Prizes: Paul Callaghan Lecture

The Callaghan Lecture honors the many contributions to magnetic resonance, to ISMAR, and to the scientific community by Sir Paul T. Callaghan. Paul's research focused primarily on techniques for studying translational diffusion and fluid dynamics, with applications to porous media and polymeric materials. He wrote influential textbooks on "Principles of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Microscopy" and "Translational Dynamics and Magnetic Resonance: Principles of Pulsed Gradient Spin Echo NMR".

He was a prominent educator and spokesperson for science. In addition, Paul served as President of ISMAR, was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and was selected as "New Zealander of the Year" in 2011. Callaghan Lectures are given at biennial ISMAR conferences. The Lectures are sponsored by Magritek, a company that was founded by Sir Paul T. Callaghan.

Paul Callaghan Lecturers (since 2013)

2025 – Sami Jannin

Prof. Sami Jannin develops new hyperpolarization approaches for preparing nuclear spins in highly polarized or ‘aligned’ states to augment their sensitivity in magnetic resonance.

2023 – Songi Han

Prof. Songi Han uses magnetic resonance spectroscopy and relaxometry to study biomolecular interactions, biomolecular and materials surfaces, and the property of their hydration layers.

2021 – Matthew S. Rosen

Prof. Matt Rosen develops NMR and MRI technologies with a focus on MRI in the milliTesla regime, novel hyperpolarization and coherence control methods, and advanced approaches such as the deep learning-based AUTOMAP to enable robust and cost-efficient magnetic resonance tools.

2019 – Malcolm Levitt

Prof. Malcolm H. Levitt uses symmetry arguments to develop nuclear spin phenomena, such as error-compensated pulse sequences, symmetry-based recoupling in solid-state NMR, and long-lived nuclear spin states in solution NMR.

 

2017 – Jeffrey A. Reimer

Professor Reimer’s research generates new knowledge for environmental protection, sustainability, and provides fundamental insights to condensed matter via materials chemistry, physics, and engineering.

2015 – Bernhard Blümich

Prof. Bernhard Blümich explores NMR methodology and hardware, in particular low-field NMR, to understand the macroscopic properties of polymer and porous materials including tangible cultural heritage.

2013 – Lucio Frydman

Professor Frydman’s research focuses on developing magnetic resonance techniques merging spectroscopic, imaging and hyperpolarization concepts, that can shed new light on a wide range of clinical, biological, chemical, and physical processes.