Background
Stigter, Dirk was born on June 16, 1924 in Maassluis, The Netherlands. Came to the United States, 1957. Son of Teunis Johannes and Anna Catharina (Verwey) Stigter.
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Dirk Stigter
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Dirk Stigter, American chemist, pharmaceutical chemistry educator. Achievements include research on understanding and prediction of structure of micelles, ionic charge interactions, physical behavior of DNA and protein folding. Recipient Fulbright Travel grantee, 1951; senior research fellow Netherlands Organization of Pure Science, Wageningen, 1980.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Physics and Chemistry, University Utrecht, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University Utrecht, 1954.
Career
Research fellow, University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1951-1953; research fellow, Massachusetts Institute Technology, Cambridge, 1953; research chemist, Shell Research Laboratory, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1954-1957; research associate, University Oregon, Eugene, 1957-1958; research chemist, USDA, Albany, California, 1958-1982; visiting scientist, University California, Berkeley, 1982-1985; Adjunct Professor, University California, San Francisco, 1985^. Advisory board Journal Colloid and Interface Science, 1969-1972.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, Biochemical Society.
Connections
Married Johanna Maria Stroeve, March 27, 1956. Children: Joyce Ellen, Wendy Annual.
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American
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1947
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1954