Joan Bray Rose (born March 5, 1954) is an American microbiologist.
Rose earned her bachelor's degree in microbiology from the University of Arizona, followed by a master's degree in the same subject from the University of Wyoming. She returned to Arizona to obtain a doctorate, also in microbiology. Rose then taught at the University of South Florida until 2003.[1][2] She serves as the Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research at Michigan State University.[3]
Rose won the Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Prize in 2001, and used some of the prize money to endow the Rose Water Fellowship at Michigan State University.[4] She was the 2008 recipient of the International Water Association's Hei-jin Woo Award.[5] Rose was elected a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering in 2011 "for contributions to improving water quality safety and public health."[6] In 2015, the government of Singapore granted Rose honorary citizenship to honor her research on the nation's water infrastructure and quality.[7] The next year, Rose was awarded the Stockholm Water Prize.[8]