Lydia Villa-Komaroff

Mexican American cellular biologist
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Lydia Villa-Komaroff

Summary

Lydia Villa-Komaroff is a human[1]. She was born on +1947-08-07T00:00:00Z[2]. She worked as an academic[3]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month, #7,282 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff was born on +1947-08-07T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Among Lydia Villa-Komaroff's spouses was Anthony L. Komaroff[5].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff held citizenship in United States[6].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff's professions included academic[3].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff was employed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology[7].
  • Among Lydia Villa-Komaroff's employers was UMass Memorial Medical Center[8].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff was employed by Harvard Medical School[9].
  • Among Lydia Villa-Komaroff's employers was Northwestern University[10].
  • Among Lydia Villa-Komaroff's employers was Whitehead Institute[11].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff's education included a stint at Goucher College[12].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff's doctoral advisor was Harvey Lodish[13].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff received the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[14].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff was a member of Graduate Women in Science[15].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff's image is recorded as Lydia Villa-Komaroff-2.jpg[16].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff is recorded as female[17].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff's instance of is recorded as human[18].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 75908535[19].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no96021848[20].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff's Commons category is recorded as Lydia Villa-Komaroff[21].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0_yhpgq[22].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff's given name is recorded as Lydia[23].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff's FAST ID is recorded as 373866[24].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff's Prabook ID is recorded as 318146[25].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/MIT[26].
  • Lydia Villa-Komaroff's oral history at is recorded as Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries[27].

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Origins and Family

Lydia Villa-Komaroff was born on +1947-08-07T00:00:00Z[2].

Education

Lydia Villa-Komaroff was educated at Goucher College[12]. Her doctoral advisor was Harvey Lodish[13].

Career and Affiliations

Lydia Villa-Komaroff's professions included academic[3]. Employers include Massachusetts Institute of Technology[7], a university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1861[30], headquartered in Cambridge[31]; UMass Memorial Medical Center[8], a university hospital[32], in United States[33], founded in 1974[34]; Harvard Medical School[9], a medical school[35], in United States[36], founded in 1782[37]; Northwestern University[10], a private university[38], in United States[39], founded in 1851[40], headquartered in Evanston[41]; and Whitehead Institute[11], a biological research institute[42], in United States[43], founded in 1982[44].

Recognition

Lydia Villa-Komaroff received the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[14].

Personal Life

Among Lydia Villa-Komaroff's spouses was Anthony L. Komaroff[5].

Why It Matters

Lydia Villa-Komaroff ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month, #7,282 of 1,000,298).[4] She has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45]

FAQs

Who was Lydia Villa-Komaroff married to?

Lydia Villa-Komaroff's spouses include Anthony L. Komaroff[5].

What did Lydia Villa-Komaroff do for work?

Lydia Villa-Komaroff worked as academic[3].

Where did Lydia Villa-Komaroff go to school?

Lydia Villa-Komaroff was educated at Goucher College[12].

What awards did Lydia Villa-Komaroff receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[14].

References

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  13. [14] . aaas.org. aaas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  19. [2] . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . archivesspace.mit.edu. archivesspace.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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