Natividad Ruiz is an American microbiologist who is a professor at the Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences.
Life
Ruiz earned a B.A. in microbiology and chemistry from the University of Kansas in 1993.[1] She was an undergraduate researcher under advisor John C. Brown.[1] She received a Ph.D. in molecular microbiology and microbial pathogenesis from the Washington University in St. Louis in 1998.[1] Michael G. Caparon was her doctoral advisor.[1] At Princeton University, Ruiz was a postdoctoral researcher from 1998 to 2006 with Thomas J. Silhavy and a research scientist from 2006 to 2010.[1]
In 2010, Ruiz joined the department of microbiology at the Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences as an assistant professor.[1] She was promoted to associate professor in 2015 and professor in 2019.[1] Ruiz was elected a fellow of the American Society for Microbiology and the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2021 and 2023 respectively.[2]
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