Dr. Amelie Ott is an experienced scientist and manager, leading global multi-stakeholder projects to improve the environmental safety of chemicals.

She is currently the Director, Environmental Sciences at the International Collaboration on Cosmetics Safety (ICCS) where she is tasked with overseeing the strategic development and tactical management of their environmental science program. ICCS is a global not-for-profit organization to advance the adoption of animal-free science for human and environmental safety assessment of cosmetics, through science, education & training, and regulatory engagement. Before this role, she worked at the European personal care trade association, Cosmetics Europe as an Environmental Sciences Manager and as a scientist at Newcastle University, co-leading the validation and standardization 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 holds a Ph.D. in environmental engineering on emerging contaminants from Newcastle University, UK.