Mildred Cohn

Mildred Cohn 2005

Mildred Cohn (born July 12, 1913 in New York City , † October 12, 2009 in Philadelphia ) was an American biochemist and biophysicist of Jewish descent. You achieved groundbreaking pioneering work in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy . This spectroscopic method enables the structure and metabolism of enzymes and other proteins in chemical reactions to be studied . Cohn developed methods and applications that are still used today by many researchers to investigate metabolic processes at the molecular level.

She received her PhD from Columbia University in 1939 with Harold C. Urey

Mildred Cohn was married to the theoretical physicist Henry Primakoff , who discovered the Primakoff effect , who died in 1983, for 45 years . Most recently she was Benjamin Rush Professor Emerita of Physiological Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania . She died on October 12, 2009 of complications from pneumonia in a Philadelphia hospital. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame the day before her death . In addition, she received the Garvan Olin Medal in 1963 and the National Medal of Science in 1982 and was admitted to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1968), the National Academy of Sciences (1971) and the American Philosophical Society (1972 ) recorded.

literature

Elga Wassermann: The Door in the Dream: Conversations with Eminent Women in Science. 2002, National Academy Press, ISBN 978-0-309-08619-6
Cohn, Mildred , in: Encyclopaedia Judaica , 1972, Volume 5, Col. 692

↑ biographical data, publications and Academic pedigree of Mildred Cohn at academictree.org, accessed on 28 January 2018th
↑ National Woman's Hall of Fame: Mildred Cohn . greatwomen.org . Retrieved November 4, 2009.

personal data
SURNAME	Cohn, Mildred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American biochemist and biophysicist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 12, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City , USA
DATE OF DEATH	October 12, 2009
Place of death	Philadelphia , USA