Birgit Vennesland

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Birgit Vennesland
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Birgit Vennesland (17 November 1913 — 15 October 2001) was a Norwegian-American

Garvan-Olin Medal from the American Chemical Society
in 1964.

Early life and education

On November 17, 1913, Vennesland was born in Kristiansand, Norway to Sigrid Kristine, a teacher, and Gunnuf Olaf, a timber merchant. For her first years, Vennesland grew up with her mother and twin sister in Norway, while her father immigrated to the United States.[1] At the age of four, Vennesland and her family moved to the United States to live with her father in Chicago, Illinois. Vennesland received her undergraduate education at the University of Chicago on a scholarship.[2] She graduated from Chicago with a Bachelor of Science in 1934 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1938, specializing in biochemistry.[3]

Career

While in college, Vennesland started her career with the

International Federation of University Women fellow.[6] Due to World War II, Vennesland instead went to Harvard.[7] Working as a research fellow at Harvard, Vennesland was part of a team that studied how carbon is transformed from carbon dioxide to glycogen.[8] Vennesland returned to Chicago in 1941 and held multiple academic positions until 1968, ranging from instructor to professor.[5]

Throughout this time period, Vennesland researched the enzymes animals use during metabolism and compared them to the enzymes plants use during photosynthesis.[2] In 1953, Vennesland was a co-author of a publication about dehydrogenase called The Enzymatic Transfer of Hydrogen.[9] She was also a co-author of a 1962 publication about the Hill reaction and carbon dioxide.[10] During her tenure at Chicago, Vennesland also worked for the Office of Scientific Research and Development, United States Public Health Service and National Science Foundation.[1]

Upon ending her career with Chicago, Vennesland emigrated to Germany to become the director for the

University of Hawaii in 1987, teaching biophysics and biochemistry.[5]

Awards and honors

In 1950, Vennesland was the recipient of the Stephen Hales Prize from the

Garvan-Olin Medal from the American Chemical Society in 1964.[13]

Death

On 15 October 2001, Vennesland died in Kaneohe, Hawaii.[3]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0787639001
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  2. ^
    ISBN 0313291802
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  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0816061587
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  4. S2CID 7453981
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  5. ^
    ISBN 0874367409
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  6. ISBN 9780444801517
    . Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  7. ISBN 0801848938
    . Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  8. ISBN 0070452660
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  9. PMID 13061492
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  10. PMID 13916978
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  11. ISSN 0066-4294
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  12. ^ "Stephen Hales Prize". American Society of Plant Biologists. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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