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.
Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen | |
|---|---|
 Bodil Mimi Krogh Schmidt-Nielsen, Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, and Barbara Wagner. | |
| Born | 6 November 1918 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | 27 April 2015 (aged 96) |
| Spouse(s) |
(divorced) Roger G. Chagnon
(m. 1968–2003) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Duke University Case Western Reserve University MDI Biological Laboratory |
Biography
editBodil 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
editThe 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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) [1] 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.