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Scientific Biographies

Science is a human pursuit. Meet some of the people who have contributed to the history of chemistry, chemical engineering, and the life sciences.
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Evangelina Villegas Moreno

Biochemist Evangelina Villegas codeveloped Quality Protein Maize, a nutritionally fortified corn that was central to a period of intensive agricultural development called the “Green Revolution.”

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Evangelina Villegas in a lab, ca. 1970.
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Evangelina Villegas in a lab, ca. 1970.

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group of noted scientists including William Astbury and Lawrence Bragg
William Astbury
1898 - 1961
Frederick G. Banting 1923
Frederick Grant Banting
1891 - 1941
Jacqueline K. Barton
b. 1952
A sepia-toned portrait of a woman with wavy hair, smiling, wearing a dark top.
Florence Ogilvy Bell
1913 - 2000
Reinhold Benesch
1919 - 1986
Paul Berg
1926 - 2023
Solomon A. Berson, 1945. Archives of the Frederick L. Ehrman Medical Library
Solomon A. Berson
1918 - 1972
Charles Herbert Best
Charles Herbert Best
1899 - 1978
A mannequin wearing an 18th-century style blue dress with lace and elaborate hairstyle.
Blue Silk Dress
ca. 1700s
Herbert Boyer in 2005.
Herbert W. Boyer
b. 1936
Portrait of Helia Bravo-Hollis, 2001.
Helia Bravo-Hollis
1901 - 2001
Rachel Fuller Brown
1898 - 1980
black and white portrait of a woman
Mary Letitia Caldwell
1890 - 1972
Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson
1907 - 1964
black and white photo of George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver
ca. 1864 - 1943
man in lab coat conducting an experiment
Ernst Boris Chain
1906 - 1979
Nancy Chang
b. 1950
Undated portrait of mycologist Vera Charles
Vera Katherine Charles
1877 - 1954
black and white of a women holding up a herbarium
Mary Agnes Chase
1869 - 1963
Stanley N. Cohen.
Stanley N. Cohen
b. 1935
Edith Coleman
1874 - 1951
James Collip as a graduate student, c. 1914
James Bertram Collip
1892 - 1965
Carl and Gerty Cori in their lab, wearing white lab coats. Carl points to a document with a pencil. There are beakers and bottles in the background.
Carl Ferdinand Cori
1896 - 1984
Gerty and Carl Cori working in a lab
Gerty Theresa Cori
1896 - 1957
James Watson and Francis Crick
Francis Crick
1916 - 2004
man in a hat smoking a pipe
Paul de Kruif
1890 - 1971
A person with white hair and a beard is wearing a suit, with framed certificates on the wall behind.
Carl Djerassi
1923 - 2015
Gerhard Domagk stares towards the camera with his chin resting on his hand. he wears a light colored jacket with a dark tie.
Gerhard Domagk
1895 - 1964
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