Kim D. Pruitt

Kim D. Pruitt
Born1961 (age 62–63)
Alma materCornell University (PhD)
Known forRefSeq
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsBioinformatics
InstitutionsNational Center for Biotechnology Information
ThesisStructure and expression of the Petunia mitochondrial S-PCF locus and cytochrome oxidase subunit II genes (1990)
Doctoral advisorMaureen Hanson

Kim Dixon Pruitt (born 1961) is an American bioinformatician. She is chief of the information engineering branch at the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Pruitt led the development of the RefSeq gene database.