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Charles Mann Award for Applied Raman Spectroscopy
The Charles Mann Award is presented to an individual who has demonstrated advancement(s) in the field of applied Raman spectroscopy, presented at the FACSS SciX conference; and/or demonstrated dedication to the advancement of the Raman spectroscopy program at the FACSS SciX conference and/or the ASTM Raman subcommittee. The Charles Mann award for Applied Raman Spectroscopy was instituted by FACSS in 2002 following the untimely death of Professor Charles (Charlie) Mann. Professor Mann was a well-known and long-standing member of the faculty of Florida State University (FSU). Professor Mann and his faculty colleague, Professor Tom Vickers, contributed significantly to the development of analytical Raman spectroscopy via publications, participation at numerous meetings including the annual FACSS meeting, and participation in the ASTM sub-committee on Raman spectroscopy E13.08. Professor Mann’s research areas covered from the fundamental including data analysis (chemometrics and databases), quantitative Raman, and instrumental understanding to the applied, polymers, inorganics, etc.
2024 Recipient
Nick Stone
Prof Nick Stone worked as a Consultant Medical Physicist for almost 20 years in the NHS. In 2012, he moved to academia to take up the position of Professor of Biomedical Imaging and Biosensing at the University of Exeter.
Nick made the first Raman measurements in many types of cancers (larynx, oesophagus, prostate, bladder, lymph nodes, thyroid, etc.) and has worked closely with clinical teams to understand the clinical need and when decisions most need support from real-time, objective methods, based on the molecular changes associated with disease, such as Raman and IR. Nick has led numerous projects working to translate Raman from the lab to the clinic, including endoscopic Raman for early cancer detection in hollow organs; smart Raman needles for solid organs; spatially offset Raman and transmission Raman for non-invasive probing of buried lesions. These have all used native molecular signals coupled with multivariate approaches and machine learning to predict disease pathology.
More recent developments include the invention of the technique of SESORS, surface enhanced spatially offset Raman spectroscopy, and its derivatives, that makes use of functionalised SERS nanoparticles to provide bright signals able to read out at depths of many cm. Coupled with laser light these can be used to provide hyperthermia in carefully controlled treatments, using Raman thermography to read the temperature in real-time. https://rant-medicine.com/
NOMINATIONS
If you'd like to nominate someone for the Charles Mann Award, please review the nomination information for instructions. Nominations for the 2025 Charles Mann Award are being accepted through October 20, 2024.
Past Recipients
2023 Juergen Popp
2022 Igor Lednev
2021 Roy Goodacre
2020 Yukihiro Ozaki
2019 Karen Faulds
2018 Andrew Whitley
2017 Duncan Graham
2016 Brian Marquardt
2015 Sanford A. Asher
2014 Richard P. Van Duyne
2013 Volker Deckert
2012 Dr. Don Pivonka
2011 Professor Howell G.M. Edwards
2010 Professor Richard L. McCreery
2009 Professor Pavel Matousek
2008 Dr. Ian R. Lewis
2007 Dr. Neil Everall
2006 Professor Michael Morris
2005 Dr. D. Bruce Chase
2004 Dr. Michael M. Carrabba
2003 Dr. Michael J. Pelletier
2002 Dr. Fran Adar