Jan Drenth (born 20 February 1925) is a Dutch chemist. He was a professor of structural chemistry at the University of Groningen from 1969 to 1990.[1]
Drenth was born in Groningen.[1] He obtained his PhD in mathematics and physics under Eelco Wiebenga at the University of Groningen in 1957, with a dissertation titled: Een röntgenografisch onderzoek van excelsine, edestine en tabakszaadglobuline. Drenth subsequently moved to New York, United States, where he became a post-doc and studied protein crystallography under Barbara Low. Drenth then returned to the Netherlands and in 1967 was appointed as lector.[1] [2] In 1969 he was appointed as professor of structural chemistry, which he remained until his retirement in 1990.[1]
Drenth was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1973.[3]