Marika Geldmacher-von Mallinckrodt

Marika Geldmacher-von Mallinckrodt, nee von Mallinckrodt-Haupt (born 28 April 1923 in Potsdam; died 23 December 2016 in Erlangen) was a German chemist, physician and professor at the University of Erlangen. Her main focus in research was on forensic toxicology, forensic and clinical-toxicological analytics and ecogenetics.

Life After graduating from high school in Bamberg at the age of 16, Geldmacher von Mallinckrodt studied chemistry at the universities of Cologne, Munich and Erlangen from 1940 to 1948. From 1949 to 1954, she studied medicine at the University of Erlangen and obtained her doctorate in medicine in July 1954. The title of her dissertation was "Die Elektrophorese der Kohlenhydrate". From 1954 to 1963, she was a scientific assistant at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, where she worked at the Institute for Forensic Medicine and Criminalistics.

On 6 December 1943 she married the Regierungsbaumeister Dr. Ing. Herbert Geldmacher.

Selected publications Marika Geldmacher von Mallinckrodt wrote more than 130 scientific articles in books and journals. In 1976 she published her book "Einfache Untersuchungen auf Gifte im klinisch-chemischen Laboratorium" (Simple tests for toxins in clinical chemistry laboratories). In 1989 she published together with Hans J. Gibitz "Klinisch-toxikologische Analytik bei akuten Vergiftungen und Drogenmissbrauch". She was co-author of the books "Gerichtliche Medizin" (1975), "Metalle in der Umwelt" (1984), "Lehrbuch der Klinischen Chemie und Pathobiochemie" (1987, 1989, 1995), "Metals and their Compounds in the Environment" (1991), "Handbook on Metals in Clinical Chemistry" (1995). She was also editor of the "Mitteilungen der Kommission für klinisch-toxikologische Analytik der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft" from 1982 to 1995.

Awards In 1980 the city of Erlangen awarded Mallinckrodt's Geldmacher-von Mallinckrodt the Ehrenbrief. In 1986 she was awarded the Jean Servais Stas Medal of the Society for Toxicological and Forensic Chemistry. In 1987 she was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.