# Lydia Villa-Komaroff

> Lydia Villa-Komaroff is a molecular and cellular biologist who has been an academic laboratory scientist, a university administrator, and a business woman. She was the third 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). 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.

*Mexican American cellular biologist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/lydia-villa-komaroff

## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1947-08-07
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

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