This talk presented during the 66th ENC takes us on an early NMR History Journey while Toby talks about “The Varian Magnificent Seven” of Varian NMR – Wes Anderson, Jim Arnold, Richard Ernst, Ray Freeman, Howard Hill, Martin Packard, and Jim Schoolery. Presented By: Albert “Toby” Zens
IVAN Hour Presentations
Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Alex Pines (1945-2024)
It is simply impossible to capture in a few words the person and persona of someone like Alex Pines. He was a teacher and a learner, a person that loved to give and to receive. And more than anything else, a friend whose vision, passion, and generosity shaped the lives[…]
Chemical Shift the Scientific Career of Lloyd Jackman
On April 7, 2025, Evan Williams presented on the life and scientific career of Lloyd Jackman. Dr Lloyd M Jackman is the University of Adelaide’s first PhD, obtaining it under Dr G M Badger (who later became the University’s Vice Chancellor from 1967 to 1977) in Organic Chemistry in 1949.[…]
IVAN Hour – Cultural Heritage Science – Understanding the Past, One Molecule at a Time
What is the connection between 67Zn NMR at 35 Tesla, a synchrotron light source, the Laplace transformation and Rembrandt……. wait, did I say Rembrandt? Yes, that’s right… Rembrandt! On Wednesday evening April 19, 2023 at 7:00 PM in the IVAN suite our ENC colleague Nick Zumbalyadis will have the answer[…]
IVAN Hour – Dear Barry: Stories from Barry Shapiro’s NMR Newsletters, 1958-2001
Tuesday night April 18, 2023 at 8:00 PM Clemens Anklin was in-person in the IVAN suite to honor Barry Shapiro and briefly talk about his own project to create the TAMU Newsletters collection. We got together to reminisce about individual letters that are fun or particularly interesting to us. The[…]
IVAN Hour – Looking to the Stars with ‘Frau Newt’ and ‘J Webb’
Our NMR astronomer Ron Crouch from JEOL was back by popular demand with another great hour of astronomical talk and photos. This year (April 17,2023) with the help of his two new friends Frau Newt and J. Webb (no relation to our IVAN sponsor!) Ron showed us the heavens from[…]
IVAN Hour – We don’t know what the He!! He’s Going to Say
As many of you might know, our Pre ENC 2022 User Meeting on April 23, 2022 was cut short due to unforeseen technical difficulties for remote attendees and speakers. On Thursday August. 04, 2022 from 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm EDT the IVAN Users Group hosted a2 Part IVAN Pre[…]
IVAN Hour – Weston Anderson American Physicist, Inventor and NMR Pioneer
For the third IVAN Hour at ENC 2022 in Orlando Florida. Toby Zens gave a presentation on Weston Anderson American Physicist, Inventor and NMR Pioneer. Toby spoke about Weston’s life and accomplishments, and inventions for the NMR Community.
IVAN Hour – NMR is for the BIRDS
The Second IVAN Hour was presented by William F Reynolds Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at University of Toronto. The title of the talk is NMR is for the BIRDS and was about Williams experiences and learning with pulse sequences.
IVAN Hour – A Night Under the Stars with Resonating Constellations
On Monday April 25, 2022 at the 63rd Annual ENC Conference the IVAN NMR Users Group held their first IVAN Hour meeting. These meetings are meant to be a FUN and Happy time. This first IVAN Hour was presented by Ron Crouch and was titled A Night Under the Stars…[…]