Linda J. Saif[3] is an American microbial scientist who works at Ohio State University.
In 2015, she became the first female recipient of the Wolf Prize in Agriculture for her research in virology and immunology.
[8] In 2003, she studied the SARS coronavirus outbreak with the World Health Organization.
[6] Saif is married to immunologist Dr. Mo Saif, Professor Emeritus, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine and Emeritus Program Head of the Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University.
[6] Saif grew up in Ohio and was exposed to agriculture from an early age from time spent at her grandparents' farm.