We are a group of early-career spectroscopists interested in spreading knowledge of magnetic resonance techniques to amateur and veteran spectroscopists through our series of educational webinars.
How did this all begin?
A lot of the traditional methods for sharing ideas and reconnecting with friends in the scientific community were stymied by the pandemic. People were looking for new/existing ways to stay connected and discuss the science that motivates us. Many of us were already using video-conference software to stay in touch with colleagues, seeing it be applied to social gatherings as well, so it seemed like the next logical leap.
Our aim was to provide a webinar series that differed from the normal conference-style talk by putting an extra emphasis on the introductory material and questions from the audience. Our goal is to produce a series that mixes the learning environment of a classroom with the discussion of cutting-edge research that we normally see at conferences.
Our Board
Charlotte Bocquelet
President
2016 – 2019
BSc in Biochemistry, University of Lyon 1
2019 – 2021
MSc in analytical physics and chemistry, University of Lyon 1
2021 – Current
PhD in Chemistry, CRMN, Lyon (Prof. Sami Jannin)
Dr. Asif Equbal
Secretary
2008 – 2013: BS-MS, IISER Mohali, India
2013 – 2016: PhD, Aarhus University, Denmark (with Prof. Niels Chr. Nielsen and Prof. P. K. Madhu)
2017 – 2021: Postdoc, UCSB, California, USA (with Prof. Songi Han)
2021 – 2022: Postdoc, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA (with Prof. Michael Wasielewski)
2022 – Current: Assistant Professor, NYU Abu Dhabi
Dr. Adrian Draney
Treasurer
2008 – 2012: BS Chemistry and Mathematics, Doane University
2012 – 2018: PhD Biophysical Solution State NMR, University of Illinois at Chicago
2018 – 2020: Postdoctoral researcher Solid State NMR, CRMN, Lyon France (Prof. Guido Pintacuda)
2021 – Current: Instrument Specialist, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
Dr. Blake Wilson
Tutorial Committee
2013: BS Physics with Prof. Bob Griffin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2013 – 2019: PhD, with Prof. Mark Sherwin and Prof. Songi Han, University of California, Santa Barbara
2019 – Current: Postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Rob Tycko, NIH Bethesda
Nesreen Elathram
Tutorial and Online Conference Committees
2014 – 2018: BS in Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2018 – Current: PhD in Chemical Biology, University of California San Diego with Prof. Galia Debelouchina
Nikita Rao
Tutorial and Online Conference Committees
2014 – 2019: Integrated MSc in Physics, Central University of Rajasthan, India
2019 – 2021: Bachelor of Education, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Shekhawati University, India
2021 – Current: PhD, Solid-State NMR, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore with Prof. Sheetal Kumar Jain
Other Members
Diganta Sarkar
(Tutorial, Online Conference, and Website Committees)
2015 – 2020: B.Sc. (Hons.) & M.Sc. in Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India
2020 – Current: Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry (Solid-state and DNP NMR), University of Alberta, Canada (with Prof. Vladimir K. Michaelis)
Giulia Licciardi
(Online Conference and Practical Tutorial Committees)
2017 – 2019: MSc in Chemical Sciences at the University of Florence (Structure, dynamics and chemical reactivity)
2020 – 2023: PhD “International Doctorate in Structural Biology” (nuclear spin relaxation of paramagnetic systems and biomolecules), Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), under the supervision of Prof. Giacomo Parigi
2023 – 2024: Postdoctoral fellow at CERM working on high field NMR and high-resolution relaxometry, with Prof. Enrico Ravera
2025 – Current: Postdoctoral fellow at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, with Prof. Fabien Ferrage
Julie Buhl
(Tutorial and Practical Tutorial Committees)
2017-2020: BSc in Medicinal Chemistry, Aarhus University
2020-2022: MSc in Chemistry, Aarhus University
