Andrew Huxley#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 500 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Andrew Huxley passed away May 30, 2012.
Positions Held
- 1983 Professor emeritus at University College London
- 1969 Royal Society Research Professorship at the Department of Physiology at University College London
- 1960 Head of the Department of Physiology at University College London
- 1950-1957 Editor of the Journal of Physiology
- 1946 Teaching appointment in the Department of Physiology
- 1941 Research fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- Nerve conduction
- Muscle contraction
- Development of the interference microscope and ultramicrotome
- Physiology
- Biophysic
Honours and Awards
- Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (1963)
- Fellow of the Royal Society (1955)
- Member of Academia Europaea
