Zinaida Vissarionovna Ermol'eva

Zinaida Vissarionovna Ermol'eva (Russian: Зинаида Виссарионовна Ермольева) (October 27 [O.S. October 15] 1898 - December 2, 1974) was a microbiologist most notable for independently synthesizing penicillin for the Soviet military during World War II. She was a member of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences at the time of her death.

Zinaida Vissarionovna Ermol'eva

Zinaida Vissarionovna Ermol'eva (Russian: Зинаида Виссарионовна Ермольева) (October 27 [O.S. October 15] 1898 - December 2, 1974) was a microbiologist most notable for independently synthesizing penicillin for the Soviet military during World War II. She was a member of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences at the time of her death.