Greta Binford

Greta J. Binford is a United States arachnologist, specialising in studies of spider venom. She is a professor of biology at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, United States.

As a child, Binford was raised on a small corn-and-soybean farm in west-central Indiana. From 1983 to 1985, she studied psychology at Purdue University, after an abortive attempt at a degree in veterinary medicine. She sits on the editorial board of the open-access scientific journal Toxins.

The species of spider Austrarchaea binfordae, found in New South Wales, Australia, is named in her honour, "for her pioneering research on spider venoms and for contributing to a highly successful basal clades tour".

Greta also appeared in season 4, episode 6, of Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman, "Finding Eight-Legged Tights Isn't Easy".