading the validation and standardisation of a new biodegradation method. She also worked as a parliamentary researcher for the UK Parliament and as a scientific secretary consultant for the European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC). She is still a visiting researcher at Newcastle University, representing the UK in an OECD Expert Group. She is an active member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) and has recently published a special issue as an invited co-editor for the International Journal of Cosmetic Science. She holds a Ph.D. in environmental engineering on emerging contaminants from Newcastle University.