Marcelle Lapicque

Marcelle de Heredia Lapicque (17 July 1873 – 1960) was a Black-Cuban French neurophysiologist known for her research on nerve impulses (chronaxie) and the effects of poisons on the neuromuscular junction. She supervised the Laboratoire des Hautes-Études General Physiology laboratory, and published many papers - with her husband, alone, and as a mentor to women.

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