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Eugenia Maria del Pino Veintimilla (b. 1945, Quito, Ecuador) is a developmental biologist. She was the first Ecuadorian woman to be elected to the Latin American Academy of Sciences (1988), and first Ecuadorian to be elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences (2006).

M.Sc. Vassar College, 1969, Ph.D. Emory University, 1972. Head of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, 1973-1975, and professor 1972-present. Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg 1984. Fulbright Fellow, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1990. L’OREAL-UNESCO For Women in Science Laureate, 2000. TWAS Medal, 2004. Eugenio Espejo Medal, 2005, Vice President of Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands during 1990s.

Del Pino's work has focussed on the embryonic development of several kinds of tropical frogs. Many of these have highly unusual reproductive systems, and this has added greatly to our understanding of the relationship between evolution and embryonic development.

Additionally, her work for the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands and her position as the only Ecuadorian woman to have achieved international recognition in science, have made her a figure of national importance in Ecuador.

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