Thomas Theis

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6779-9978

NMR, MRI, Magnetic Resonance, Hyperpolarization, Quantum Mechanics, Molecular Imaging, Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Thomas Theis is Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research is focused on hyperpolarization technology and unconventional NMR and MRI detection schemes. Dr. Theis was born in Heidelberg, Germany, raised in Tenerife, Spain, and completed his undergraduate and masters at the Georg-August University of Goettingen (Germany). Theis received his PhD in 2012 from UC Berkeley (USA) working with Prof. Alexander Pines on "zero-field NMR" and “parahydrogen hyperpolarization schemes” for portable NMR. Dr. Theis conducted postdoctoral research at Duke University (USA) with Prof. Warren Warren focused on "singlet states for hyperpolarization storage", and worked on "low-field NMR" as visiting professor at RWTH Aachen University with Prof. Stephan Appelt (Germany). In 2015, he was promoted to Research Assistant Professor at Duke University developing “cost-efficient hyperpolarization techniques for molecular imaging”. Since 2018, Dr. Theis leads the North Carolina State Hyperpolarization Laboratory.

Works (93)

2023 journal article

Efficient SABRE-SHEATH Hyperpolarization of Potent Branched-Chain-Amino-Acid Metabolic Probe [1-13C]ketoisocaproate

Metabolites.

Source: ORCID
Added: January 31, 2023

2023 journal article

Innentitelbild: Parahydrogen‐Induced Carbon‐13 Radiofrequency Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (Angew. Chem. 5/2023)

Angewandte Chemie.

By: C. Nelson n, A. Schmidt*, I. Adelabu*, S. Nantogma*, V. Kiselev*, A. Abdurraheem*, H. Maissin*, S. Lehmkuhl* ...

Source: ORCID
Added: December 29, 2022

2023 journal article

Inside Cover: Parahydrogen‐Induced Carbon‐13 Radiofrequency Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 5/2023)

Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

By: C. Nelson n, A. Schmidt*, I. Adelabu*, S. Nantogma*, V. Kiselev*, A. Abdurraheem*, H. Maissin*, S. Lehmkuhl* ...

Source: ORCID
Added: December 29, 2022

2023 journal article

Parahydrogen‐Induced Carbon‐13 Radiofrequency Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

Angewandte Chemie.

By: C. Nelson n, A. Schmidt*, I. Adelabu*, S. Nantogma*, V. Kiselev*, A. Abdurraheem*, H. Maissin*, S. Lehmkuhl* ...

Source: ORCID
Added: December 20, 2022

2023 journal article

SABRE Hyperpolarization with up to 200 bar Parahydrogen in Standard and Quickly Removable Solvents

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 24(3).

By: A. Duchowny*, J. Denninger*, L. Lohmann*, T. Theis, S. Lehmkuhl & A. Adams*

author keywords: high-pressure; benchtop NMR; SABRE; hyperpolarization; removable solvent
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: January 31, 2023

2022 article

Catalyst-Free Aqueous Hyperpolarized [1-13C]Pyruvate Obtained by Re-Dissolution Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange

Schmidt, A. B., Maissin, H., Adelabu, I., Nantogma, S., Ettedgui, J., TomHon, P., … Chekmenev, E. Y. (2022, November 15). ACS SENSORS, Vol. 11.

By: A. Schmidt*, H. Maissin*, I. Adelabu*, S. Nantogma*, J. Ettedgui*, P. TomHon, B. Goodson*, T. Theis, E. Chekmenev*

author keywords: Biosensors; magnetic resonance imaging; hyperpolarization; imaging agents; NMR spectroscopy; Parahydrogen; Pyruvate; SABRE
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: November 16, 2022

2022 article

Instrumentation for Hydrogenative Parahydrogen-Based Hyperpolarization Techniques

Schmidt, A. B., Bowers, C. R., Buckenmaier, K., Chekmenev, E. Y., Maissin, H., Eills, J., … Hoevener, J.-B. (2022, January 1). ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, Vol. 1.

