Prof. Susanta Lahiri awarded Hevesy Medal – 2015: First time from India
Professor Susanta Lahiri received the Hevesy Medal Award on April 12, 2015 in Tenth International Conference on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC –X) held at Hawaii, USA.
The George Hevesy Medal Award is the premier international award of excellence in radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry. The Hevesy Medal is awarded to an individual in recognition of excellence through outstanding, sustained career achievements in the fields of pure as well as applied nuclear and radiochemistry. The Hevesy Medal Award -2015 is given to two candidates (names in alphabetical order) (i) Professor K. V. KATTI from University of Missouri-Columbia, U.S.A., and Professor Susanta LAHIRI from Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India. For the first time Hevesy Medal Award has been bestowed to someone from India since its inception in 1968.
Professor Susanta LAHIRI received his award for his outstanding contributions on heavy ion induced radioisotope production, tracer packet technique, converter targets, and green chemistry. It is noteworthy to mention that except converter targets (which have been carried out in CERN-ISOLDE) all other works have been carried out in India using the Indian accelerator facilities like BARC-TIFR Pelletron and Variable Energy Cuclotron Centre.
Professor Lahiri is pioneering in the field of heavy ion induced production of radioisotopes. He used for the first time heavy ion projectiles like 7Li, 11B, 12C, 16O for production of rare earth radionuclides, which was later extended to the entire Periodic Table. The introduction of heavy ion beam made easy access to the neutron deficient short-lived radioisotopes and expanded the horizon of clinically important radionuclides. Under his leadership for the first time radiotracer technique was punched with “Green Chemistry” experiments. His group reported the first “radioactive gold nanoparticles” using green synthesis route. Professor Lahiri and his colleagues for the first time unveiled total radioisotope inventory when a converter target like Lead-Bismuth Eutectic (LBE) are bombarded with high energy 1.4 GeV proton beam. They pointed out that these converter targets may act as huge source of clinical radionuclides including exotic therapeutic radionuclides like 149Tb.
Picture: Professor A. Chatt, Chair of Hevesy Medal Award Selection Panel is awarding Professor Lahiri the Medal and citation in MARC-X at Hawaii, USA on April 12, 2015
The George Hevesy Medal Award is the premier international award of excellence in radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry. The Hevesy Medal is awarded to an individual in recognition of excellence through outstanding, sustained career achievements in the fields of pure as well as applied nuclear and radiochemistry. The Hevesy Medal Award -2015 is given to two candidates (names in alphabetical order) (i) Professor K. V. KATTI from University of Missouri-Columbia, U.S.A., and Professor Susanta LAHIRI from Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India. For the first time Hevesy Medal Award has been bestowed to someone from India since its inception in 1968.
Professor Susanta LAHIRI received his award for his outstanding contributions on heavy ion induced radioisotope production, tracer packet technique, converter targets, and green chemistry. It is noteworthy to mention that except converter targets (which have been carried out in CERN-ISOLDE) all other works have been carried out in India using the Indian accelerator facilities like BARC-TIFR Pelletron and Variable Energy Cuclotron Centre.
Professor Lahiri is pioneering in the field of heavy ion induced production of radioisotopes. He used for the first time heavy ion projectiles like 7Li, 11B, 12C, 16O for production of rare earth radionuclides, which was later extended to the entire Periodic Table. The introduction of heavy ion beam made easy access to the neutron deficient short-lived radioisotopes and expanded the horizon of clinically important radionuclides. Under his leadership for the first time radiotracer technique was punched with “Green Chemistry” experiments. His group reported the first “radioactive gold nanoparticles” using green synthesis route. Professor Lahiri and his colleagues for the first time unveiled total radioisotope inventory when a converter target like Lead-Bismuth Eutectic (LBE) are bombarded with high energy 1.4 GeV proton beam. They pointed out that these converter targets may act as huge source of clinical radionuclides including exotic therapeutic radionuclides like 149Tb.
Picture: Professor A. Chatt, Chair of Hevesy Medal Award Selection Panel is awarding Professor Lahiri the Medal and citation in MARC-X at Hawaii, USA on April 12, 2015