# Rita R. Colwell

> Rita Rossi Colwell is an American environmental microbiologist and scientific administrator. Colwell holds degrees in bacteriology, genetics, and oceanography and studies infectious diseases. Colwell is the founder and Chair of CosmosID, a bioinformatics company. From 1998 to 2004, she was the 11th Director and 1st female Director of the National Science Foundation. She has served on the board of directors of EcoHealth Alliance since 2012.

*American microbiologist (born 1934)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/rita-r-colwell

## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1934-11-23
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 47.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.6 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 14.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/DrRitaColwell (@DrRitaColwell)

## Sources
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- [রিতা আর. কলওয়েল](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0._%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2)
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- [ריטה רוסי קולוול](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98%D7%94_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%99_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9C)
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- [റീത്ത ആർ. കോൾവെൽ](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4_%E0%B4%86%E0%B5%BC._%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BE%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%86%E0%B5%BD)
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