Magda Staudinger
Magda Staudinger | |
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University of Berlin University of Latvia | |
Occupation | biologist/botanist |
Years active | 1927–1976 |
Spouse | Hermann Staudinger |
Magda Staudinger (
Nobel Prize for Chemistry, and she published seven volumes of his works after his death. She was awarded the Grand Order of the Latvian Academy of Sciences
Medal for her contributions to the furtherance of science.
Biography
Magda Voita (
cell membranes. From that point on, they began collaborating on macromolecules.[6]
Magda Staudinger studied
colloids. Between 1969 and 1976, Staudinger edited and published seven volumes of the collected works of her husband.[2]
After Hermann's death in 1965, she became president of the
International Federation of University Women, serving until 1968.[2] She strove for more recognition of women in science and joined UNESCO to further those aims in the 1970s,[3] acting as president of the UNESCO German Science Commission from 1970 to 1975. She also was the first coordinator of the UNESCO Biosphere program.[2] In 1990, she was made an honorary member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences[1] and in 1991 she established a fund to assist those studying biology, chemistry and medicine in Latvia. In 1995, Staudinger set up a trust, the Magda and Hermann Staudinger Fund, for the benefit of retired members of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, to be used at the discretion of the academy for scholarships or other compensation.[2] In 1996, she was awarded the Grand Order of the Latvian Academy of Sciences Medal.[1][2]
Staudinger died in Freiburg im Breisgau on 21 April 1997 and was buried beside her husband at the Hauptfriedhof Freiburg Cemetery.[7]
Selected works
- Woit, Magda (1925). Umgestaltungen an Blattgeweben infolge des Wundreizes (u.d.T) (in German). University of Berlin.
- Staudinger, Magda (9 June 1942). "Der fibrilläre Bau natürlicher und künstlicher Cellulosefasern. 299. Mitteilung über makromolekulare Verbindungen". Journal für Praktische Chemie (in German). 160 (5–7): 203–216. .
- Staudinger, Magda (1943). Mikroskopische und elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen an makromolekularen Stoffen (in German). Köthen, Germany: Verl. d. Chemiker-Zeitg. Otto von Halem.
- Staudinger, Magda (December 1944). "Über den Faserabbau im mikroskopischen Bild". Journal für Praktische Chemie (in German). 2 (1–5): 67–77. .
- Rózsa, György; Staudinger, Magda (December 1944). "Elektronenmikroskopische untersuchungen an muskelproteinen1". Die Makromolekulare Chemie (in German). 2 (1): 66–76. .
- Staudinger, Hermann; Staudinger, Magda (1954). Die makromolekulare Chemie und ihre Bedeutung für die Protoplasmaforschung (in German). Vienna, Austria: Springer. ISBN 978-3-211-80344-8.
- Staudinger, Magda (1969). Arbeiten über Isopren, Kautschuk und Balata. Das wissenschaftliche Werk von Hermann Staudinger (in German). Vol. 1. Basel, Switzerland: Huethig & Wepf Verlag.
- Staudinger, Magda (1972). Arbeiten über Cellulose und Cellulosederivate. Das wissenschaftliche Werk von Hermann Staudinger (in German). Vol. 2. Basel, Switzerland: Huethig & Wepf Verlag.
- Staudinger, Magda (1974). Arbeiten über synthetische makromolekulare Stoffe. Das wissenschaftliche Werk von Hermann Staudinger (in German). Vol. 3. Basel, Switzerland: Huethig & Wepf Verlag.
- Staudinger, Magda (1975). Arbeiten nach Sachgebieten geordnet. Das wissenschaftliche Werk von Hermann Staudinger (in German). Vol. 4. Basel, Switzerland: Huethig & Wepf Verlag.
- Staudinger, Magda (1975). Arbeiten allgemeiner Richtung. Das wissenschaftliche Werk von Hermann Staudinger (in German). Vol. 5. Basel, Switzerland: Huethig & Wepf Verlag. ISBN 9781566378086.
- Staudinger, Magda (1976). Arbeiten über Die Ketene. Das wissenschaftliche Werk von Hermann Staudinger (in German). Vol. 6. Basel, Switzerland: Huethig & Wepf Verlag.
- Staudinger, Magda (1976). Arbeiten über niedermolekulare organische Verbindungen. Das wissenschaftliche Werk von Hermann Staudinger (in German). Vol. 7. Basel, Switzerland: Huethig & Wepf Verlag.
- Staudinger, Magda (December 1971). ""The Biosphere". September-Ausgabe 1970 der Zeitschrift Scientific American, Band 223. Nr. 3., W. H. Freeman & Co., San Francisco". Biologie in unserer Zeit (in German). 1 (6): 189–190. S2CID 86760058.
- Staudinger, Magda (10 August 1982). "Zur geschichte der zeitschrift "die makromolekulare chemie"". Die Makromolekulare Chemie (in German). 183 (8): 1829–1831. .
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Ogilvie & Harvey 2000, p. 1223.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Magda Štaudingere–Voita (Magda Staudinger–Woit)" (in Latvian). Riga, Latvia: Latvijas Zinātņu akadēmija. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d Percec 2014, p. 42.
- ^ "History of the Botanical Garden". Riga Latvia: Latvijas Universitāte Botāniskais dārzs. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ Percec 2014, p. 89.
- ^ a b Percec 2014, p. 130.
- ^ "Dr Magda Woit Staudinger". Find-a-Grave. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-0-415-92040-7.
- Percec, Virgil (2014). Hierarchical Macromolecular Structures: 60 Years after the Staudinger Nobel Prize I. New York, New York: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-01137-0.
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