Mária Wollemann

Mária Wollemann (6 July 1923 – 5 October 2019) was a Hungarian biochemist and neuroscientist who specialised in neurochemistry and neuropharmacology. A student of Nobel Prize winner Albert Szent-Györgyi at the University of Szeged, she worked at the National Institute of Neurosurgery  [hu] from 1954 until 1970 and was director of the Biological Research Centre from 1978 until 1983.

Born in Budapest on 6 July 1923, Mária Wollemann studied medicine at the University of Szeged under Nobel Prize winner Albert Szent-Györgyi and at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University, obtaining her Doctor of Medicine degree from the latter in 1947.^{[1] [2]} After working at the Royal Hungarian Pázmány Péter University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1948–1949), Wollemann started working at the National Institute of Neurosurgery  [hu] (OMIII) in 1954, remaining there until 1970.^{[1] [2]} During her time at OMIII, she had a few short overseas stints as an researcher at the Humboldt University of Berlin (1956–1957), Montefiore Medical Center (1963–1964), and Hôpital Boucicaut  [fr] in Paris (1966).^[2] After moving to the Biological Research Centre (BRC) in Szeged in 1971, she was a group leader and deputy director there, before serving as director from 1978 until 1983.^[2]

As an academic, Wollemann specialised in neurochemistry and neuropharmacology, having focused on these areas during her work at the BRC.^[1] In 1974, her doctoral dissertation was later published as a book, Biochemistry of Brain Tumours.^[2] She won the Akadémiai Díj  [hu] in 1977.^[3]

After being inducted to the Hungarian Order of Merit with the Officer's Cross in 1994, Wollemann was promoted to Commander's Cross in 2003.^[1] In 2004, Acta Biologica Hungarica published a festschrift volume for her 80th birthday.^[4] In addition to a 2017 commemorative medal for services to the city's international relations, she was a 2019 honorary citizen of Szeged.^{[5] [1]}

Wollemann died on 5 October 2019, aged 96.^[6] Her funeral was subsequently held at the cemetery in Belváros  [hu], a neighbourhood in Szeged.^[6]

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• Pázmány Péter Catholic University alumni
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