2023-Current: PhD in Biological Chemistry, JKU Linz (Prof. Frans A. A. Mulder)
Dr. Marcel Levien
(Tutorial and Practical Tutorial Committees)
2012 – 2015: BSc. in Chemistry, University of Göttingen
2015 – 2017: MSc. in Chemistry, University of Göttingen
2018 – 2022: PhD in Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences (Prof. Marina Bennati)
2022 – 2023: PostDoc, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences (Prof. Marina Bennati)
Since 2024: PostDoc, EPFL (Prof. Lyndon Emsley)
Dr. Mengshan Ye
(Tutorial, Newsletter, and Practical Tutorial Committees)
2013 – 2017: BS. University of Science and Technology of China, China
2017 – 2022: PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2022 – Present: Postdoc University of California, Berkeley, USA
Pooja Dhurjad
(Newsletter, Website, and Practical Tutorial Committees)
2015 – 2017: MS (Pharm) in Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research-Ahmedabad, India
2017 – 2019: Research executive in Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company- Gujarat, India
2019 – Current: PhD in Pharmaceutical Analysis, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research-Hyderabad, India, with Dr. Rajesh Sonti
Dr. Tamali Nag
(Tutorial, Online Conference, and Newsletter Committees)
2013 – 2016: B.Sc. Chemistry (Hons.), Minor: Physics and Math, Lady Brabourne College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
2017 – 2019: M.Sc. Chemistry (Computational Chemistry), Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India (with Prof. Dr. M.M. Balakrishnarajan)
2019 – 2024: Ph.D. Chemistry (Solid-state NMR and Crystallography), University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (with Prof. Dr. David Bryce)
2024 – Current: Post-doctoral Fellow (Ultra-high field solid-state NMR and DNP NMR), CNRS, France (UCCS-RM2I/Univ. Lille and CEA/UGA Grenoble, with Prof. Dr. Olivier Lafon and Prof. Dr. Gaël De Paëpe)
Advisory
Dr. Amrit Venkatesh
2008 – 2013: MSc Chemistry, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, India
2016 – 2020: PhD Physical Chemistry (Fast MAS solid-state NMR), Iowa State University, USA (Prof. Aaron Rossini)
2021 – 2023: Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow (Dynamic Nuclear Polarization), EPFL, Switzerland (Prof. Lyndon Emsley)
2023 – 2025: Research Faculty I, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, USA
2025 – Current: Assistant Professor, University of Virginia
Dr. Michael Hope
2011 – 2015: MSci, Natural Sciences (Chemistry), University of Cambridge
2016 – 2019: PhD with Prof. Clare Grey, University of Cambridge
2020 – 2023: Marie-Curie Fellow with Prof. Lyndon Emsley, EPFL
2023 – Current: Assistant Professor, University of Warwick
Dr. Mouzhe Xie
2009 – 2013: BSc with honors, Chemical Biology, Xiamen University
2013 – 2018: PhD in Chemistry (protein dynamics and metabolomics, solution NMR), The Ohio State University
2019: Visiting Scholar, EPFL
2019 – 2023: Postdoctoral Scholar (NV-NMR and quantum sensing), the University of Chicago
2023 – Current: Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
Dr. Nino Wili
2011 – 2016: BSc & MSc at ETH Zurich. Master Thesis with Matthias Ernst (ssNMR method development)
2017 – 2021: PhD with Gunnar Jeschke at ETH Zurich (Pulse EPR method development)
2022 – Current: PostDoc with Niels Chr. Nielsen in Aarhus, Denmark. (Interface of EPR, NMR & DNP)
Previous Members
- Dr. Daphna Shimon – Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Chemistry at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem
- Dr. Mona Mohammadi – Life Sciences Specialist at L.E.K. Consulting
- Dr. Pinelopi Moutzouri – Application Scientist at Bruker BioSpin
- Dr. Mohamed Sabba – Postdoctoral research fellow with Prof. Malcolm Levitt
- Dr. Tamar Wolf – Postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Lucio Frydman
- Tomoyuki Hamachi – Ph.D. Student with Prof. Nobuhiro Yanai
- Yifan Song – Ph.D. Student with Prof. Xueqian Kong
- Dr. Nicholas Jaegers – Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico