Lydia Villa-Komaroff | |
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 Lydia Villa-Komaroff in 2013 | |
| Born | August 7, 1947 |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Goucher College (BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Spouse | Anthony L. Komaroff |
| Awards | 2013 Woman of Distinction by the American Association of University Women |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Molecular Biology |
| Institutions | MIT, Harvard University, Northwestern University |
| Doctoral advisor | Harvey Lodish, David Baltimore |
| Other academic advisors | Fotis Kafatos, Tom Maniatis, Walter Gilbert |
Lydia Villa-Komaroff (born August 7, 1947) is a molecular and cellular biologist who has been an academic laboratory scientist, a university administrator, and a business woman. She was the third[1] Mexican-American woman in the United States to receive a doctorate degree in the sciences (1975) and is a co-founding member of The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS).[2] Her most notable discovery was in 1978 during her post-doctoral research, when she was part of a team that discovered how bacterial cells could be used to generate insulin.[3]
- ^ Shury, Nzinga (4 April 2014). "Hooray for women in STEM! Meet Lydia Villa-Komaroff 2013 Women of Distinction". American Association of University Women. aauw.org. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 7 Nov 2014.
- ^ Lydia Villa-Komaroff. Independence (KY): Gale, Cengage Learning. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-03-20. Retrieved 11 Mar 2014.
- ^ Weiler, Nicholas (30 July 2014). "Lydia Villa-Komaroff Learned in the Lab 'What It Might Be Like to Fly'". The ASCB Post. The American Society for Cell Biology. ascb.org. Retrieved 22 April 2017.