chemistry

Mária Wollemann

Mária Wollemann is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mária Wollemann rather than just read about it. In short: 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 from 1954 until 1970 and was director of the Biological Research Centre from 1978 until 1983.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

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 from 1954 until 1970 and was director of the Biological Research Centre from 1978 until 1983.

Biography 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. 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 (OMIII) in 1954, remaining there until 1970. During her time at OMIII, she had a few short overseas stints as a researcher at the Humboldt University of Berlin (1956–1957), Montefiore Medical Center (1963–1964), and Hôpital Boucicaut in Paris (1966). 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. As an academic, Wollemann specialised in neurochemistry and neuropharmacology, having focused on these areas during her work at the BRC. In 1974, her doctoral dissertation was later published as a book, Biochemistry of Brain Tumours. She won the Akadémiai Díj in 1977. 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. In 2004, Acta Biologica Hungarica published a festschrift volume for her 80th birthday. In addition to a 2017 commemorative medal for services to the city's international relations, she was a 2019 honorary citizen of Szeged. Wollemann died on 5 October 2019, aged 96. Her funeral was subsequently held at the cemetery in Belváros, a neighbourhood in Szeged.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mária Wollemann

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mária Wollemann claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mária Wollemann before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mária Wollemann ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mária Wollemann

In research: Mária Wollemann appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mária Wollemann in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mária Wollemann is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1923 births, 2019 deaths, 20th-century Hungarian scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mária Wollemann outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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