Q:Facts: - death place: copenhagen , denmark - residence: copenhagen , denmark - known for: radiocarbon dating , autoradiography - caption: hilde levi - citizenship: germany / denmark - fields: physics - death date: 5 june 2003 - workplaces: kaiser bohr institute -lrb- 1934 -- 1943 -rrb- wenner-gren institute for wilhelm experimental biology -lrb- 1943 -- 1945 -rrb- zoo physiological laboratory institute -lrb- 1945 -- 1979 -rrb- niels bohr archive -lrb- 1979 -lrb- -- 2003 -rrb- 1932 -- 1934 -rrb- niels - doctoral advisor: de peter pringsheim fritz haber - box width|name: hilde levi - birth date: 9 may 1909 - image size: 250px - nationality: germany / denmark - image: hilde levi.jpg - birth place: frankfurt , germany - alma mater: university of berlin Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of hilde levi .
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hilde levi -lrb- 9 may 1909 -- 26 july 2003 -rrb- was a german-danish physicist .she was a pioneer of the use of radioactive isotopes in biology and medicine , notably the techniques of radiocarbon dating and autoradiography .in later life she became a scientific historian , and published a biography of george de hevesy .born into a non-religious jewish family in frankfurt , germany , levi entered the university of munich in 1929 .she carried out her doctoral studies at the kaiser wilhelm institute for physical chemistry and electrochemistry at berlin-dahlem , writing her thesis on the spectra of alkali metal halides under the supervision of and fritz haber .by the time she received it in 1934 , the nazi party had been elected to office in germany , and jews were no longer allowed to be hired for academic positions .she went to denmark where she found a position at the niels bohr institute of theoretical physics at the university of copenhagen .working with james franck and george de hevesy , she published a number of papers on the use of radioactive substances in biology .when the nazis began rounding up danish jews in september 1943 , levi fled to sweden , where she worked for the biologist john runnstrom at the wenner-gren institute for experimental biology in stockholm .after the war ended , she returned to denmark to work at the zoophysiological laboratory in copenhagen .she spent the 1947 -- 48 academic year in the united states learning about the recently discovered techniques of radiocarbon dating and autoradiography , which she introduced to europe .she retired from the zoophysiological laboratory in 1979 , but became involved with the niels bohr archive , where she collected papers of de hevesy , eventually publishing his biography .