Russell Varian Prize

The Russell Varian Prize was an international scientific prize awarded for a single, high-impact and innovative contribution in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), that laid the foundation for the development of new technologies in the field.[1] It honored the memory of Russell Varian, the pioneer behind the creation of the first commercial NMR spectrometer and the co-founder, in 1948, of Varian Associates, one of the first high-tech companies in Silicon Valley.[2] The prize carried a monetary award of €15,000 and it was awarded annually between the years 2002 and 2015 (except for 2003) by a committee of experts in the field.[1] The award ceremony alternated between the European Magnetic Resonance (EUROMAR) Conference and the International Council on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems (ICMRBS) Conference.[1] Originally, the prize was sponsored by Varian, Inc. and later by Agilent Technologies,[3] after the latter acquired Varian, Inc. in 2010.[4] The prize was discontinued in 2016 after Agilent Technologies closed its NMR division.[5]

Russell Varian Prize Awardees

• 2002 Jean Jeener.[6] Contribution: Multi-dimensional Fourier NMR spectroscopy. Jeener, J. (September 1971). Lecture. Ampère International Summer School II. Basko Polje, Yugoslavia.
• 2004 Erwin L. Hahn.[7] Contribution: Spin echo phenomena and experiments.[8]
• 2005 Nicolaas Bloembergen.[9] Contribution: Nuclear magnetic relaxation.[10]
• 2006 John S. Waugh.[11] Contribution: Average Hamiltonian theory.[12]
• 2007 Alfred G. Redfield.[1] Contribution: Relaxation Theory.[13]
• 2008 Alexander Pines.[14] Contribution: Cross-polarization method for NMR in solids.[15]
• 2009 Albert W. Overhauser.[16] Contribution: Nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE).[17]
• 2010 Martin Karplus.[1] Contribution: Karplus equation.[18]
• 2011 Gareth A. Morris.[19] Contribution: INEPT pulse sequence.[20]
• 2012 Ray Freeman.[1] Contribution: Double resonance.[21]
• 2013 Lucio Frydman.[1] Contribution: Ultrafast NMR.[22]
• 2014 Ad Bax.[23] Contribution: Homonuclear broad band decoupled absorption spectra.[24]
• 2015 Malcolm Levitt.[25] Contribution: Composite pulses.[26]

See also

• List of physics awards

References

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10. Bloembergen, N.; Purcell, E.M.; Pound, R.V. (1947). "Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation". Nature. 160 (4066): 475–476. Bibcode:1947Natur.160..475B. doi:10.1038/160475a0. hdl:1874/7413. PMID 20265559. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
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15. Pines, A.; Gibby, M.G.; Waugh, J.S. (1972). "Proton-Enhanced Nuclear Induction Spectroscopy". Journal of Chemical Physics. 56 (4): 1776–1777. Bibcode:1972JChPh..56.1776P. doi:10.1063/1.1677439.
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17. Overhauser, A.W. (1953). "Polarization of Nuclei in Metals". Physical Review. 92 (2): 411–415. Bibcode:1953PhRv...92..411O. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.92.411.
18. Karplus, M. (1959). "Contact Electron-Spin Coupling of Nuclear Magnetic Moments". Journal of Chemical Physics. 30 (1): 11–15. Bibcode:1959JChPh..30...11K. doi:10.1063/1.1729860.
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20. Morris, G.A. (1979). "Enhancement of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Signals by Polarization Transfer". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 101 (3): 760–762. doi:10.1021/ja00497a058.
21. Freeman, R.; Anderson, W.A. (1962). "Use of Weak Perturbing Radio-Frequency Fields in Nuclear Magnetic Double Resonance". Journal of Chemical Physics. 37 (9): 2053–2074. Bibcode:1962JChPh..37.2053F. doi:10.1063/1.1733426.
22. Frydman, L.; Scherf, T.; Lupulescu, A. (2002). "The Acquisition of Multidimensional NMR Spectra within a Single Scan". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 99 (25): 15858–15862. Bibcode:2002PNAS...9915858F. doi:10.1073/pnas.252644399. PMC 138528. PMID 12461169.
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26. Levitt, M.H.; Freeman, R. (1979). "NMR Population Inversion Using a Composite Pulse". Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 33 (2): 473–476. Bibcode:1979JMagR..33..473L. doi:10.1016/0022-2364(79)90265-8.