Nina Fedoroff

Nina Fedoroff is an American geneticist and university teacher born in Cleveland in 1942. She has served as faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles, Johns Hopkins University, Pennsylvania State University, and the Santa Fe Institute. Her academic background includes education at Syracuse University and The Rockefeller University, where she studied under doctoral advisor Norton Zinder.

Fedoroff is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has received the National Medal of Science. She speaks English and is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection and the National Medal Of Science collection.