About the Anil Kumar Travel Award

The ENC Anil Kumar Travel Award was created to honor the memory of Professor Anil Kumar (1941-2024). Prof. Anil Kumar obtained his Master’s degree from Agra University and PhD degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (B.D.N. Rao). He did his Post-doctoral research at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Sydney Gordon) and at the University of North Carolina (Charles Johnson). He then moved to the laboratory of Prof. R.R. Ernst (ETH Zurich), where he performed the first 2D NMR experiment in liquids and the first 2D Fourier imaging experiment. He made major contributions in the field of NMR quantum information processing and NMR quantum computing and has pioneered several experimental aspects. Additionally, Prof. Anil Kumar played a major role in popularizing the power of the modern NMR methodology and has been largely responsible for the current wide-spread use of the technique in India.

The Anil Kumar Travel Award is funded with contributions from Professor Anil Kumar’s former Ph.D. students, collaborators, short-term workers, colleagues, and well-wishers. The Travel Award will be focused on reflecting Prof. Anil Kumar’s broad interests in the development of multi-dimensional NMR methods and the application of NMR in chemical, biological and imaging sciences. 

Applicant Eligibility

• Applicant must be a postdoctoral fellow or an a late-stage graduate student at the time of conference.
• The research and submitted abstract of the applicant should show work with significant involvement in the development and applications of advanced NMR techniques or methods.
• Applicant must attend the ENC conference to accept the award and present either a poster or talk.
• Complete the online application by the January 9 deadline