Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen Explained
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)
Notes and References
- Web site: Obituary Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (1918-2015) 48th APS President . Dantzler . William H. . July 2015 . December 17, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222212157/http://www.the-aps.org/mm/Publications/Journals/Physiologist/Archive/2015-Issues/July-2015-Vol-58No-4/Obituary/Bodil-Schmidt-Nielsen-1918-2015-48th-APS-President . December 22, 2015 . dead .
- Living history of physiology: Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (Prof. William Dantzler. Department of PhysiologyCollege of Medicine. University of Arizona) http://advan.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/30/1/1
- 48th APS President (1975-1976)Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen (American Physiological Society) Web site: © the American Physiological Society - Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen . 2009-11-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091121170603/http://www.the-aps.org/about/pres/introbsn.htm . 2009-11-21 .
- Web site: American Physiological Society > Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (1918-2015) 48th APS President . 2015-12-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222212157/http://www.the-aps.org/mm/Publications/Journals/Physiologist/Archive/2015-Issues/July-2015-Vol-58No-4/Obituary/Bodil-Schmidt-Nielsen-1918-2015-48th-APS-President . 2015-12-22 . dead .
- Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award (American Physiological Society)Web site: © the American Physiological Society - Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award . 2009-11-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090730002900/http://www.the-aps.org/awards/society/schmidt-nielsen.htm . 2009-07-30 .
