Nationality Swiss Education ETH Zurich Role Physical Chemist | Name Richard Ernst Alma mater ETH Zurich (PhD) Fields Chemistry, Physics | |
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Born Richard Robert Ernst
August 14, 1933 (age 90)
Winterthur, Switzerland ( 1933-08-14 ) Institutions Varian Associates
ETH Zurich Thesis Kernresonanz-Spektroskopie mit stochastischen Hochfrequenzfeldern (1962) Notable awards Marcel Benoist Prize (1985)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1991)
Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1991)
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1991)
ForMemRS (1993) Books German and Portuguese Dictionary of Industrial Engineering: Woerterbuch der Industriellen Technik: Diccionario de Tecnica Industrial Awards Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Marcel Benoist Prize, Wolf Prize in Chemistry, Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize People also search for Kurt Wuthrich, John Fenn, Richard Ernst | ||
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Richard Robert Ernst (born 14 August 1933) is a Swiss physical chemist and Nobel Laureate.
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- Richard r ernst lecture 2015 nobel prize laureate steven chu speaks at eth zurich
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Born in Winterthur, Switzerland, Ernst was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1991 for his contributions towards the development of Fourier transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy while at Varian Associates, Palo Alto and the subsequent development of multi-dimensional NMR techniques. These underpin applications to both to chemistry with NMR spectroscopy and to medicine with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
Education
Ernst received both his diploma in chemistry in 1957 and his Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 1962 from ETH Zurich.
Awards and honours
Ernst is a foreign fellow of the Estonian Academy of Sciences (elected 2002) and Bangladesh Academy of Sciences. He was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1993. He was awarded the John Gamble Kirkwood Medal in 1989. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1991 was awarded to Richard R. Ernst "for his contributions to the development of the methodology of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy" A strong proponent of Ernst's nomination was the long-time Danish colleague and member of the Nobel Committee Professor Børge Bak.
He holds Honorary Doctorates from the Technical University of Munich and University of Zurich.
Ernst is member of the World Knowledge Dialogue Scientific Board. Ernst was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize of Columbia University in 1991. He was also awarded the Tadeus Reichstein Medal in 2000 and the Romanian National Medal in 2004.
The 2009 Bel Air Film Festival featured the world premiere of a documentary film on Ernst Science Plus Dharma Equals Social Responsibility. Produced by Carlo Burton, the film takes place in Ernst's hometown in Switzerland.