Amy T. Austin

{{short description|Argentine ecologist}}

Amy Theresa Austin is an Argentine ecologist. She is a principal research scientist at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council in Argentina and a professor at the Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires.{{Cite web|url=https://www.agro.uba.ar/users/austin/|title=Amy T. Austin|last=|first=|date=|website=University of Buenos Aires|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010805065642/http://www.agro.uba.ar:80/users/austin/ |archive-date=2001-08-05 |access-date=2019-11-20}}

In 1988, she received a Bachelor of Arts in environmental science at Willamette University and a Doctor of Philosophy in biological sciences at Stanford University in 1997.https://www.agro.uba.ar/users/austin/ Austin page on the site of the University of Buenos Aires

In 2018, she was awarded the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards “For her remarkable contributions to understanding terrestrial ecosystem ecology in natural and human-modified landscapes”.https://en.unesco.org/news/five-laureates-named-2018-oreal-unesco-women-science-awards Five Laureates Named for 2018 L’ORÉAL-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards In 2023 she was granted the Konex Award Merit Diploma for her work in Ecology and Environmental Sciences in the last decade.{{cite web|access-date=2023-05-15|author=Fundación Konex|date=2 May 2023|language=es|title=Premios Konex 2023: Ciencia y Tecnología. Ya se conocen los Diplomas al Mérito|url=https://www.fundacionkonex.org/n1452-premios-konex-2023-ciencia-y-tecnologia-ya-se-conocen-los-diplomas-al-merito|website=fundacionkonex.org}}