Rita Colwell

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Purdue_University
gptkb:University_of_Washington
gptkbp:author gptkb:A_Lab_of_One's_Own:_One_Woman's_Personal_Journey_Through_Sexism_in_Science
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Order_of_the_Rising_Sun
gptkb:Stockholm_Water_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1934-11-23
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Beverly,_Massachusetts,_USA
gptkbp:boardMemberOf gptkb:Canon_U.S._Life_Sciences
gptkb:CosmosID
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:John_Liston
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Proceedings_of_the_National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:International_Journal_of_Systematic_and_Evolutionary_Microbiology
gptkbp:education B.S. in Bacteriology, Purdue University
M.S. in Genetics, Purdue University
Ph.D. in Oceanography, University of Washington
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Maryland,_College_Park
gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_University_Bloomberg_School_of_Public_Health
gptkb:University_of_Maryland_Biotechnology_Institute
gptkbp:fieldOfWork environmental science
microbiology
public health
gptkbp:gender female
gptkbp:hasChild gptkb:Alison_Colwell
gptkb:Russell_Colwell
gptkbp:honoraryDegree numerous honorary doctorates
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rita Colwell
gptkbp:knownFor research on cholera
studies of Vibrio bacteria
waterborne diseases
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:A._K._M._Nurul_Islam
gptkb:Anwar_Huq
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:academic_administrator
biologist
environmentalist
gptkbp:positionHeld Director of the National Science Foundation
gptkbp:publishedIn numerous scientific papers
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Maryland,_USA
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jack_Colwell
gptkbp:termEnd 2004
gptkbp:termStart 1998
gptkbp:website https://www.ritacolwell.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
gptkb:University_of_Maryland,_College_Park
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4