By: A. Schmidt*, C. Bowers*, K. Buckenmaier*, E. Chekmenev*, H. Maissin*, J. Eills*, F. Ellermann*, S. Gloeggler ...

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: January 18, 2022

2022 article

Interplay of Near-Zero-Field Dephasing, Rephasing, and Relaxation Dynamics and [1-C-13]Pyruvate Polarization Transfer Efficiency in Pulsed SABRE-SHEATH

Nantogma, S., Eriksson, S. L., Adelabu, I., Mandzhieva, I., Browning, A., TomHon, P., … Chekmenev, E. Y. (2022, November 28). JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A, Vol. 11.

By: S. Nantogma*, S. Eriksson, I. Adelabu*, I. Mandzhieva, A. Browning, P. TomHon, W. Warren, T. Theis, B. Goodson*, E. Chekmenev*

Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: November 29, 2022

2022 article

Parahydrogen-Induced Carbon-13 Radiofrequency Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

Nelson, C., Schmidt, A. B., Adelabu, I., Nantogma, S., Kiselev, V. G., Abdurraheem, A., … Chekmenev, E. Y. (2022, December 19). ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, Vol. 12.

By: C. Nelson, A. Schmidt*, I. Adelabu*, S. Nantogma*, V. Kiselev*, A. Abdurraheem*, H. Maissin*, S. Lehmkuhl ...

author keywords: Carbon-13; Hyperpolarization; NMR Spectroscopy; Parahydrogen; RASER
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: December 20, 2022

2022 article

Proton-Only Sensing of Hyperpolarized [1,2-C-13(2)]Pyruvate

Mandzhieva, I., Adelabu, I., Chekmenev, E. Y., & Theis, T. (2022, November 22). ACS SENSORS, Vol. 11.

By: I. Mandzhieva, I. Adelabu*, E. Chekmenev* & T. Theis

author keywords: Parahydrogen; hyperpolarization; pyruvate; SABRE; proton sensing; molecular imaging
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: November 23, 2022

2022 journal article

RASER MRI: Magnetic resonance images formed spontaneously exploiting cooperative nonlinear interaction

SCIENCE ADVANCES, 8(28).

By: S. Lehmkuhl, S. Fleischer*, L. Lohmann*, M. Rosen*, E. Chekmenev*, A. Ada*, T. Theis, S. Appelt*

Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: July 14, 2022

2022 article

Rapid C-13 Hyperpolarization of the TCA Cycle Intermediate alpha-Ketoglutarate via SABRE-SHEATH

Adelabu, I., Ettedgui, J., Joshi, S. M., Nantogma, S., Chowdhury, M. R. H., McBride, S., … Chekmenev, E. Y. (2022, September 22). ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, Vol. 9.

By: I. Adelabu*, J. Ettedgui*, S. Joshi*, S. Nantogma*, M. Chowdhury*, S. McBride, T. Theis, V. Sabbasani* ...

Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: September 23, 2022

2022 article

Triplet Photosensitized para-Hydrogen Induced Polarization

Brown, E. E., Mandzhieva, I., TomHon, P. M., Theis, T., & Castellano, F. N. (2022, November 14). ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE, Vol. 11.

By: E. Brown, I. Mandzhieva, P. TomHon, T. Theis & F. Castellano

Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: November 15, 2022

2021 article

A Versatile Compact Parahydrogen Membrane Reactor

TomHon, P. M., Han, S., Lehmkuhl, S., Appelt, S., Chekmenev, E. Y., Abolhasani, M., & Theis, T. (2021, October 26). CHEMPHYSCHEM, Vol. 10.

author keywords: hyperpolarization; parahydrogen; NMR; fluidics; RASER
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: November 8, 2021

2021 article

Background-Free Proton NMR Spectroscopy with Radiofrequency Amplification by Stimulated Emission Radiation

Joalland, B., Theis, T., Appelt, S., & Chekmenev, E. Y. (2021, October 1). ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, Vol. 10.

author keywords: hyperpolarization; NMR spectroscopy; parahydrogen; RASER
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: October 2, 2021

2021 journal article

Background‐Free Proton NMR Spectroscopy with Radiofrequency Amplification by Stimulated Emission Radiation

Angewandte Chemie, 9.

