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Geoffrey Bodenhausen

Geoffrey Bodenhausen

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Chemistry
France
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
86
Citations
42631
World Ranking
2479
National Ranking
59

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 1997 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1996 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his numerous contributions toward making magnetic resonance one of the most sophisticated and versatile methods available for gaining insight into structure and dynamics of molecules in condensed and gas phase

Overview

Geoffrey Bodenhausen is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure in France. Their research spans multiple areas primarily in Chemistry and Physics, with notable focus on Spectroscopy, Materials Chemistry, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Biophysics.

Their scientific work extensively covers topics related to advanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques, solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography, and electron spin resonance studies. Other significant topics include molecular spectroscopy and chirality, atomic and subatomic physics research, and advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques and applications.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Spin Thermometry: A Straightforward Measure of Millikelvin Deuterium Spin Temperatures Achieved by Dynamic Nuclear Polarization, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Hyperpolarized NMR metabolomics, 2023, Current Opinion in Chemical Biology
  • Sensitivity-enhanced three-dimensional and carbon-detected two-dimensional NMR of proteins using hyperpolarized water, 2020, Journal of Biomolecular NMR
  • Long-lived states of methylene protons in achiral molecules, 2022, Science Advances
  • Natural abundance oxygen-17 solid-state NMR of metal organic frameworks enhanced by dynamic nuclear polarization, 2021, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Bodenhausen frequently publishes in several scientific journals including:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Science Advances
  • Magnetic Resonance
  • ChemPhysChem

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research. Frequent co-authors include Kirill Sheberstov, Anna Sonnefeld, Aiky Razanahoera, Daniel Abergel, and Mathieu Baudin, with multiple joint publications.

Their contributions have been recognized through awards such as membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1997) and being named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1996. The APS fellowship citation highlights contributions that advanced magnetic resonance as a versatile method for exploring molecular structure and dynamics in both condensed and gas phases.

Best Publications

  • Principles of nuclear magnetic resonance in one and two dimensions

    Richard R. Ernst;Geoffrey Bodenhausen;Alexander Wokaun;Alfred G. Redfield

  • Natural abundance nitrogen-15 NMR by enhanced heteronuclear spectroscopy

    Geoffrey Bodenhausen;David J. Ruben

  • Improved spectral resolution in cosy 1H NMR spectra of proteins via double quantum filtering.

    M. Rance;O.W. Sørensen;G. Bodenhausen;G. Wagner

  • Selection of coherence-transfer pathways in NMR pulse experiments

    Geoffrey Bodenhausen;Herbert Kogler;R.R. Ernst

  • Product operator formalism for the description of NMR pulse experiments

    O.W. Sørensen;G.W. Eich;M.H. Levitt;G. Bodenhausen

  • Surface Enhanced NMR Spectroscopy by Dynamic Nuclear Polarization

    Anne Lesage;Moreno Lelli;David Gajan;Marc A. Caporini

  • Suppression of artifacts in two-dimensional J spectroscopy

    Geoffrey Bodenhausen;Ray Freeman;David L Turner

  • Multiple quantum spin-echo spectroscopy

    G Bodenhausen;R.L Vold;R.R Vold

  • Exploring nuclear spin systems by relayed magnetization transfer

    G. Eich;G. Bodenhausen;R. R. Ernst

  • Analysis of networks of coupled spins by multiple quantum N.M.R.

    Lukas Braunschweiler;Geoffrey Bodenhausen;R. R. Ernst

  • Correlation of proton and carbon-13 nmr spectra by heteronuclear two-dimensional spectroscopy

    Geoffrey Bodenhausen;Ray Freeman

  • Multiple‐quantum NMR spectroscopy of S=3/2 spins in isotropic phase: A new probe for multiexponential relaxation

    Guy Jaccard;Stephen Wimperis;Geoffrey Bodenhausen

  • Gaussian pulse cascades: New analytical functions for rectangular selective inversion and in-phase excitation in NMR

    Lyndon Emsley;Geoffrey Bodenhausen

  • Two-dimensional rotational spin-echo nuclear magnetic resonance in solids: correlation of chemical shift and dipolar interactions

    M. G. Munowitz;R. G. Griffin;G. Bodenhausen;Tai-huang Huang

  • A simple pulse sequence for selective excitation in Fourier transform NMR

    Geoffrey Bodenhausen;Ray Freeman;Gareth A Morris

  • Multiple-quantum NMR

    Geoffrey Bodenhausen

  • Direct determination of rate constants of slow dynamic processes by two-dimensional "accordion" spectroscopy in nuclear magnetic resonance

    Geoffrey Bodenhausen;R. R. Ernst

  • NMR cross polarization by adiabatic passage through the Hartmann-Hahn condition (APHH)

    S. Hediger;B.H. Meier;Narayanan D. Kurur;Geoffrey Bodenhausen

  • Optimization of shaped selective pulses for NMR using a quaternion description of their overall propagators

    Lyndon Emsley;Geoffrey Bodenhausen

  • Double fourier transformation in high-resolution NMR

    Geoffrey Bodenhausen;Ray Freeman;Reinhard Niedermeyer;David L. Turner

Frequent Co-Authors

Lyndon Emsley
Lyndon Emsley École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Ray Freeman
Ray Freeman University of Cambridge
Robert Konrat
Robert Konrat University of Vienna
Riqiang Fu
Riqiang Fu Florida State University
Jean-Paul Amoureux
Jean-Paul Amoureux University of Lille
Stephen Wimperis
Stephen Wimperis Lancaster University
Hervé Vezin
Hervé Vezin University of Lille
Gareth A. Morris
Gareth A. Morris University of Manchester

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