Marcelo Osvaldo Magnasco is a biophysicist, currently a professor and head of laboratory at the Rockefeller University

Rockefeller University

The Rockefeller University is a private university offering postgraduate and postdoctoral education. It has a strong concentration in the biological sciences. It is also known for producing numerous Nobel laureates...

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He is known for his work on thermal ratchets as models of biological motors, auditory

Auditory system

The auditory system is the sensory system for the sense of hearing.- Outer ear :The folds of cartilage surrounding the ear canal are called the pinna...

 biophysics

Biophysics

Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that uses the methods of physical science to study biological systems. Studies included under the branches of biophysics span all levels of biological organization, from the molecular scale to whole organisms and ecosystems...

, neural coding , and other studies of biological networks

Network biology

Biological network is any network that applies to biological systems. A network is any system with sub-units that are linked into a whole, such as species units linked into a whole food web...

 such as leaf venation.

Also for placing the date of the solar eclipse mentioned in the Odyssey at April 16th, 1178 B.C.

1170s BC

-Events and trends:* 1178 BC, April 16—A solar eclipse occurs. This may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom after the Trojan War. He discovers a number of suitors competing to marry his wife Penelope, whom they believe to be a widow, in order to succeed him...

 together with Constantino Baikouzis of the National University of La Plata.

External links

• Home Page at Rockefeller University
• Lewis Clark Vanexum Lecture at Princeton on Homer's Eclipse
• BigThink interview