Synnøve Liaaen Jensen

Synnøve Liaaen Jensen (born 1 March 1932) is a Norwegian chemist.

She took the dr.techn. degree in 1963 as the first woman in Norway, and became the first female professor at the Norwegian Institute of Technology. She was a professor of theoretical chemistry there from 1970 to her retirement. She also received an honorary degree at the University of Zurich[1]]] in 1986.[2][3] She is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters[4] and the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.[5]

References

1. Universität Zürich Jahresbericht 1986 1987, S. 104
2. "Synnøve Liaaen Jensen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 September 2012.
3. Aasen, Arne Jørgen. "Synnøve Liaaen Jensen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
4. "Gruppe 4: Kjemi" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
5. "Medlemmer: JENSEN, Synnøve Inga Johanne Liaaen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. Retrieved 4 December 2012.