Science for Good

Emma Courtney is a Ph.D. candidate at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and an NSF Graduate Research Fellow investigating how genetic and environmental factors shape cell plasticity in treatment-resistant metastasis. She is a co-founder in charge of strategy at SCOPE, a peer-led community that aims to develop the next generation of policy-aware scientists. She is also a Science Policy Intern at the New York State Attorney General’s Office and previously served as a Science Diplomacy Fellow at the Consulate of Chile in San Francisco and a Growth Fellow at the Y Combinator-backed startup Mighty Health.

Emma earned dual degrees in Natural Sciences (Biochemistry and Earth Science) and Social Sciences (Empirical Approaches) from Minerva University, studying across Berlin, Buenos Aires, London, San Francisco, and Seoul.