Herman Kalckar

Herman Moritz Kalckar
Herman Moritz Kalckar
Born	26 March 1908; Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	17 May 1991 (aged 83)
Awards	Elected member: National Academy of Sciences; Royal Danish Academy; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; honorary degrees from Washington University; University of Chicago; University of Copenhagen;
	Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	University of Copenhagen; California Institute of Technology; (Caltech) Washington University; New York Public Health Institute; National Institutes of Health (NIH); Johns Hopkins University; Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts General Hospital;

Herman Moritz Kalckar (26 March 1908 – 17 May 1991) was a Danish biochemist who pioneered the study of cellular respiration. Kalckar made a number of significant contributions to the development of 20th century biochemistry including:

a founder of bioenergetics;
enzymology, including novel assay techniques;
galactose metabolism in both microorganisms and animal tissues;
suggestion that strontium-90 levels in children’s deciduous teeth correlated with nuclear testing.

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