Christiana Ruhrberg is a German-British cell biologist who is Professor of Neuronal and Vascular Biology.

[2] Ruhrberg moved to the Imperial Cancer Research Fund to define the genomic organisation in the human surfeit locus.

[5] She returned to the Imperial Cancer Research Fund to work in the laboratory of David Shima, where she investigated molecular mechanisms that underpin the growth of blood vessels.

[6] Ruhrberg moved to University College London in 2003, and was promoted to Professor of Neuronal and Vascular Development at UCL in 2011.

[2][7] Here, she has combined her training in neuronal and vascular development to help establish the field of neurovascular co-patterning.