Rebecca Ruck's Biography

Rebecca Ruck, Director, Catalysis & Automation, Merck Process Chemistry, MSD

Rebecca Ruck earned her A.B. summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1998 before moving on to Harvard as an NSF fellow in the lab of Prof. Eric Jacobsen at Harvard University. She continued her career as an NIH post-doctoral fellow at UC-Berkeley in the lab of Prof. Robert Bergman. She moved on to Merck Process Chemistry in 2005, steadily assuming increasing amounts of responsibility in the intervening years, including her current role as Director of Catalysis and Automation, along with Flow Chemistry. She has made contributions to programs related to Hepatitis C, diabetes and antibacterials, among others, while also playing a significant role in Merck’s commitment to safety and is currently the departmental recruiting lead.