Jeffrey C. Hall, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jeffrey C. Hall

American geneticist and chronobiologist

Date of Birth: 03-May-1945

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Profession: biologist, university teacher, geneticist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Jeffrey Connor Hall (born May 3, 1945) is an American geneticist and chronobiologist.
Hall is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Brandeis University and currently resides in Cambridge, Maine.
Hall spent his career examining the neurological component of fly courtship and behavioral rhythms.
Through his research on the neurology and behavior of Drosophila melanogaster, Hall uncovered essential mechanisms of biological clocks and shed light on the foundations for sexual differentiation in the nervous system.
He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences for his revolutionary work in the field of chronobiology, and nominated for the T.
Washington FellowsIn 2017, along with Michael W.
Young and Michael Rosbash, he was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm".