Ochoa

American  

[oh-choh-uh, aw-chaw-ah] / oʊˈtʃoʊ ə, ɔˈtʃɔ ɑ /

noun

1. Severo 1905–93, U.S. biochemist, born in Spain: Nobel Prize in medicine 1959.

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Ochoa Scientific  

/ ō-chō′ə /

1. Spanish-born American geneticist who in 1955 discovered an enzyme that was used in the first synthesis of artificial RNA. For this work he shared with Arthur Kornberg the 1959 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

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Example Sentences

Despite this challenge, Clough and McNeil, working with graduate student Eduardo Ochoa Rivera and statistics professor Ambuj Tewari, developed methods to separate true microplastics from glove-related contamination.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

Last year, Redzepi told my colleague Laurie Ochoa that he chose Los Angeles for his first Noma pop-up in the U.S. because he “truly fell in love” with the city.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

A longtime resident of the Rio Grande Valley, Ochoa had for years dreamed of working for the Border Patrol and finally landed a job there, she said.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

“There’s no visible interference by U.S. interests in this bill,” said Ochoa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

“This is Nydia Ochoa, everyone. She’s a librarian at Columbia and she’s been helping me out with all this. She’s good people.”

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older