Rita R. Colwell

Rita Rossi Colwell (born November 23, 1934) is an American environmental microbiologist and scientific administrator. Colwell holds degrees in bacteriology, genetics, nography and studies infectious diseases. Colwell is the founder and Chair of CosmosID, a bioinformatics company.

From 1998 to 2004, she was the 11th Director of the National Science Foundation. Rita Colwell won the 2015 Mahathir Science Award for studying the bacteria that cause cholera.

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