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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

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  • 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 and Weston A. Anderson.[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]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g The Russel Varian Prize and Lecture. Elsevier. Retrieved 12 December 2017. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. ^ "Guide to the Varian, Inc. Records". Online Archive of California. Stanford University Libraries. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  3. ^ "The Russel Varian Prize 2007". EUROMAR 2006. EUROMAR. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Agilent Completes Varian Acquisition". GenomeWeb. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  5. ^ Reisch, M.S. (2014). "Agilent to Exit NMR Business". Chemical & Engineering News. 92 (42): 11. doi:10.1021/cen-09242-notw9. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Russel Varian Prize 2002". EUROMAR Conference 2006. EUROMAR. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Russel Varian Prize 2004". EUROMAR Conference 2006. EUROMAR. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  8. ^ Hahn, E.L. (1950). "Spin Echoes". Physical Review. 80 (4): 580–594. Bibcode:1950PhRv...80..580H. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.80.580. S2CID 46554313.
  9. ^ "Russel Varian Prize 2005". EUROMAR Conference 2006. EUROMAR. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  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. S2CID 4002836. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Russel Varian Prize 2006". EUROMAR Conference 2006. EUROMAR. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  12. ^ Waugh, J.S.; Wang, C.H.; Huber, L.M.; Vold, R.L. (1968). "Multiple-Pulse NMR Experiments". Journal of Chemical Physics. 48 (2): 662–670. Bibcode:1968JChPh..48..662W. doi:10.1063/1.1668698.
  13. ^ Redfield, A.G. (1957). "On the Theory of Relaxation Processes". IBM Journal of Research and Development. 1: 19–31. doi:10.1147/rd.11.0019.
  14. ^ "2008 Russell Varian Prize to Alex Pines". PinesLab. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory News Center. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  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. S2CID 95376682.
  16. ^ "Russell Varian Prize 2009 Laureate" (PDF). EUROMAR. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  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.
  19. ^ "Announcement of the Russell Varian Prize 2011" (PDF). EUROMAR. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  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.
  23. ^ "The Russell Varian Lecture and Prize" (PDF). EUROMAR. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  24. ^ Bax, A.; Mehlkopf, A.F.; Smidt, J. (1979). "Homonuclear Broadband Decoupled Absorption Spectra". Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 35 (1): 167–169. Bibcode:1979JMagR..35..167B. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.703.5487. doi:10.1016/0022-2364(79)90088-X.
  25. ^ "Major international honour for Professor of Physical Chemistry". University of Southampton. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  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.
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