Yvonne Connolly Martin (born September 13, 1936) is an American cheminformatics and computer-aided drug design expert who rose to the rank of Senior Volwiler Research Fellow at Abbott Laboratories (now AbbVie).
Trained in chemistry at Northwestern University, she became a leader in collaborative science aimed at discovering and developing bioactive molecules as therapeutic agents, with her contributions proceeding from application of methods to understand how descriptors of molecular shapes and physicochemical properties relate to their biological activity.
She was awarded a predoctoral fellowship from the National Science Foundation for the years 1960–1963, attending Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
[4] Martin formally retired as a senior research fellow in 2006, but has continued to be associated with Abbott Laboratories on a contract basis, working on topics in which she is interested.
[10][11] Her work has directly affected modern day drug discovery and supported the computer design of novel compounds.