Ambika Kamath (she/her) is a Senior Strategic Researcher with Jobs to Move America on the Western States Team. She is based in Oakland, California. Ambika has prior experience in scientific and interdisciplinary research, science communication, and labor organizing. She is excited to combine these different skills in service of socioeconomic justice through her work at JMA.
Ambika has a BA in Biology from Amherst College and a Ph.D. in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology from Harvard University. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California Berkeley, and an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. She organized with UAW5810 and United Campus Workers CWA7799.