Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
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 | |
| 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. Throughout her life, Schmidt-Nielsen conducted extensive research on the mechanisms of urea transport, paving the way for many other physiological discoveries.