Weber, Evelyn J.
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Research chemist. Evelyn J. Weber (b. 1928), is a native of Shelby County, Illinois. She graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S.(1953) in Chemistry and received a Ph. D in Biochemistry (1961) from Iowa State University. From 1965 through 1987 she was a Professor of Plant Biochemistry in the Agronomy Department at the University of Illinois and a research chemist for the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Her research focused on plant metabolism and the development of high-oil corn. She has authored numerous articles on her research specialty, is a member of several societies, such as the American Chemical Society and the American Oil Chemists' Society, and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists. She is currently a Professor Emerita in the Agronomy Department at the University of Illinois.
From the description of Papers, 1928-1987. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 32631596
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- Agronomy
- Botanical chemistry
- Corn
- Elemental diet
- Nutrition
- Plants
- Women in science
- Women scientists
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