# Ger Challa

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{{Short description|Dutch chemist (born 1928)}}
'''Gerrit''' '''"Ger"''' '''Challa''' (born 18 December 1928)<ref name=uva>{{cite web|author= |url=http://albumacademicum.uva.nl/id/id043142 |title=G. Challa, 1928 - |language=Dutch |publisher=University of Amsterdam}}</ref> is a Dutch chemist. He was professor of chemistry and [polymer technology](/source/Polymer_chemistry) at the [University of Groningen](/source/University_of_Groningen) from 1965 to 1993.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://hoogleraren.ub.rug.nl/hoogleraren/537-challa-gerrit-ger |title=Gerrit (Ger) Challa, (1928) |language=Dutch |publisher=University of Groningen |date= |accessdate=30 October 2017}}</ref>

Challa was born in [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam).<ref name=uva/> He studied chemistry between 1946 and 1953. He worked ten years for the Institute of Cellulose Research of the {{illm|Algemene Kunstzijde Unie|nl|Algemene Kunstzijde Unie}}.<ref name=rug>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.rug.nl/sciencelinx/nieuws/2017/06/201706131_challa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923093350/http://www.rug.nl/sciencelinx/nieuws/2017/06/201706131_challa |title=Hoe grote moleculen de wereld veroverden |language=Dutch |publisher=University of Groningen |date=13 June 2017 |archive-date=23 September 2017}}</ref> Challa obtained his title of [doctor](/source/Doctor_(title)) in maths and physics on 13 May 1959 under [Jan Ketelaar](/source/Jan_Ketelaar) at the [University of Amsterdam](/source/University_of_Amsterdam). His thesis was titled: "Formation of polyethylene terephthalate by ester interchange : equilibria kinetics and molecular weight distribution".<ref name=uva/> After starting as professor at the University of Groningen he set the possibility to study polymer chemistry. Challa also developed the research department.<ref name=rug/>

He was elected a member of the [Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences](/source/Royal_Netherlands_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences) in 1986.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://knaw.nl/en/members/members/3980 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030205619/https://knaw.nl/en/members/members/3980 |title=Ger Challa |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date= |archive-date=30 October 2017}}</ref> Since 1998 he is also an honorary member of the [Royal Netherlands Chemical Society](/source/Royal_Netherlands_Chemical_Society).<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://en.kncv.nl/kncv/honorary-members |title=Honorary members |language= |publisher=Royal Netherlands Chemical Society |date= |accessdate=5 May 2019}}</ref>

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