Source: ORCID
Added: October 2, 2021

2021 article

Density Functional Theory Study of Reaction Equilibria in Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange

Lin, K., TomHon, P., Lehmkuhl, S., Laasner, R., Theis, T., & Blum, V. (2021, September 22). CHEMPHYSCHEM, Vol. 9.

author keywords: computational chemistry; density functional calculations; hyperpolarization; NMR spectroscopy; reaction mechanisms; parahydrogen
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: September 23, 2021

2021 article

Density Functional Theory Study of Reaction Equilibria in Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange

Lin, K., TomHon, P., Lehmkuhl, S., Laasner, R., Theis, T., & Blum, V. (2021, October 5). CHEMPHYSCHEM, Vol. 22, pp. 1937–1938.

author keywords: computational chemistry; density functional calculations; hyperpolarization; NMR spectroscopy; reaction mechanisms; parahydrogen
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: October 10, 2021

2021 journal article

Front Cover: Density Functional Theory Study of Reaction Equilibria in Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange (ChemPhysChem 19/2021)

ChemPhysChem.

Source: ORCID
Added: October 10, 2021

2021 article

Hyperpolarization of common antifungal agents with SABRE

MacCulloch, K., Tomhon, P., Browning, A., Akeroyd, E., Lehmkuhl, S., Chekmenev, E. Y., & Theis, T. (2021, June 20). MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY, Vol. 59.

By: K. MacCulloch, P. Tomhon, A. Browning, E. Akeroyd n, S. Lehmkuhl n, E. Chekmenev*, T. Theis

author keywords: N-15; H-1; antifungals; clotrimazole and fluconazole; contrast agents; hyperpolarization; NMR; parahydrogen; SABRE; voriconazole
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: June 21, 2021

2021 journal article

Innentitelbild: Background‐Free Proton NMR Spectroscopy with Radiofrequency Amplification by Stimulated Emission Radiation (Angew. Chem. 50/2021)

Angewandte Chemie, 11.

Source: ORCID
Added: November 3, 2021

2021 journal article

Inside Cover: Background‐Free Proton NMR Spectroscopy with Radiofrequency Amplification by Stimulated Emission Radiation (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50/2021)

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 11.

Source: ORCID
Added: November 3, 2021

2021 journal article

Intensified continuous extraction of switchable hydrophilicity solvents triggered by carbon dioxide

GREEN CHEMISTRY, 23(8), 2900–2906.

Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: April 1, 2021

2021 journal article

Micron-Scale NV-NMR Spectroscopy with Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange

PRX Quantum, 2(1), 010305.

By: N. Arunkumar*, D. Bucher*, M. Turner*, P. TomHon, D. Glenn*, S. Lehmkuhl n, M. Lukin*, H. Park* ...

Sources: ORCID, Crossref, Web Of Science
Added: January 13, 2021

2021 article

Order-Unity C-13 Nuclear Polarization of [1-C-13]Pyruvate in Seconds and the Interplay of Water and SABRE Enhancement

Adelabu, I., TomHon, P., Kabir, M. S. H., Nantogma, S., Abdulmojeed, M., Mandzhieva, I., … Chekmenev, E. Y. (2021, December 9). CHEMPHYSCHEM, Vol. 23.

