Mary C. Pangborn

Mary C. Pangborn (13 August 1907 – 20 February 2003) was an American scientist and writer of science fiction.

Born in Brooklyn, Pangborn discovered the biologically important lipid cardiolipin and published a number of pieces of short fiction in noted anthologies and in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Her only novel, Friar Bacon's Head, remained unpublished as of her death. Science fiction author Edgar Pangborn was her younger brother.