Description: (American Geneticist and Chronobiologist Known for His Discovery of Molecular Mechanisms Controlling the 'Circadian Rhythm')
Jeffrey C. Hall is an American geneticist and chronobiologist renowned for his pioneering research on the neurological aspects of fly courtship and behavioral rhythms. His work on Drosophila melanogaster unveiled crucial mechanisms of circadian clocks and advanced the understanding of sexual differentiation in the nervous system. Hall, a Professor Emeritus of Biology at Brandeis University and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2017 alongside Michael W. Young and Michael Rosbash for their groundbreaking discoveries in molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythms.