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Using X-ray crystallography, this woman scientist determined the structures of large biochemical molecules, including penicillin in 1949 and vitamin B12 in 1956. In 1969 she determined the three dimensional structure of insulin. In 1964 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry "for her determination by X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances." Name this woman scientist.
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ANSWER: (DOROTHY) CROWFOOT HODGKIN
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