birth_place awards nationality fields workplaces birth_date known_for article_title name alma_mater
mexico city 2000 world food prize mexican cereal chemistry national improvement center -lrb- cimmyt -rrb- . institute of nutrition , international maize and wheat 24 october 1924 quality protein maize evangelina villegas
 evangelina villegas national dakota state university . polytechnic institute , kansas state university and north
evangelina villegas

dr. evangelina villegas -lrb- born 24 october 1924 -rrb- is a mexican cereal biochemist whose work with maize led to the development of quality protein maize -lrb- qpm -rrb- .
she and her colleague , dr. surinder vasal , shared the 2000 world food prize for this achievement .
