Ruth Lehmann

Ruth Lehmann
Ruth Lehmann
Born	Germany
Alma mater	University of Tübingen
Awards	National Academy of Sciences, 2005; Conklin Medal, 2011; Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science, 2021; Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal, 2021; Gruber Prize in Genetics, 2022;
	Scientific career
Fields	Developmental and cell biology
Institutions	New York University School of Medicine
Doctoral advisor	Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Website	lehmannlab.med.nyu.edu

Ruth Lehmann is a developmental and cell biologist. She is the Director of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.^[1] She previously was affiliated with the New York University School of Medicine, where she was the Director of the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Professor of Cell Biology, and the Chair of the Department of Cell Biology. Her research focuses on germ cells and embryogenesis.