Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen

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)	Knut Schmidt-Nielsen ​ ​ (m. 1939⁠–⁠1966)​ (divorced) Roger G. Chagnon ​ ​ (m. 1968⁠–⁠2003)​ (his death)
Scientific career
Institutions	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

1. 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.
2. 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
3. 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.
4. "American Physiological Society > Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (1918-2015) 48th APS President". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
5. 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.