Interfacial Sciences and Electrochemistry
First woman to receive the World Food Prize and inventor of Quality Protein Maize. Evangelina Villegas was born in Mexico City, MX on October 24th, 1924. Villegas double majored at National Polytechnic Institute and obtained a B.A. in chemistry and biology, often finding herself as one of few women in her classes. In 1950, Villegas …
“I encourage women to raise their hand, be ready to tell their story, and ask for what they want.” Anabella Villalobos was born in Panama City in the early 1960s. She discovered her passion of chemistry in high school and obtained her B.S. in chemistry at the University of Panama. In 1981, Villalobos earned a …
“We want and we ask for equality. Not colonial control or protection. We [support] the same ideal of the American union with equality in rights and in duties.” José Celso Barbosa Alcalá was a physician, polemicist, professor, politician, and publisher, born on July 27, 1857 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Barbosa was one of the 1st …
American record-holder for the longest space flight at 371 days. Francisco Rubio was born on December 11th, 1975 in Los Angeles, CA, and grew up in El Salvador with his mother and grandmother until immigrating to Miami, FL in 1981 during the Salvadoran Civil War. His mother raised him to value hard work, and he …
“It’s not easy, but we’re doing it.” Dr. Magaña is a lunar postdoc fellow at John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory where she studies Earth’s Moon and Jupiter’s moon, Titan. Magaña was born on May 10th, 1994 in Van Nuys, CA and is a first-generation Salvadoran-American. Magaña obtained her B.S. in physics at Emporia State University, …
“I am committed to space flight, human exploration, learning how to do more and more. I like the fact that it is much bigger than myself, important to my country and to the world. I like being able to contribute in this way.” Ellen Ochoa was born in 1958 in Los Angeles, California. She was …
Motto: “Good science and good sense” Antonia was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, in 1944. Although her father died when she was young, her mother emphasized the value of education and hard work. She was diagnosed with congenital megacolon, which she had to live with 18 years before surgery. This experience caused her to want …
1998 Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation Hall of Fame Inductee Albert was born in Puebla Mexico in 1912. He grew up in New York from the age of 5 while his father founded the first Spanish Methodist church in New York. Albert got his BS in math and physics from Drew University, and a …
The first person to discover the effects of oxygen free radicals on cell death and aging.
“[My father] advised me to sit every few months in my reading chair for an entire evening, close my eyes and try to think of new problems to solve. I took his advice very seriously and have been glad ever since that he did.” – Luiz Alvarez