Alexander Barnes Explained

Alexander Benjamin Barnes
Birth Date:1 May 1981
Birth Place:St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Field:Chemistry
Workplaces:ETH Zurich
Washington University in St. Louis
Stanford University
Alma Mater:Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
Whitman College (BS)
Doctoral Advisor:Robert G. Griffin
Known For:innovations in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Awards:2019 Varian Young Investigator Award
2018 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

Alexander Benjamin Barnes is an American chemist. Educated at Whitman College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he has taught at Washington University in St. Louis and ETH Zurich.

Career

Alexander Barnes earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry in 2003 from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. After earning his Ph.D. in chemistry in 2011 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under advisor Robert G. Griffin, he worked as a postdoctoral research associate at Stanford University.[1] He was an assistant chemistry professor of chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis from 2012 to 2019,[2] and is presently a Full Professor of Solid State NMR Spectroscopy at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich.[3]

Barnes specializes in developing hardware for the interrogation of chemical structures using Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Some of his most notable innovations include the use of spherical sample containers instead of cylindrical ones[4] and frequency-agile gyrotrons for use in dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) NMR experiments.[5]

In 2018, Barnes received the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.[6] [7]

At the 2019 Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference[8] in Asilomar, California, California, Barnes received the Varian Young Investigator award.[9] [10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alexander Barnes CV.
  2. Web site: Alexander Barnes WUSTL Website. 4 May 2017.
  3. Web site: 11 professors appointed at ETH Zurich.
  4. Magic angle spinning spheres. 2018. 10.1126/sciadv.aau1540. Chen. Pinhui. Albert. Brice J.. Gao. Chukun. Alaniva. Nicholas. Price. Lauren E.. Scott. Faith J.. Saliba. Edward P.. Sesti. Erika L.. Judge. Patrick T.. Fisher. Edward W.. Barnes. Alexander B.. Science Advances. 4. 9. eaau1540. 30255153. 6155130. 2018SciA....4.1540C.
  5. Web site: Frequency-agile gyrotron for electron decoupling and pulsed dynamic nuclear polarization.
  6. Web site: 2018 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards. 2 May 2018.
  7. Web site: Chemist Barnes receives teacher-scholar award. 30 May 2018.
  8. Web site: Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference.
  9. Web site: VARIAN YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD AT ENC.
  10. Web site: Conference Program ENC 2019.