Arend Joan Rutgers

Arend Joan Rutgers (20 October 1903 – 2 September 1998) was a Dutch-Belgian physical chemist.

Arend Joan Rutgers
Born20 October 1903
Died2 September 1998 (1998-09-03) (aged 94)
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam
University of Leiden (Ph.D)
Scientific career
FieldsSurface chemistry, Electrokinetics
ThesisBijdrage tot de theorie der thermoelectriciteit in kristallen (Contribution to the theory of thermo-electricity in crystals)
Academic advisorsPaul Ehrenfest

Arend Joan Rutgers went to high school in Almelo, after which he studied chemistry at the University of Amsterdam. He later obtained his master's degree in 1926 he went to Leiden, where he studied theoretical physics under Paul Ehrenfest. In 1930, he obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Leiden and completed a thesis titled "Bijdrage tot de theorie der thermoelectriciteit in kristallen." (Contribution to the theory of thermo-electricity in crystals).[1] In 1931, he returned to Amsterdam and worked as a research assistant.

In 1933, he became a lecturer at Ghent University in Belgium. In 1938, he was promoted to full professor, and he remained in Ghent until his retirement in 1974. Most of his scientific research was on colloids and surface chemistry, focussing on electrokinetics.

Rutgers was elected a correspondent of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1948.[2]

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Citations
  1. Arend Joan Rutgers (1930). "Bijdrage tot de theorie der thermo-elektriciteit in kristallen" (PDF).
  2. "Arend Joan Rutgers (1903–1998)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
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