Prof Freeman dedicated his career to the investigation of new techniques in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy. He had a significant hand in many of the techniques which are used on a day-to-day basis in NMR facilities around the world, and which revolutionised NMR as an analytical technique.
Ray Freeman was Plummer Professor in the Department for Chemistry from 1987 until his retirement in 1999, although he remained active in collaborative research for long after that date. Before joining us Ray spent the majority of his university career in Oxford. Throughout his career he had a close association with Varian Instruments, having worked there in the 1960s when the company was at the cutting edge of developments in NMR.
Prof Freeman was a superb communicator and was often the 'star turn' at NMR conferences - his presentations were characteristically littered with wry jokes, self-deprecating remarks, and illustrated by his beautiful hand-drawn slides and cartoons. He was a great mentor to his students who remember him with great fondness. Many have gone on to achieve significant success in their own rights, and all acknowledge Ray Freeman as a significant influence on their own careers.
A gentleman scientist and a devoted family man who will be greatly missed but whose legacy is substantial.
Pavel Kadeřávek became the new head of the Josef Dadok National NMR Centre on 1 July. Pavel has a scientific background in NMR methodology development, study of biomolecule dynamics, characterization of minority states of biomolecules and IDPs.
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