IonelSolomon 2009-02-22 13:07:41 2009-02-22 13:09:14 Biography http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.academie-sciences.fr/membres/S/Solomon_Ionel.htm&ei=IIShSeOgO8iLngfiwcH8DQ&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DIonel%2BSolomon%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG NMR biography solid-state NMR pulsed NMR dipolar echoes in solids I-I and I-S interactions nuclear Overhauser enhancement (NOE) dipole-dipole interactions in solids {\em [Entry in progress]} \section{Biography of Ionel Solomon} {\bf Ionel Solomon} is a French physicist of Roumanian origin, Member of the French Academy of Sciences, CNRS Research Director, former Professor at the Polytechnic School in Paris. \subsection{Scientific Career} \begin{itemize} \item PhD, Polytechnic School in Paris \item Professor, Polytechnic School in Paris \item \item CNRS Research Director \item Scientific director of SOLEMS \item \item 1973-1974 President of a French company for Physics research \item 1981 The Y. Peyches Prize of the Academy of Sciences \item \end{itemize} He was also invited and visited various universities (e.g., Liverpool, Harvard, Tokyo, Bucharest, Jassy). \subsection{Major Scientific Contributions} Ionel Solomon made major contributions to the fields of: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Solid-state physics, Semiconductors and Photovoltaics. In Nuclear Magnetic Resonance he derived fundamental equations that bear his name, and specify the nuclear spin-echo response and dipole-dipole interactions in solids (the Solomon equations). \subsection{Awards and Prizes} \begin{itemize} \item 1958 Grand Prix for Research (with Anatole Abragam and J. Combrisson) \item 1963 CNRS Medal \item 1969 Robin Prize for Physics \item 1972 Holweck Prize of the Institute of Physics and S.F.P (French Physics Society) \item \item \item \item \item 1981 Price Y. Peyches of the Academy of Science. \end{itemize}