Mogens Lesner Glass (1946-2018)

Abstract

Preto. He provided important contributions to comparative respiratory physiology and trained a number of excellent students in Brazil, many of whom are now leading researchers at various universities in Southeastern Brazil. His role as a mentor and his work has, and will continue to have, a lasting impact on the study of comparative physiology in Brazil. (Figure 1) Childhood and becoming a biologist Mogens was born in Aarhus, the second largest city in Denmark, on March 24, 1946 and attended a private school (Foraeldreskolen) and finished high school nearby, in 1965. In high school (Marselisborg Gymnasium), he followed the linguistic line and therefore received little education in mathematics and physics. Thus, after having spent a year at Askov Højskole, following a centuryold Danish tradition of attending a boarding school for