Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
American physiologist (1918–2015)
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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. Throughout her life, Schmidt-Nielsen conducted extensive research on the mechanisms of urea transport, paving the way for many other physiological discoveries.[1]
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Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen | |
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Bodil Mimi Krogh Schmidt-Nielsen, Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, and Barbara Wagner. | |
| Born | 6 November 1918 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | 27 April 2015 (aged 96) |
| Education | University of Copenhagen |
| Spouse(s) |
(divorced) Roger G. Chagnon
(m. 1968–2003) |
| Parents |
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| Scientific career | |
| Workplaces | Duke University Case Western Reserve University MDI Biological Laboratory |
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.[2]
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.[3][4]
Schmidt-Nielsen died in April 2015 at the age of 96.[5]
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.[6]
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)