Richard R. Ernst

Richard R. Ernst
Ernst in the 1980s
Born
Richard Robert Ernst

(1933-08-14)14 August 1933
Winterthur, Switzerland
Died4 June 2021(2021-06-04) (aged 87)
Winterthur, Switzerland
Alma materETH Zurich (PhD)
Known for
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisKernresonanz-Spektroskopie mit stochastischen Hochfrequenzfeldern (1962)
Doctoral advisorsHans H. Günthard
Hans Primas
Doctoral studentsMarc Baldus
Websitechab.ethz.ch/en/the-department/people/emeriti/emeriti-homepages/richard-ernst.html

Richard Robert Ernst (14 August 1933 – 4 June 2021) was a Swiss physical chemist and Nobel laureate.[2]

Ernst was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1991 for his contributions towards the development of Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy[3] while at Varian Associates and ETH Zurich.[4][5][6][7][8] These underpin applications to both to chemistry with NMR spectroscopy and to medicine with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).[1]

He humbly referred to himself as a "tool-maker" rather than a scientist.[9]

  1. ^ a b "Professor Richard Ernst ForMemRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015.
  2. ^ Alger, J R (1992). "The 1991 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to an MRI investigator". Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 16 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1097/00004728-199201000-00001. PMID 1729287.
  3. ^ Aue, W. P. (1976). "Two-dimensional spectroscopy. Application to nuclear magnetic resonance". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 64 (5): 2229–2246. Bibcode:1976JChPh..64.2229A. doi:10.1063/1.432450. ISSN 0021-9606. S2CID 10608225.
  4. ^ "Freeview video interview with Richard Ernst by the Vega Science Trust".
  5. ^ "Interview with Professor Richard R. Ernst by Joanna Rose, science writer, 8 December 2001".
  6. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1991".
  7. ^ "Ernst Autobiography at nobelprize.org".
  8. ^ Ernst, Richard, R. "Richard R. Ernst". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 18 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Richard Ernst Obituary". The Times. 29 June 2021.