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Challa Prize Winner Announced!

May 13, 2025

The Challa Prize 2025 for the best Dutch PhD thesis in the field of polymer chemistry has been awarded, on behalf of the KNCV Section Macromolecules, to Dr. Sean Lugger!

The thesis is entitled “Thermoplastic Liquid Crystal Elastomer Soft Actuators”.

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Every two years the KNCV Challa Polymer Prize is awarded to a young chemist for high-level research in the field of polymer chemistry/technology.
Sean will receive the prize during the European Polymer Federation conference in Groningen, The Netherlands from 22 -27 June 2025.

Congratulations Sean!