1. Knut Schmidt-Nielsen was a prominent figure in the field of comparative physiology and Professor of Physiology Emeritus at Duke University.
11 Facts About Knut Schmidt-Nielsen
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Knut Schmidt-Nielsen became a student in the laboratory of August Krogh in Copenhagen in 1937.
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Knut Schmidt-Nielsen has been a Guggenheim Fellow, a Trustee of Mt.
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Knut Schmidt-Nielsen published over 275 scientific papers and wrote the authoritative text on animal physiology.
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Knut Schmidt-Nielsen is widely recognized as having made significant contributions to ecophysiology.
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Knut Schmidt-Nielsen has been referred to as "the father of comparative physiology and integrative biology" and "one of the all-time greats of animal physiology".
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Knut Schmidt-Nielsen came to Duke University in 1952 and became a James B Duke Professor in the Department of Biology.
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In 1980, Knut Schmidt-Nielsen was elected President of the International Union of Physiological Sciences.
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Knut Schmidt-Nielsen was the founding editor of News in Physiological Sciences.
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Knut Schmidt-Nielsen was a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, the Royal Society of London, the French Academy of Sciences and the United States National Academy of Sciences.
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Knut Schmidt-Nielsen was recipient of the 1992 International Prize for Biology awarded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.