Sharon Ashbrook (U St. Andrews, UK), Juli Feigon (UCLA, USA), Christina Redfield (U Oxford, UK), Robert Schurko (Florida State University, USA), and Christiane Timmel (U Oxford, UK) have been elected as Fellows of ISMAR in December 2024.
Sharon Ashbrook, for her innovative research combining NMR spectroscopy and computational techniques to explore complex materials, her dedication to community service and her advocacy for women in science and public education.
Juli Feigon, for her groundbreaking contributions to the development and application of NMR methods to study nucleic acids.
Christina Redfield, for her groundbreaking contributions to the field of NMR spectroscopy and her innovative applications in elucidating protein structure, dynamics, and function.
Robert Schurko, for being an innovator in the field of solid-state NMR, excelling in theoretical and experimental aspects of chemistry, materials science, quantum chemical computation, and spectroscopy, for being a committed educator and supporter of next generation scientists in academia and industry, and for being a global leader for pushing the frontier of high magnetic field NMR science and applications.
Christiane Timmel, for her pioneering contributions to the magnetic field effect on chemical reactions and cryptochrome proteins in migratory birds through innovative implementation of EPR methods, instrumentation and chemistry tools, and for her dedication for educating the next generation researchers and her effective leadership in advocating for the EPR community and technology.
Many congratulations to these five outstanding scientists.
Fellows are elected on the basis of their contributions to the field of magnetic resonance, both through the impact of their research on the magnetic resonance community itself and through their efforts to advance the appreciation of magnetic resonance in the broader scientific community. Fellowship in ISMAR carries with it an associated responsibility to serve as an advocate for the field of magnetic resonance.
Each year, ISMAR solicits nominations for new Fellows from all regular members of ISMAR. Nominations are first evaluated by the ISMAR Fellows Committee. A list of candidates is then sent to current Fellows for voting, based on both scientific achievements and contributions to the magnetic resonance community.
Note that there was a shift in the schedule and this election covers also part of 2025. The shift was introduced so that the newly elected fellows can be announced during the ISMAR conferences in the middle of the year. The next call for nominations will be issued towards the end of 2025.