Background
Villa-Komaroff, Lydia was born on August 7, 1947 in Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States. Daughter of John Dias and Drucilla (Jaramillo) Villa-Komaroff.
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Villa-Komaroff, Lydia was born on August 7, 1947 in Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States. Daughter of John Dias and Drucilla (Jaramillo) Villa-Komaroff.
Bachelor, Goucher College, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975. Doctor of Science (honorary), St. Thomas University, 1996.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Pine Manor College, 1997. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Goucher College, 1997. Doctor of Science (honorary), Regis College, 2010.
Research fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, 1975-1978. Assistant professor department microbiology University Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, 1978-1981, associate professor department molecular genetics micro, 1982-1985. Associate professor department neurology Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1986-1995.
Senior research associate neurology Children's Hospital, 1985-1995, associate director mental retardation research center, 1987-1994. Professor department neurology Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1995—2002, associate vice president research, 1995-1997, vice president research, 1998—2002. Vice president for research, chief operating officer, Whitehead Institute for biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2003—2005.
Chief science officer Cytonome, Inc., since 2005. Chief Executive Officer Ctyonome Inc., 2006—2009. Chief science officer Cytonome System Technologies LLC, since 2009.
Member mammalian genetics study section National Institutes of Health, 1982-1984, member reviewers research, 1989, member neurological disorders program project review committee, 1989-1994. Member advisory board Biological Science Directorate, National Science Foundation, 1994-1999. Board directors National Center Genome Research, 1995-1900, TransKaryotic Therapies, 2003-2005, chair 2005, board directors Massachusetts Life Science Center, since 2008.
Member advisory council National Institute Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, 2000-2004. Board trustees Pine Manor College, since 2004, chair, since 2007. Senior lecturer Sloan School Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003-05.
Board chair Pine Manor College, since 2007.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (board directors 2000-2005), American Society Microbiology, Association for Women in Science, Society for Neurosci., American Society Cell Biology, Society for Advancement Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (founding, board director 1987-1993, vice president 1990-1993), International Society for Cellular Therapy, American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation.
Married Anthony Leader Komaroff, June 18, 1970.