|
 |
|
Paul C. Lauterbur
(photo courtesy University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) |
 |
|
About the Speaker
>> Paul C. Lauterbur’s Home Page
>> Nobel Foundation Web site
Nobel Laureate and Pitt Alumnus Paul C. Lauterbur delivered the main address, titled “The Road to Pittsburgh and Beyond,” at the University of Pittsburgh’s 2004 Commencement, held April 25, 2004 at Petersen Events Center on the Oakland campus.
Before the address, Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg conferred an Honorary Doctor of Science degree upon Lauterbur.
A 1951 graduate of Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland, Lauterbur received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Pitt in 1962. He currently serves as the Center for Advanced Study Professor of Chemistry and Distinguished Professor of Medical Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Lauterbur received the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Sir Peter Mansfield of the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom for discoveries leading to the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Lauterbur and Mansfield’s work in the 1970s led to MRI’s modern use as a noninvasive and painless medical diagnostic tool. More than 60 million MRI examinations are performed worldwide each year. MRI is used to examine almost all organs of the body and is especially valuable for detailed imaging of the brain and spinal cord.
|
