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H. W. Spiess - An Appreciation
Hans Wolfgang Spiess studied at the University of Frankfurt and was awarded his Ph.D. there in 1968. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow with R. K. Sheline at Florida State University (1968–1970), K. H. Hausser at the MPI for Medical Research, Heidelberg (1970–1975), and H. Sillescu at the University of Mainz (1975–1983, including habilitation). He held professorships at the University of Münster and the University of Bayreuth (1981−1984). Since 1984, he has been one of the directors of the Max Planck Institute in Polymer Research in Mainz. Professor Spiess is an acknowledged leader in polymer NMR. He has developed a large array of new NMR techniques for elucidating structure, dynamics, phase behavior and order in synthetic macromolecules and supramolecular systems. With brilliance and creativity, he applies these techniques to study new polymer materials in order to relate their microscopic and macroscopic behavior. His scientific depth and breadth can be illustrated by the following examples: -
Two-and three-dimensional NMR methods for studying molecular dynamics High-resolution multiple quantum NMR spectroscopy of solids for the investigation of molecular structure and organization xiii
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Spin diffusion techniques for determining the phase behavior and compatibility in block copolymers, polymer blends, and core shell particles NMR imaging and hyperpolarization by laser polarization, dynamic nuclear polarization and parahydrogen induced polarization Investigation of polyelectrolytes and biomacromolecules in solution with a broad variety of EPR methods including nm distance measurements Chain motion and its relationship to mechanical properties in crystalline and amorphous polymers as well as dynamics at the glass transition
In addition to his prolific scientific work, Professor Spiess has served as chairman of the European Polymer Federation (1991–1992) and chairman of the Capital Investment Committee of the German Science Foundation (1994–1996). He was chairman of the Committee for Electronic Data Processing of the MPG (1997−2006), President of the Groupement AMPERE (2000−2006), and a Member of the Scientific Council of the Federal Republic of Germany (1999−2005). He is the current President of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance. He has also collaborated with the editors of this volume and others to organize many international meetings dealing with NMR Spectroscopy of Polymers to promote the development of this field. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary lectureships. These include the Leibniz-Prize of the DFG (1987), NMR Award of the Eastern Analytical Symposium (2000), the AMPERE Prize (2002), the Liebig Medal of the German Chemical Society (2002), the Presidential Medal of Cornell University (2002), the Award of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (2003), the Zavoisky Prize (2010), and the Paul J. Flory Prize for polymer science (2010). He holds honorary degrees (Dr. h.c.) of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania (1997) and the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland (1998). Since 2011 he has been an Honorary Member of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan. After a distinguished career, Professor Spiess is retiring from the Max Planck Institute. On behalf of all the authors in this symposium volume, we thank him for his splendid work over the years and wish him health, happiness, and continued vigor in years to come.
H. N. Cheng Tetsuo Asakura Alan D. English
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