Otto Loewi

Otto Loewi (1873–1961) was a German, Austrian, and American pharmacist, neuroscientist, pharmacologist, and university teacher. Born in Frankfurt and deceased in New York City, he worked in the field of pharmacology. His academic career included positions at the University of Vienna, University College London, University of Marburg, and University of Graz. He was educated at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, the University of Vienna, and the University of Strasbourg, with Oswald Schmiedeberg serving as his doctoral advisor.

Loewi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Lieben Prize, and the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art. He was a member of the Royal Society, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Among his published works are *Zur quantitativen Wirkung von Blausaure, Arsen und Phosphor auf das isolirte Froschherz* and *From the workshop of discoveries*. He was the doctoral advisor to Carl Ferdinand Cori and a relative of Guido Goldschmiedt.