Mexican biochemist laureated with the 2000 World Food Prize.
According to Wikipedia, Evangelina Villegas was a Mexican cereal biochemist whose work with maize led to the development of quality protein maize . She and her colleague from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center , Surinder Vasal, shared the 2000 World Food Prize for this achievement. Villegas was the first woman to ever receive the World Food Prize.
Evangelina Villegas is affiliated with the following schools: