Magda Staudinger
| Magda Staudinger | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Magda Voita 17 August 1902 Elva, Estonia |
| Died | 21 April 1997 (aged 94) Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany |
| Nationality | Latvian |
| Other names | Magda Woit Staudinger, Magda Štaudingere, Magda Štaudingere-Voita |
| Alma mater |
University of Berlin University of Latvia |
| Occupation | biologist/botanist |
| Years active | 1927–1976 |
| Spouse(s) | Hermann Staudinger |
Magda Staudinger (Latvian: Magda Štaudingere) (17 August 1902 – 21 April 1997) was a Latvian biologist and botanist who studied macromolecules with her husband Hermann Staudinger and their application to biology. She was acknowledged as his collaborator when he won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry and she published seven volumes of his works after his death. She was awarded the Grand Order of the Latvian Academy of Sciences Medal for her contributions to the furtherance of science.
Magda Voita (also shown as (German: Magda Woit)) was born on 17 August 1902 in Elva, Estonia to the Latvian diplomat Oskara Voita. As a child, she traveled extensively throughout Germany, Hungary and Switzerland and gained fluency in English, French, German and Russian. She was also an accomplished pianist and violinist. She settled in Germany for her university studies at the University of Berlin. She studied plants under Gottlieb Haberlandt and obtained a degree in natural sciences in 1925. She then continued her studies at the University of Latvia in Riga under Nikolajs Maltas until 1927, when she earned her PhD. That year, Voita married Hermann Staudinger, who would later win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and moved with him to take up a position at Freiburg University in Germany. She met Hermann after she had passed her Latvian state examination and was studying at the Biological Institute on Helgoland in the summer of 1927. Hermann had recently published results on cellulose models and Voita was working on algae cell membranes. From that point on, they began collaborating on macromolecules.
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