Mária Wollemann

The native form of this personal name is Wollemann Mária. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Mária Wollemann
Born(1923-07-06)6 July 1923
Budapest, Hungary
Died5 October 2019(2019-10-05) (aged 96)
Occupations
  • Biochemist
  • neuroscientist
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineBiochemistry
Sub-discipline
Institutions

Mária Wollemann (6 July 1923 – 5 October 2019) was a Hungarian biochemist and neuroscientist who specialised in neurochemistry and neuropharmacology. A student of Nobel Prize winner Albert Szent-Györgyi at the University of Szeged, she worked at the National Institute of Neurosurgery [hu] from 1954 until 1970 and was director of the Biological Research Centre from 1978 until 1983.

Biography

Born in Budapest on 6 July 1923, Mária Wollemann studied medicine at the University of Szeged under Nobel Prize winner Albert Szent-Györgyi and at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University, obtaining her Doctor of Medicine degree from the latter in 1947.[1][2] After working at the Royal Hungarian Pázmány Péter University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1948–1949), Wollemann started working at the National Institute of Neurosurgery [hu] (OMIII) in 1954, remaining there until 1970.[1][2] During her time at OMIII, she had a few short overseas stints as an researcher at the Humboldt University of Berlin (1956–1957), Montefiore Medical Center (1963–1964), and Hôpital Boucicaut [fr] in Paris (1966).[2] After moving to the Biological Research Centre (BRC) in Szeged in 1971, she was a group leader and deputy director there, before serving as director from 1978 until 1983.[2]

As an academic, Wollemann specialised in neurochemistry and neuropharmacology, having focused on these areas during her work at the BRC.[1] In 1974, her doctoral dissertation was later published as a book, Biochemistry of Brain Tumours.[2] She won the Akadémiai Díj [hu] in 1977.[3]

After being inducted to the Hungarian Order of Merit with the Officer's Cross in 1994, Wollemann was promoted to Commander's Cross in 2003.[1] In 2004, Acta Biologica Hungarica published a festschrift volume for her 80th birthday.[4] In addition to a 2017 commemorative medal for services to the city's international relations, she was a 2019 honorary citizen of Szeged.[5][1]

Wollemann died on 5 October 2019, aged 96.[6] Her funeral was subsequently held at the cemetery in Belváros [hu], a neighbourhood in Szeged.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Balázs, Tóth (7 October 2019). "Meghalt Wollemann Mária orvos, az opioid receptorok kutatója". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Prof. Dr. Wollemann Mária, orvos". szegedvaros.hu. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Akadémiai Díjban részesültek (1961-2011)" (PDF). Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Issue celebrating the 80th birthday of Maria Wollemann". ICI Journals Master List. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  5. ^ Máté, Vaskor (7 October 2019). "Meghalt Wollemann Mária orvos, Szeged díszpolgára". 24.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Elhunyt korábbi munkatársunk Dr. Wollemann Mária orvos-biokémikus, Szeged város díszpolgára" (PDF). Biological Research Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2024.