Olav Smidsrød, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian biochemist
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Place of Birth: Norway
About Olav Smidsrød
- Olav Aasmund Smidsrød (9 November 1936 – 29 January 2017) was a Norwegian biochemist. He was born in Sem.
- He took the siv.ing.
- degree in 1961 and the dr.ing.
- degree in 1971 at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, and was a professor at the University of Trondheim from 1977, later the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
- He is known for his work with polymers, particularly heteropolysaccharides.
- In 2008 he was awarded the Gunnerus Medal.
- He is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.
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