Robert Stämpfli
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Robert Stämpfli (born June 9, 1914 in Bern ; † May 17, 2002 in Homburg-Jägersburg , Germany ) was a Swiss physiologist and membrane researcher who, together with Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley, succeeded in first describing the saltatory stimulus propagation on myelinated nerve fibers .
As the spiritus rector of the Collaborative Research Center for Membrane Research , he succeeded in establishing the Physiological Institute at Saarland University as a world-renowned center for electrophysiology and membrane biology .
For many years he worked as a senator of the German Research Foundation and as a long-term board member of the Saarland Scientific Society . In 1963 he became a member of the Leopoldina .
His extensive work on medullary nerve fibers was honored with honorary doctorates from the Universities of Poitiers , Geneva and Birmingham . The Saarland University appointed him an honorary senator in 1988 .
Awards
- 1959: Adolf Fick Prize
- 1967: Feldberg Prize
literature
- Hans Meves: In memoriam Prof. Dr. Dr. hc mult. Robert Stämpfli . In: Saarländisches Ärzteblatt . 55th year, issue 7, July 2002, p. 39 f.
- Wolfgang Müller: Stämpfli, Robert. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-428-11206-7 , p. 27 f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Huxley AF, Stämpfli R. Evidence for saltatory conduction in peripheral myelinated nerve fibers. In: J Physiol . 108: 315-39, 1949. PMID 16991863
- ^ List of members Leopoldina, Robert Stämpfli
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stämpfli, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stampfli, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss physiology and membrane researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 2002 |
| Place of death | Homburg-Jägersburg , Germany |