Background
Schaafsma, Tjeerd Jan was born on May 19, 1937 in Drachten, Netherlands. Son of Sierk Sierd Schaafsma and Anna Jacoba Schaafsma-Dijkhuis.
Schaafsma, Tjeerd Jan was born on May 19, 1937 in Drachten, Netherlands. Son of Sierk Sierd Schaafsma and Anna Jacoba Schaafsma-Dijkhuis.
Bachelor of Science, State University, Groningen, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy with honors, State University, Groningen, 1966. Master of Science, State University, Groningen, 1962.
Assistant professor State University, Groningen, Netherlands, 1961—1966. Postdoctoral research fellow department chemistry University of California at Los Angeles, 1966—1968. Associate professor State University, Leyden, Netherlands, 1968—1972, professor of mol. physics Wageningen, Netherlands, 1972—2002.
Adjunct professor physics San Diego State University, 2000—2005.
Married Hendrika Thea Boersma, November 2, 1962. Children: Anne Margaret Tatas-Schaafsma, Gezina Albertine.