Ruth Barnich
D'Ruth Barnich, gebuer de 6. Mee 1966 zu Esch-Uelzecht, ass eng lëtzebuergesch Biologin.

Si huet 1985 hire Secondaire am Lycée Hubert-Clément (Sektioun: C classique) mam Premièresexamen ofgeschloss an huet duerno zu Münster sdudéiert. Si huet en Doktorat an den Naturwëssenschaften op der Universitéit vu Münster gemaach.

Vun 1996 bis 2013 war si Forschungswëssenschaftlerin am Departement "Marine Evertebraten II" vum Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg zu Frankfurt am Main. Zanter 2013 ass si wëssenschaftlech Mataarbechterin am selwechten Insitut. Si ass och Principal Taxonomist bei Thomson Environmental Consultants an England wou se fir d'Qualitéit vun den Identifikatiounen an de Biodiversitéitsbewäertungen responsabel ass. 

Si ass eng vun de féierende Spezialisten fir d'Taxonomie vu Buuschtewierm.

Publikatiounen 
 The Larvae of the Crustacea Decapoda (excl. Brachyura) in the Planktonof the French Mediterranean Coast (Identification Keys and Systematic Review), 1996, Göttingen, Cuvillier Verlag

 Fiege, D. & Barnich, R. (1998): Redescription of Eupolyodontes gulo (Grube, 1855) and partial revision of the genus Eupolyodontes Buchanan, 1894 (Polychaeta: Acoetidae). Ophelia 48 (2): 83-92. 
 Fiege, D. Kröncke, I. & Barnich, R. (2000): High abundance of Myriochele fragilis Nilsen & Holthe, 1985 (Polychaeta: Oweniidae) in the Deep Sea of the Eastern Mediterranean. Hydrobiologia, 426: 97-103.
 Barnich, R. & Fiege, D. (2000): Borstenwürmer. Schillernde Bewohner der Meere. Kleine Senckenberg-Reihe Nr. 37. 64 S.
 Barnich, R. & Fiege, D. (2000): Revision of the North East Atlantic and Mediterranean species of Aphrodita Linnaeus, 1767 and Aphroditella Roule, 1898 (Polychaeta: Aphroditidae). Ophelia 53: 131-140.
 Barnich, R. & Fiege, D. (2000): Revision of the Mediterranean species of Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 and Lagisca Malmgren, 1865 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Polynoinae). J. nat. Hist. 34(10): 1889-1939.
 Barnich, R., Gil, J. & Fiege, D. (2000): Revision of the genus Acanthicolepis Norman in McIntosh, 1900 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Polynoinae). Sarsia 85(4): 313-319.
 Barnich, R. & Steene, R. (2003): Description of a new species of Polyodontes Renieri, 1828 (Polychaeta: Acoetidae) from Papua New Guinea. The Beagle, 19: 91-96.
 Fiege, D., Barnich, R. &. Wehe, T. (2003): Auf Wurmjagd in der Bretagne. Nat. Mus. 133 (10): 285-294.
 Barnich, R. & Fiege, D. (2003): The Aphroditoidea (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the Mediterranean Sea. Abh. senckenberg. naturf. Ges. 559: 1-167.
 Barnich, R., Fiege, D. & Sun, R. (2004): Polychaeta of Hainan Island, South China Sea. Part III. Aphroditoidea (Annelida: Polychaeta). Species Diversity 9: 285-329.
 Barnich, R. & Fiege, D. (2004): Revision of the genus Lepidastheniella Monro, 1924 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Lepidastheniinae) with notes on the subfamily Lepidastheniinae and the description of a new species. J. nat. Hist. 38(7): 863-876.
 Barnich, R. & Fiege, D., Micaletto, G. & Gambi, M.C. (2006): Redescription of Harmothoe spinosa Kinberg, 1856 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) and related species from Subantarctic and Antarctic waters, with the erection of a new genus. J. nat. Hist. 40(1-2): 33-75.

Gebuer 1966
Lëtzebuergesch Biologen