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Swiss physical chemist and Nobel laureate (1933–2021)

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Richard Ernst was a Swiss physical chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, a powerful technique for studying the structure of molecules. His work revolutionized chemistry and medicine by providing scientists with a precise method to analyze matter at the atomic level, which has applications ranging from drug discovery to medical imaging (MRI).

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1991

    for his contributions to the development of the methodology of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy

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Instance of
human
Given name
Robert
Family name
Ernst
Gender
male
Citizenship
Switzerland
Place of birth
Winterthur
Place of death
Winterthur
Occupation
chemist
Educated at
ETH Zurich
Employer
ETH Zurich
Languages spoken
German
Native language
German
Field of work
physical chemistry
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Richard R. Ernst 1980s (cropped).jpg
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member of
Royal Society
date of birth
1933-08-14
Commons category
Richard Ernst
name in native language
Richard Robert Ernst
date of death
2021-06-04
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WikiProject Mathematics
interested in
chemistry
municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
Winterthur
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Richard Robert Ernst (14 August 1933 – 4 June 2021) was a Swiss physical chemist and Nobel laureate.

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 and ETH Zurich. These underpin applications to both to chemistry with NMR spectroscopy and to medicine with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

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