Alan Lloyd Hodgkin

Alan Lloyd Hodgkin was a British biophysicist and neuroscientist renowned for his work in understanding how nerve cells communicate. Along with Andrew Huxley, he developed a detailed model of how electrical signals, called action potentials, propagate along neurons. Their research uncovered the mechanisms of nerve signal transmission, involving the flow of ions across cell membranes. This work earned them the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1963. Hodgkin’s contributions significantly advanced neuroscience and our understanding of nervous system function, laying foundational knowledge for many areas of medicine and neurobiology.