BLOG 6: Tell us about an expert/person in your field that you admire

 Born in Cairo on May 12, 1910, Dorothy Crowffot Hodking, was a Britain chemist that was awarded the

Chemistry Nobel Prize on 1964. She studied at the Oxford University, and in his

last year she specialized on X Ray Crystallography, later she applied this thecnique on

the search of the three dimensional structure of complex organic molecules.

Thanks to her work we finally knew how it was the 3D structure of key organinc molecules,

like the vitamin B12, pepsin and penicilin, the fits antibiotic, this anable us to make new derivatives more

efficient of this drug.

In a personal way i admire her a lot, since she was one of the first WOMEN on science to receive a

Chemistry Nobel Prize with her amazing discery about the structure and properties of each compound.

Also being a woman that inspired me with her endeavor and dedication to the science despite the

prejudices about womans back then.


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