Fabian Hecker receives the Albert-Overhauser Award
DTU Postdoc Fabian Hecker, DTU Health Tech, has received this year's Albert-Overhauser Award. The German Chemical Society has presented Fabian Hecker with the award for an outstanding scientific publication.
Fabian Hecker (left) together with Björn Corzilius. Photo: GDCH.
Thursday 01 October 2026
Patrick Kirk Langschwager
The award, presented by the society's Division of Magnetic Resonance (FGMR), is given for the article 'Residue-Specific Signatures of Structural Water Identified by Dissolution Dynamic Nuclear Polarization with UV-Generated Radicals' published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, co-authored with researchers from DTU Health Tech, the University of Copenhagen, and Polarize ApS.
The prize recognizes a new technology within NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) that provides brand-new insights into protein structure and function. In the longer term, the discovery could support the design of more precise medicines and improve MRI scans for patients.
