Erwin Neher is a German biophysicist, specializing in the field of cell physiology. For significant contribution in the field, in 1991 he was awarded, along with Bert Sakmann, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells". The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1991, announced October 7, 1991. Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann, “for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells”. Erwin Neher: born 1944, Landsberg, Germany. Bert Sakmann: born 1942, Stuttgart, Germany. Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).