Sir George Radda 9 June 1936 – 13 September 2024
ISMAR mourns the passing of Prof. Sir George Radda on September 13, 2024, at the age of 88.
George Radda pioneered the first clinical application of NMR using phosphorus-31 NMR to follow muscle metabolism in human patients, thereby laying the groundwork for the non-invasive diagnosis of various diseases by magnetic resonance imaging.
Sir George was professor at the Biochemistry Department of the University of Oxford. He received numerous awards during his life, and was also an ISMAR Fellow.
A summary of his scientific work can be found here.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends.