Thomas Prisner

The IES Gold Medal for 2026 is awarded to Professor Thomas Prisner in recognition of his pioneering contributions to the methodology, instrumentation and application of EPR and spectroscopy at high fields and with pulse techniques, as well as his achievements in combining the development of EPR and DNP. Prof. Prisner’s contributions to spectrometer technology, particularly for high-field ENDOR, pulse shaping by arbitrary waveform generators, and pulse liquid-state DNP, enabled new experimental techniques. He also developed such techniques, particularly for multi-frequency pulse dipole spectroscopy. Prof. Prisner demonstrated how these new techniques can provide new information about biological systems in vitro and in cellulo, thereby making an important contribution to the understanding of the structure and dynamics of nucleic acids. He served as an ambassador for EPR spectroscopy in the broader magnetic resonance community and trained a new generation of EPR spectroscopists. The International EPR (ESR) Society is proud to award Professor Thomas Prisner the Gold Medal for 2026 in recognition of his many impactful achievements at the frontier of our field.