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[1] 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.[2] In 2008 he was awarded the Gunnerus Medal.[3] He is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters[4] and the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Olav Aasmund Smidsrød til minne". Tønsbergs Blad (in Norwegian). 14 February 2017. p. 25.
  2. ↑ "Olav Smidsrød". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "Priser og utmerkelser" (in Norwegian). Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. Retrieved 7 June 2007.
  4. ↑ "Gruppe 4: Kjemi" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Medlemmer: SMIDSRØD, Olav Aasmund" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
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