Contact: Zhehong Gan
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A National High Magnetic Field Laboratory researcher is being recognized for his groundbreaking contributions to the field of nuclear magnetic resonance.
The MagLab's Zhehong Gan has been named 2025 recipient of the Günther Laukien Prize at the Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference.
"It is a great honor and recognition of the work I have done since joining the lab," said Gan after accepting the award during the conference's opening session in Pacific Grove, CA.
The $20,000 prize awards cutting-edge nuclear magnetic resonance research with a high probability of enabling new applications. Gan was recognized for developing advanced NMR techniques to study complex materials, enabling more detailed and precise molecular analysis. His focus is on quadrupolar nuclei in solids, a special class of isotopes that can be extremely challenging to study with NMR. The work is used for better understanding of materials such as batteries, catalysts, glass, and biological solids.
Gan's work "pushes the boundaries of NMR technology, making substantial impacts on both fundamental research and practical applications in materials science," according to the prize announcement. Gan, a member of the MagLab's in-house research faculty since 1998, has worked extensively with the lab’s fleet of high-field NMR magnets which offer the highest magnetic fields in the world for nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy along with precision measurement techniques.
The ENC conference's prestigious Laukien prize is financed by the Bruker corporation in honor of their founder and NMR research pioneer Günther Laukien.
