Olav Smidsrød

Olav Aasmund Smidsrød (born 9 November 1936) is a Norwegian biochemist.

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

References

1. "Olav Smidsrød". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 March 2009.
2. "Priser og utmerkelser" (in Norwegian). Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. Retrieved 7 June 2007.
3. "Gruppe 4: Kjemi" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
4. "Medlemmer: SMIDSRØD, Olav Aasmund" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. Retrieved 29 December 2013.