The 2025 Alpine Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Solids
Chamonix Mont-Blanc, France 14-18 September 2025
Scientific Committee
Sharon Ashbrook (University of St. Andrews)
Songi Han (Northwestern University)
Patrick van der Wel (University of Groningen)
Sunday 14th September 2023
9:00-12:30 Tutorial sessions on inorganic materials, biomolecular studies, and DNP
Monday 15th September 2023
08:30-10:25 Session 1 (chair: Patrick van der Wel)
Daniel Topgaard: Skin, fat, and spaghetti: investigations of co-existing solid and liquid phases in organic materials using solid-state NMR with dynamics-based spectral editing
Nicholas Alaniva: Endofullerene as a DNP Polarizing Agent using a 200 GHz Gyrotron
Alireza Nari: Zeeman-Perturbed NQR as a Window into Strong Quadrupolar Interactions in Halogen-Bonded Solids: Methodology and Application
Ieva Goldberga: Improved Sensitivity in Protein Solid-State NMR via BEST/SOFAST approaches at 150 kHz
10:55-12:30 Session 2 (chair: Thomas Vosegaard)
Euan Bassey: A Cluster Expansion Toolkit for Accurate Assignment of Paramagnetic NMR Spectra
Danielle Laurencin: Experimental strategies for deciphering (bi)carbonate local environments in materials thanks to 17O ssNMR
Ilia Kaminker: Investigation of Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Mechanisms from the Electron Spin Perspective – Why and How.
14:30-18:00 Round Tables
Tuesday 16th September 2023
08:30-10:00 Session 3 (chair: Frédéric Blanc)
Lauren Marbella: Using NMR spectroscopy to probe electrochemical interfaces in energy storage systems
Christian Bonhomme: 3D MAS MRI of Solid State Pathological Natural Samples
Zhiyu Sun: Expanding the Frontiers of Resolution in Biomolecular Solid-State NMR with 160 kHz MAS
Paolo Cleto Bruzzese: Unravelling spatial arrangements of active metal centres in Metal-Organic Polyhedra and Frameworks through EPR spectroscopy
10:30-12:40 Session 4 (chair: Raphaële Clément)
Nadav Maimon: Structure–Function Relations of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase (SEI): Correlating Composition with Lithium-Ion Transport Using ssNMR, DNP and Li-CEST
Kaustubh R. Mote: Improving proton resolution using Combined Rotation and Multiple Pulse Sequence (CRAMPS) methods at MAS frequencies beyond 90 kHz
Claudia Avalos: Optically induced spin polarization in organic and inorganic chromophore-radical dyads: Structural effects on optical pathways and the role of variable magnetic fields on spin polarization
18:00-19:30 Session 5 – Prizes (chair: Sharon Ashbrook)
Vold Prize Lecture
Daniella Goldfarb: 19F electron-nuclear double resonance as a tool for structural studies biological and chemical systems.
Caldarelli Prize Lecture
Alexander Forse: Advancing Energy Storage in Supercapacitors: Disorder, Porosity and Tortuosity
Wednesday 17th September 2023
08:30-10:25 Session 5 (chair: Christel Gervais)
Yusuke Nishiyama: Spin Dynamics of quadrupolar nuclei
Jana Beatrice Fritzke: Revealing new insights into the redox mechanism of Li-S Batteries using operando 33S NMR and double quantum 7Li NMR spectroscopy
Gaël De Paëpe: Ligand-surface interaction and surface termination of halide perovskite nanocrystals probed by He MAS-DNP at 20-100 K
Marcel Levien: Surface enhanced NMR at solid-liquid interfaces using Overhauser dynamic nuclear polarization
10:55-12:30 Tutorial session
Vicky Higman: CCPNMR Analysis for proteins and peptides in the solid state (chair: Phil Williamson) – Software and demo data
Claudia Avalos: Optical excitation and detection of magnetic resonance in NV centers and other spin systems (chair: Alex Nevzorov)
Yusuke Nishiyama: Phase cycling (chair: Len Mueller) – Slides
Ilia Kaminker: EPR detection at NMR magnetic fields (chair: Alex Nevzorov)
Daniel Topgaard: Tensor rotations (chair: Len Mueller) – MATLAB demo script
14:30-18:00 Round Tables
Thursday 18th September 2023
08:30-10:25 Session 7 (chair: Rachel Martin)
Jürgen Senker: Electrolyte-Host Materials as efficient and selective Ion Conductors – Investigating Confinement Effects using NMR Crystallography
Ruben Rodriguez-Madrid: A deep learning model for chemical shieldings in molecular organic solids including anisotropy
Yara Hellen Gomes: Structural Transformations in Crack Resistant Glasses upon Room Temperature Densification: A Comprehensive Solid State NMR Strategy
Robert G. Griffin: Diamond Rotors
10:55-12:30 Session 8 (chair: Songi Han)
Dmitry Azamat: Spin echo studies of heavily cobalt doped ZnO:Mn2+: the electron spectral diffusion under dynamic nuclear polarization
Thomas Hooper: High-resolution in-situ photo-irradiation MAS NMR
Anja Böckmann: Express, Detect, Decode: A Cell-Free and NMR Approach to Viral Proteins