Dr. Amber Hartman Scholz is the deputy to the director and head of the science policy group at the German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, at Leibniz Institute, in Brunswick. She holds a PhD in microbiology from Johns Hopkins University and has a passion for the interface between policy and science. Amber has worked in the California State Senate, US National Cancer Institute, and served as the Executive Director for US President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) at the White House.