The Magnetic Resonance community mourns the passing of Prof. Alex Pines on November 2, 2024, at the age of 79.
Alex Pines was a groundbreaking researcher in solid state NMR, beloved teacher, recipient of many awards including the ISMAR Prize, ISMAR President, Fellow of ISMAR, and friend to many of us.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
While a more extensive tribute will follow, here is a short note and call for contributions of remembrance by Jeff Reimer.
Cherished Colleagues:
This past weekend Ditsa Pines called me and told me that Alex Pines had passed, surrounded by family.
A brief obituary can be found here https://reimergroup.org/alex-pines.html. This sterile text was edited from the press release surrounding the launch of the Pines Magnetic Resonance Center at Berkeley in November, 2023. Ditsa gave me this photograph to share with you.
I have already seen some emails and social media posts expressing regrets and remembrances. Thank you for those.
I would like to assemble A BOOK for Ditsa and her family that contains good wishes, remembrances, or photos. If you would like to contribute, please EMAIL THEM TO ME at reimer@berkeley.edu I expect to assemble the book by the end of the month.
Of course, please feel free to share this email with any colleagues that might not see this post.
With a broken heart,
Jeff Reimer