Kirsten Ruiz

Field Science Manager

NEON Headquarters

Observatory Leadership

Contact Info

Email: kruiz@battelleecology.org

Address:

1685 38th Street
Suite 100
Boulder, CO 80301
United States

About Kirsten

As the Field Science Manager, Kirsten Ruiz is responsible for managing the instrument maintenance, execution of field sampling, and laboratory operations in each of NEON's twenty domains. Kirsten received a B.S. in Ecology, Ethology, Evolution from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from the University of Colorado-Denver. Prior to joining NEON in mid-2008, Kirsten served as the Executive Director of a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation and has over 20 years of experience in management and leadership. Kirsten's previous work focused extensively in applied animal behavior and implementation of operant conditioning methods within animal shelters.

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Affiliation / Org:

National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)