16.11.2020

The Coordinator of ZULF ITN Szymon Pustelny D.Sc. was awarded one of the 'Scientist of the Future' Polish Intelligent Development Prizes for leading the projects 'Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Zero and Ultra-Low Magnetic Fields' and 'Nondestructive Quantum State Tomography'. The prize gala will be the part of the Intelligent Development Forum, which was postponed to March 25th 2021, due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

The prizes are given by the Center for Intelligent Development to innovators, investors, businessmen and scientists who promote sustainable development of science, technology and society. The Center focuses on promoting and increasing awareness of projects in early stages of development that could lead to their further development into commercial products that will lead to the increase of quality of life for everyone.

21.10.2020

Dmitry Budker receives Norman F. Ramsey Prize of the American Physical Society

The American Physical Society (APS) awarded ZULF ITN PI, Professor Dmitry Budker from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) the Norman F. Ramsey Prize.

The prize for outstanding achievements in atomic, molecular, and optical spectroscopy as well as in precision testing of fundamental laws and symmetries. The reason cited by the award committee is Prof. Budker's seminal work was, among others, measuring nuclear magnetic resonance in ultralow fields.

03.09.2020

ZULF NMR ITN Blog Launched

We have published the first of our planned series of blog posts on ZULF NMR and related topics. The posts will be authored by people from the ZULF ITN network and invited guests. You can see the first post by our Blog Curator Dr. James Eills here.

'I hope this blog can be a helpful learning tool for the uninitiated reader, and of interest to a broad range of scientists and nonexperts! If you would like to contribute a blog post, please don't hesitate to get in touch eills@uni-mainz.de.' - Dr. James Eills

ZULF ITN Papers

• Zero-Field NMR J-Spectroscopy of Organophosphorus Compounds ---ChemRxiv---
• Polarization transfer via field sweeping in parahydrogen-enhanced nuclear magnetic resonance ---ChemRxiv---
• Real-Time Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Detection of Fumarase Activity Using Parahydrogen-Hyperpolarized [1-13C]Fumarate ---ChemRxiv---
• In Situ SABRE Hyperpolarization with Earth’s Field NMR Detection
• Zero- to Ultralow-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance J-Spectroscopy with Commercial Atomic Magnetometers ---arXiv---

The ZULF European Training Network (ETN) comprises groups from eight leading European universities and one scientific research centre, dedicated to developing, exploring and applying methods of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in the regime of zero and ultra-low magnetic fields (ZULFs). The project is aimed at providing absolutely unique training, combining the experience of world-leading experts in diverse fields and disciplines to 11 individuals, and leading to a doctoral degree. Apart from the opportunity to participate in groundbreaking research, the young scientists will acquire soft and transferable skills including scientific writing, communication and presentation, data mining, curation and analysis, entrepreneurship, knowledge of intellectual property law, business administration and finance. All of them absolutely indispensable for any modern scientist.

The beneficiaries of the ETN ZULF consortium have made pioneering contributions to the field, in particular:

• hyperpolarization and signal enhancement (University of York, University of Southampton, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, University of Torino, Italian Institute of Technology);
• chemical analysis in ZULF NMR and J-spectroscopy (Jagiellonian University, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz);
• detection of NMR signals using optical magnetometers (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Jagiellonian University, Ulm University);
• high-resolution NMR with NV-diamond sensors (Ulm University);
• applications of low-field NMR (Italian Institute of Technology).

The ZULF ETN project brings together international leaders in these areas, with the goal of providing the Early Stage Researchers with a unique basis for exploring novel directions that go beyond the works conducted in individual groups, including:

• submillihertz spectral resolution ZULF NMR;
• nanometer spatial-resolution J-spectroscopy with NV diamonds;
• NMR spectra of molecules at natural abundance using hyperpolarization;
• application of ZULF NMR in searches for fundamental properties and symmetries of nature (parity non-conservation);
• chemical fingerprinting of molecules in liquids.