Scott Horowitz is an Associate Professor at the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Denver. He received his BA in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry and MA in Chemistry, both from Wesleyan University, in 2007 and 2008, respectively, followed by a Ph.D. in Biophysics from the University of Michigan in 2013. For his postdoctoral studies, he stayed at the University of Michigan and joined Prof. James Bardwell and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, studying molecular chaperones. His laboratory primarily studies how nucleic acids affect protein folding and aggregation, and also works on how to improve science education through gaming.