Margaret Young Menzel was a geneticist known for her research on chromosomes and meiosis in a range of organisms including tomatoes, flowering plants, and worms.
][4] Menzel was actively involved in the Association of Southeastern Biologists, including periods as vice president and editor of the ASB Bulletin from 1972 until 1977.
She conducted this research on a broad array of species including plants such as Physalis[7] and Hibiscus,[8][9] the nematode Schistosoma,[10][11] and agricultural crops such as tomatoes.
[22] Menzel later served as a witness for Laura Jepsen in her successful 1976 suit against Florida State University for gender discrimination.
[1][5] In 1988 the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida State University established the Margaret Y. Menzel Scholarship to recognize outstanding progress in graduate student research.