Dorothy Hodgkin

Dorothy Hodgkin was a master of X-ray crystallography, a technique she used to determine the three-dimensional structures of complex biological molecules. Her work on penicillin and vitamin B12 was groundbreaking, and her determination of the structure of insulin after decades of research remains a landmark achievement in biochemistry. Her ability to visualize the atomic structure of life-saving drugs revolutionized pharmacology and medicine. Her work continues to be the gold standard for structural biology, enabling the development of modern targeted therapies and drug design.