Rodolfo Llinas, a Colombian Neurologist among the best in the world, he works at NASA.

Rodolfo Llinas was born in Bogota, Cundinamarca (Colombia), in 1934. He studied at Gimnasio Moderno School, received his MD for Javeriana University in 1959 and his PhD in 1965 for the Australian National University. Actually, the Dr. Llinas is the Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience and Chairman of the department of Physicology & Neuroscience at the NYU School of Medicine. Professor Llinas had written around ten books, 500 publications in Medicine and Science.

Dr. Llinas has wide researches, varied and complex but his main researches are based in hyphotesis about origin of the conscience. He also discovered the electric activity in the neurons and the ions of calcium that make a bridge between electricity neuronal and chemistry. Now he turns to develop a new technology for a cerebral exploration.

Rodolfo Llinas is considered one of the fathers of neuroscience.

He has contribued in:

-Discovery dendritic inhibition in central sistems
-Utilization of magnetoencephalography in clinical research.

He was also the chairman of NASA/Neurolab Science Working Group and has been recognized with doctorates honorarium, numerous prizes and distinctions.

He is a great Colombian and an example that we can do things well done!