Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
American physiologist (1918–2015)
Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
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Bodil Mimi Krogh Schmidt-Nielsen
, Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, and Barbara Wagner.
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6 November 1918
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Died | 27 April 2015 (aged 96) |
Spouse(s) |
(divorced)
Roger G. Chagnon
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1968
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2003
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Duke University
Case Western Reserve University MDI Biological Laboratory |
Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (3 November 1918 – 27 April 2015) was a Danish-born American physiologist, who became the first woman president of the American Physiological Society in 1975.
Biography
Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1918, the youngest of four children of two eminent physiologists, the Nobel Laureate August Krogh and Marie Krogh . [1]
In 1939, Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen married Knut Schmidt-Nielsen , a fellow physiologist, and received doctoral degrees in Dentistry, Odontology, and Physiology from the University of Copenhagen . Knut and Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen became a prominent physiology team at Duke University but divorced in 1966. Bodil became Department Chair at Case Western Reserve University and later devoted her career full-time to research at MDI Biological Laboratory in Maine . [2] [3]
Schmidt-Nielsen died in April 2015 at the age of 96. [4]
Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award
The Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award honors a member of the American Physiological Society who is judged to have made outstanding contributions to physiological research and demonstrated dedication and commitment to excellence in training of young physiologists. [5]
Selected works
- The Solubility of tooth substance in relation to the composition of saliva (Supplementum; v.2, 1946)
- The resourcefulness of nature in physiological adaptation to the environment (Physiologist 1(2): 4-20, 1958)
- August and Marie Krogh: Lives in Science (1995)
References
- ↑ Dantzler, William H. (July 2015). "Obituary Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (1918-2015) 48th APS President" . Archived from the original on December 22, 2015 . Retrieved December 17, 2015 .
- ↑ Living history of physiology: Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (Prof. William Dantzler. Department of Physiology College of Medicine. University of Arizona) Archived 2008-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 48th APS President (1975-1976)Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen (American Physiological Society) "© the American Physiological Society - Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen" . Archived from the original on 2009-11-21 . Retrieved 2009-11-03 .
- ↑ "American Physiological Society > Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (1918-2015) 48th APS President" . Archived from the original on 2015-12-22 . Retrieved 2015-12-17 .
- ↑ Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award (American Physiological Society) "© the American Physiological Society - Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award" . Archived from the original on 2009-07-30 . Retrieved 2009-11-03 .
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