Paul Lauterbur

Paul Lauterbur
Born(1929-05-06)May 6, 1929[1]
Sidney, Ohio, U.S.[1]
DiedMarch 27, 2007(2007-03-27) (aged 77)
Urbana, Illinois, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCase Western Reserve University (B.S.),
University of Pittsburgh (Ph.D.)
Known forMagnetic Resonance Imaging
Scientific career
FieldsDiagnostic imaging
InstitutionsState University of New York at Stony Brook
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (part of today's Carnegie Mellon University)

Paul Christian Lauterbur (May 6, 1929 – March 27, 2007) was an American chemist. Lauterbur won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield "for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging".[1]

Career

He served as a professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook from 1963 until 1985. While there, Lauterbur conducted research on the development of the MRI. Along with his wife Joan, Lauterbur became a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1985. Lauterbur served as the professor for 22 years until he died on March 27, 2007 in Urbana, Illinois.[2]

Awards

References

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  5. ↑ "Prize Winners". Harvey Prize. Archived from the original on 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  6. ↑ "The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  7. ↑ "The National Medal of Technology and Innovation Recipients". The United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  8. ↑ "Bower Laureates". The Franklin Institute. Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  9. ↑ "Past Winners". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  10. ↑ "ポール・クリスチャン・ラウターバー". Inamori Foundation (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  11. ↑ "NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  12. ↑ "Paul Christian Lauterbur profile". National Inventors Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2015-02-23. Retrieved 2014-06-30.