Ulla Mitzdorf

Ulla Mitzdorf (15 March 1944 – 19 July 2013) was a German scientist. She contributed to diverse areas including physics, chemistry, psychology, physiology, medicine and gender studies.

Ulla Mitzdorf
Born15 March 1944
Mittenwald
Died19 July 2013 (2013-07-20) (aged 69) [1]
NationalityGerman
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience, physics, chemistry, psychology, physiology, medicine and gender studies
InstitutionsTechnical University Munich, Max-Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Life

Mitzdorf gained her doctorate in 1974 at the Technical University Munich in theoretical chemistry. Subsequently she worked as scholar at the Max-Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich. In 1983 she habilitated in physiology, and in 1984 in medical psychology and neurobiology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

From 1988 to 2009 she was Fiebiger Professor for medical psychology at the Ludwig Maximilan University. Simultaneously, she was from 2000 to 2006 women's affairs officer and spokeswoman of the state conference of women and gender equality officers in Bavarian universities.

Mitzdorf died after a short illness on 19 July 2013, aged 69.

References
  1. "Frau Dr Ulla Mitzdorf". sz-ms.vrsmedia-trauerportal.de.

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