Basics of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Olivier Lafon is professor at the University of Lille and honorary member of Institut Universitaire de France (IUF). The focus of his research is to push the frontiers of solid-state NMR spectroscopy in order to gain unique insights into the structure-property relationships of materials used in the field of energy, bioeconomy and health. His current research interests notably include the development of novel solid-state NMR methods, especially at high magnetic fields, for quadrupolar nuclei or using Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) as well as their application for the characterization of materials, including battery materials, quantum dots, photovoltaic materials, heterogeneous catalysts and porous materials. Olivier Lafon received B.Sc. in physical chemistry from Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon. He passed the agrégation in physical sciences. He received MS and PhD from the University of Paris South. He was awarded the Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry Award for Young Scientists by the Euromar scientific committee. He is the director of Lille high-field NMR facility, which hosts 1.2 GHz NMR spectrometer for the study of liquids and solids and belongs to INFRANALYTICS research infrastructure. He also coordinates the French network of research infrastructure in physical sciences and engineering (IR SMI). He is also a member of the editorial board of Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.

Cedric Lion is associate professor at the University of Lille specializing in bioorganic chemistry, chemical biology and bioimaging. His research topics at the Institute for Structural and Chemical Glycomics (UMR 8576 – UGSF) focus on developing chemical tools and methods for the study of glycosylation pathways in physiological and pathological conditions with bioanalytical techniques. He has a special interest in fluorescence spectroscopy and NMR spectroscopy, and the development of labelling methodologies for bioimaging in human, bacterial and plant models exploiting bioorthogonal chemistry. He is the coordinator and director of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master “Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry” offered by a network of five universities: Lille (France, coordinating institution), Helsinki (Finland), Leipzig (Germany), Bologna (Italy), Krakow (Poland) funded by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency of the European Union.