Since 1986 Bruker Spectrospin Limited have sponsored an annual Lectureship,
with accompanying prize, to be given by a scientist who has made a major
scientific contribution with ESR.
23st: "ψ (EPR)ENDOR" Professor Edgar Groenen, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
22st: "High-field ENDOR - opportunities and frustrations" Professor Daniella Goldfarb, Weizmann Institute, Israel
21st: "Pulsed Dipolar ESR Spectroscopy and its Applications" Professor Yuri D. Tsvetkov, Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Novosibirsk, Russia
20th: "EPR - an Exciting Topic?" Professor Klaus-Peter Dinse, University of Darmstadt, Germany
19th: "Watching Proteins Move with Site-Directed Spin labeling" Professor Wayne L. Hubbell, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A
18th: "Signals from the reaction center. Applications of EPR in photosynthesis", Professor Wolfgang Lubitz, Max-Planck-Institute, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
17th: "Interacting electron spins", Professors Sandra and Gareth Eaton, University of Denver, U.S.A.
16th: "Free radicals and transition metal ions: local probes of structure and function in biological systems", Professor Jurgen Hüttermann, University Des Saarlandes, Germany
15th: "EPR of transition metal ions. A tale of symmetry and of symmetry breaking", Professor Dante Gatteschi, University of Firenze, Italy
14th: "High frequency EPR studies of paramagnetic inorganic and bio-inorganic systems", Professor Jan Schmit, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
13th: "ESR spectroscopy: past history, present status and future prospects", Professor John R. Pilbrow, Monash University, Australia
12th: "Physical chemistry through electron spin polarization", Professor Keith A. McLauchlan, University of Oxford, U.K.
11th: "ENDOR of metalloenzymes", Professor Brian M. Hoffman, Northwestern University, Illinois, U.S.A.
10th: "Discoveries with ESR", Professor H. M. McConnell, Stanford University, California, U.S.A.
9th: "Creation and detection of coherence and polarization in pulsed EPR", Professor Arthur Schweiger, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
8th: "The nuclear Zeeman interaction in electron resonance", Professor Neil M. Atherton, University of Sheffield, S. Yorks., U.K.
7th: "EPR and ENDOR investigations of the primary reactions in bacterial photosynthesis", Professor George Feher, University of California, San Diego, U.S.A.
6th: "EPR, ENDOR and ESEEM on Fe(CN)63- in alkali halides", Professor E. de Boer, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
5th: "Modern techniques in ESR", Professor Jack H. Freed, Cornell University, Ithaca, U.S.A.
4th: "Alternatives to field modulation in ESR spectroscopy", Professor James S. Hyde, National Biomedical ESR Center, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
3rd: Electron spin resonance in the study of transient free radicals, Professor Hans Fischer, Zurich
2nd: "Multiple resonances involving ESR, NMR, and optical transitions: more than just a game?", Professor Klaus Möbius, Free University Berlin.
1st: "Application of Electron Spin Resonance spectroscopy to the study of the effects of ionising radiation on DNA and DNA complexes", Professor Martyn C. R. Symons, Leicester University, U.K.