Ruth earned her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology in 2015 while working in the lab of Dr. Andy Berglund. Upon graduation, she was awarded a National Science Foundation East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) fellowship, which allowed her to spend the summer in Osaka, Japan as a researcher in the lab of Dr. Masayuki Nakamori. Upon returning to the United States, Ruth accepted a Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF) with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. As a PMF, Ruth has been assigned to the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, where she supports the space biological research team by reviewing research plans, writing policy memoranda about NASA’s research strategies, and attending STEM-related outreach events in coordination with other federal agencies.
