Dr.ir. Anne Hélène Gélébart (TU/e - SABIC) winner of the KNCV Challa Polymer Award 2019 for her thesis entitled “Photo-thermal actuation of Liquid Crystal Polymers” that she defended on October 24, 2017. 

The KNCV Challa Polymer Award is presented every two years to a young scientist under 30 that defended his/her PhD thesis at a Dutch University in the broad field of polymer science and engineering. The award will be presented to Anne-Hélène at the annual Dutch Polymer Days in Lunteren, March 26, 2019.