Ruth E. Ley | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 53–54) England, UK |
| Spouse | Lars T. Angenent |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BA, Integrative Biology, 1992, University of California, Berkeley PhD, 2001, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Max Planck Institute Cornell University Washington University School of Medicine |
| Website | leylab |
Ruth E. Ley (born 1970) is a British-American microbial ecologist. Ley was an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology and the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Cornell University until 2018. She is currently serving as the director of the Microbiome Science Department at the Max Planck Institute for Biology.