Amy Huang
DIRECTOR OF SCIENTIFIC ECOSYSTEMS
Amy leads GFI’s scientific ecosystems team to build and steer academic communities around the globe.
Areas of expertise: scientific field-building, design thinking, public speaking, community-building
Amy uses she/her pronouns.
Amy oversees GFI’s strategy to build academic communities and steer them toward the most pressing technical priorities. Her team has catalyzed (and supported the field in catalyzing) dozens of specialized alternative protein courses, research programs, and scientific conferences.
In 2020, she founded the Alt Protein Project, GFI’s university student group program, which now spans over 80 active chapters in 21 countries globally. In 2022, Amy was named a Grist 50 Fixer, alongside other scientists, artists, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and advocates working on real-world, scalable solutions to climate change and environmental justice. Amy has given talks at dozens of research universities globally and advised organizations working to build academic movements for various cause areas, including serving on the Board of Directors of the Wild Animal Initiative.
Amy graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. in economics. She is an avid hiker and rock climber, novice puppet maker, and lives in western Massachusetts. Amy has oriented her life’s work around building a kinder world for animals—both human and non-human—and is thrilled to be of service to the brilliant team at the Good Food Institute.
