Anabella Villalobos, PhD
Dr. Anabella Villalobos is a medicinal chemist and currently a Senior Vice President, Biotherapeutics & Medicinal Sciences at Biogen. Born and raised in Panama, she found her spark and excitement for chemistry in a high school organic chemistry class. She obtained her BS (1981) in Chemistry from the University of Panama. She obtained a MS […]
Luis E. Miramontes, PhD
Dr. Luis Miramontes was born in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico in 1925. As a child, he was raised by the women in his family, his mother and his aunts. One of his most notable influences was his aunt Maria Dolores Cardenas, who served in Pancho Villa’s army. She instilled a love of science in Luis and […]
Samuel Proctor Massie Jr.
Dr. Samuel Proctor Massie Jr. was an African-American chemist who worked on the Manhattan Project, antibiotics, environment, and infectious diseases.
Dr. Percy Lavon Julian
Dr. Percy Lavon Julian was one of the foremost chemists in the 20th century. He was one of six children to two middle class parents in Montgomery, Alabama, and all of his siblings attended college.