Linda Saif
SpouseMo Saif
AwardsWolf Prize in Agriculture
Academic background
Alma materCollege of Wooster (B.A. 1969)
Ohio State University (M.S. 1971, Ph.D. 1976)[1]
InfluencesDr. Edward Bohl[2]
Academic work
InstitutionsOhio State University
Main interestsbiologist
Notable ideasvirology, immunology

Linda J. Saif[3] is an American microbial scientist who works at Ohio State University. In 2015, she became the first female recipient of the Wolf Prize in Agriculture for her research in virology and immunology.[4][5]

Saif is a Fulbright scholar[6] and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[7] In 2017 Saif was inducted into the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).[8] In 2003, she studied the SARS coronavirus outbreak with the World Health Organization.[6]

Saif is married to immunologist Dr. Mo Saif, Professor Emeritus, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine and Emeritus Program Head of the Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University.[6]

Early life and education

Saif grew up in Ohio and was exposed to agriculture from an early age from time spent at her grandparents' farm.[9] Saif attended private liberal arts college the College of Wooster in 1965 and graduated with a Honors in Biology in 1969. She briefly attended Case Western Reserve University, before attending Ohio State University in 1970 to complete a Master of Science in Microbiology and Immunology. She then undertook a PhD at Ohio State University and completed in 1976.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Linda Saif - College of Veterinary Medicine". vet.osu.edu.
  2. ^ "Ohio State Researcher Elected To National Academy Of Sciences". osu.edu. 5 May 2003.
  3. ^ a b "Linda Saif elected to National Academy of Inventors - CFAES". cfaes.osu.edu.
  4. ^ "Rivlin, Bennett present 'Israel's Nobel Prize' to eight US scientists and artists". Jerusalem Post. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Linda Saif wins prestigious Wolf Prize in Agriculture". Food Animal Health Research Program, The Ohio State University. 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  6. ^ a b c Wheeler, Tracy (22 April 2005). "Ohio scientists study animals to learn how to protect humans". Akron Beacon Journal. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2015 – via HighBeam}.
  7. ^ "About the PNAS Member Editor". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Linda Saif elected to National Academy of Inventors". osu.edu. April 2017.
  9. ^ Wayne, Tiffany K. (2011). American Women of Science Since 1900. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781598841589.
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