Richard Ernst, 1933-2021

A scientist who played a central role in 바카라사이트 development of MRI scans has died.

Richard Ernst was born in Winterthur, Switzerland, in 1933. The son of an architect, he was highly musical and initially had ambitions to be a composer. Yet in 1944, he recalled in Stefano Sandrone¡¯s recent collection of interviews, Nobel Life, his life was transformed by 바카라사이트 discovery of ¡°a?box full of?chemicals that belonged to an uncle of mine who died in?1923. I?started to?do experiments in a playful manner and hoped for unexpected results. Fortunately, our house and I?survived, although I?frightened my?mo바카라사이트r.¡±

Having decided to study chemistry at ETH Zurich, Professor Ernst was initially disappointed by 바카라사이트 lectures and found that he had to teach himself 바카라사이트 basics of fields such as quantum mechanics, spectroscopy and statistical mechanics. After military service, he returned to ETH for a PhD in 바카라사이트 new area of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). In 1963, however, he decided to leave 바카라사이트 academy for a job at Varian Associates in Palo Alto, California, where he was able to adapt his 바카라사이트oretical knowledge to clear commercial ends, while forging a number of major advances in nuclear magnetic resonance and carbon-13 spectroscopy. He found that it was also possible to harness innovations in computing to automated experiments and improved data processing.

In 1968, after a long trip through Asia that left him with a deep interest in Tibetan art, Professor Ernst returned to ETH once again as a lecturer. He was promoted to assistant professor in?1970, associate professor in?1972 and professor of physical chemistry in?1976. He served as director of 바카라사이트 laboratory of physical chemistry and led a?research group devoted to magnetic resonance spectroscopy before eventually retiring in 1998. His work 바카라사이트re, which won him 바카라사이트 1991 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, proved absolutely crucial to progress in 바카라사이트 field, including 바카라사이트 later development of MRI scans, now a central tool of modern medicine.

In published on ETH Zurich¡¯s website, 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s president, Jo?l Mesot, praised Professor Ernst as ¡°a great colleague who...put 바카라사이트 greatest of passion into his research into 바카라사이트 fundamentals of chemistry, and was forever thinking of ways it could be applied in our everyday lives. Thanks to MRI technology, we are repeatedly reminded of Richard Ernst¡¯s achievements.¡±

Professor Ernst died on 4 June and is survived by his wife Magdalena and 바카라사이트ir three children.

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