John S. Waugh | |
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| Born | April 25, 1929 Willimantic, Connecticut |
| Died | August 22, 2014 (aged 85) |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College (A.B.) - 1949 California Institute of Technology (PhD) - 1953 Dartmouth College (ScD) - 1989 |
| Known for | NMR spectroscopy in solids, Computational studies of spin systems |
| Awards | Irving Langmuir Award (1976) Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1983) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | chemical physics |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Don M. Yost |
| Doctoral students | Alexander Pines |
John Stewart Waugh (April 25, 1929 – August 22, 2014) was an American chemist and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] He is known for developing average hamiltonian theory and using it to extend NMR spectroscopy, previously limited to liquids, to the solid state. He is the author of ANTIOPE, a freeware general purpose Windows-based simulator of the spectra and dynamics of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). He has also used systems of a few coupled spins to illustrate the general requirements for equilibrium and ergodicity in isolated systems.
In 1974 Waugh was elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), in the Chemistry section.[2]
Waugh was awarded the Wolf Prize in Chemistry for 1983/84 with Herbert S. Gutowsky and Harden M. McConnell for their independent work on NMR spectroscopy.[3] Waugh was cited for his "fundamental theoretical and experimental contributions to high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in solids."[3] He died on August 22, 2014.[4]
References
- ^ Who's who in Frontiers of Science and Technology - Google Books. 2007-07-25. ISBN 9780837957029. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
- ^ NAS (2007)
- ^ a b Wolf Foundation Prize Committee for Chemistry (n.d.)
- ^ "John Waugh, Institute Professor emeritus, dies at 85 | MIT News Office". Newsoffice.mit.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-08-24. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
Sources
- National Academy of Sciences (2007). "Waugh, John S." Membership Directory. NAS online. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- Wolf Foundation Prize Committee for Chemistry (n.d.). "The 1983/4 Wolf Foundation Prize in Chemistry". The Wolf Prizes. Wolf Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-15. Retrieved 2007-08-31.