Rr Ernst

Biography

Professor Ernst is among the most creative scientist of modern era. He has pioneered the methodology of Fourier Transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for which he was awarded the Noble Prize in 1991. The work of three other Nobel Laureates in subsequent years, are based on his work. His path-breaking discoveries can be summarized as follows: Invention of FT NMR Spectroscopy in 1966, which led to a dramatic increase over the so called "slow passage"continuous wave experiments. This allowed wider used of less abundant nuclear spins such asC andN in chemistry.; Development of two-dimensional (2D NMR) NMR Spectroscopy in 1975-77. The applications of these techniques to biological molecules led to Nobel Prize to Kurt Wuthrich in 2001; Invention of Fourier Imaging, a concept used in clinical NMR (MRI) investigations. (Paul Lauterbur and Peter Mansfield received Nobel Prizes for these developments.); Two new fields namely NMR based metabonomics and functional MRI would not have been possible without the work of Richard Ernst.; and Professor Ernst's creativity is relected in his recent work in pigment analysis and dating of historical Budhish paintings.

Research Interest

Fourier Transform NMR Spectroscopy, Scientific Analysis of Budhist Paintings; Link Between Art and Science