Maud Menten

Maud Leonora Menten ( born March 20, 1879 in Port Lambton, Ontario; † July 26, 1960 in Ontario ) was a Canadian physician.

Life

Maud Menten was one of the first women in Canada who completed a medical degree ( University of Toronto, BA 1904, MB 1907, MD 1911). At this time, women were allowed in Canada do not conduct research, they first went to Chicago and then in 1912 to Berlin, where she worked with Leonor Michaelis and in 1916 received his doctorate in natural sciences.

Maud Menten developed together with the German biochemist Leonor Michaelis and based on previous work of Victor Henri theory to enzyme kinetics, which is still called Henri- Michaelis -Menten kinetics.

Although she suffered from arthritis, she was also recognized as a painter; her paintings have been exhibited in several galleries.