Ruth Sonntag Nussenzweig, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ruth Sonntag Nussenzweig

Brazilian doctor, immunologist and parasitologist

Date of Birth: 20-Jun-1928

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 01-Apr-2018

Profession: biologist

Nationality: United States, Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Ruth Sonntag Nussenzweig (20 June 1928 – 1 April 2018) was an Austrian-Brazilian immunologist specializing in the development of malaria vaccines.
In a career spanning over 60 years, she was primarily affiliated with New York University (NYU), as C.V.
Starr Professor of Medical and Molecular Parasitology at Langone Medical Center, Research Professor at the NYU Department of Pathology, and finally Professor Emerita of Microbiology and Pathology at the NYU Department of Microbiology.