By: I. Adelabu*, P. TomHon, M. Kabir*, S. Nantogma*, M. Abdulmojeed, I. Mandzhieva, J. Ettedgui*, R. Swenson* ...

author keywords: hyperpolarization; NMR spectroscopy; parahydrogen; C-13; pyruvate
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: December 10, 2021

2021 journal article

SABRE and PHIP pumped RASER and the route to chaos

Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 322, 106815.

author keywords: RASER; Hyperpolarization; NMR spectroscopy; MRI; Parahydrogen; PHIP; PASADENA; ALTADENA; SABRE; Synergetics; Slaving principle; Non-linear coupled oscillators; Mode collapse; Period doubling; Chaos; Intermittence
Sources: ORCID, Crossref, Web Of Science
Added: January 12, 2021

2021 article

Temperature Cycling Enables Efficient C-13 SABRE-SHEATH Hyperpolarization and Imaging of [1-C-13]-Pyruvate

TomHon, P., Abdulmojeed, M., Adelabu, I., Nantogma, S., Kabir, M. S. H., Lehmkuhl, S., … Theis, T. (2021, December 23). JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 12.

Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science
Added: December 24, 2021

2020 journal article

Application of 15N2-Diazirines as a Versatile Platform for Hyperpolarization of Biological Molecules by d-DNP

Bioconjugate Chemistry, 31(3), 537–541.

Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 12, 2021

2020 journal article

Automated pneumatic shuttle for magnetic field cycling and parahydrogen hyperpolarized multidimensional NMR

Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 312, 106700.

By: P. TomHon, E. Akeroyd n, S. Lehmkuhl n, E. Chekmenev* & T. Theis

author keywords: Parahydrogen; SABRE; Magnetic field cycling; Pneumatic shuttling; Singlet states; Hyperpolarization
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: March 23, 2020

2020 article

Micron-scale SABRE-enhanced NV-NMR Spectroscopy

Theis, T. (2020, June 6).

By: T. Theis

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2020 journal article

Parahydrogen‐Induced Hyperpolarization of Gases

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59(41), 17788–17797.

author keywords: hyperpolarization; MRI; NMR; parahydrogen; spectroscopy
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 31, 2020

2020 journal article

Parahydrogen‐Induced Radio Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59(22), 8654–8660.

author keywords: hyperpolarization; NMR spectroscopy; parahydrogen; PHIP; RASER
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: June 1, 2020

2020 journal article

Parahydrogen‐Induced Radio Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

Angewandte Chemie, 132(22), 8732–8738.

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2020 journal article

Parawasserstoff‐induzierte Hyperpolarisation von Gasen

Angewandte Chemie, 132(41), 17940–17949.

Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 12, 2021

2020 journal article

Rational ligand choice extends the SABRE substrate scope

Chemical Communications, 56(65), 9336–9339.

By: J. Colell*, A. Logan*, Z. Zhou*, J. Lindale*, R. Laasner*, R. Shchepin*, E. Chekmenev*, V. Blum* ...

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 31, 2020

2020 journal article

SABRE polarized low field rare-spin spectroscopy

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 152(18), 184202.

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: June 15, 2020

2019 journal article

Hyperpolarizing Concentrated Metronidazole 15 NO 2 Group over Six Chemical Bonds with More than 15 % Polarization and a 20 Minute Lifetime

Chemistry – A European Journal, 25(37), 8829–8836.

author keywords: hyperpolarization; isotopic labeling; nitrogen heterocycles; NMR spectroscopy; SABRE; spin relays
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 12, 2019

2019 journal article

Iodonitrene in Action: Direct Transformation of Amino Acids into Terminal Diazirines and15N2-Diazirines and Their Application as Hyperpolarized Markers

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(34), 13689–13696.

By: T. Glachet*, H. Marzag*, N. Saraiva Rosa*, J. Colell*, G. Zhang*, W. Warren*, X. Franck*, T. Theis, V. Reboul*

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: September 23, 2019

2019 chapter

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Techniques: Hyperpolarization for Sensitivity Enhancement

In P. Worsfold, A. Townshend, C. Poole, & M. Miró (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Analytical Science (3rd ed., pp. 168–181).

Ed(s): P. Worsfold, A. Townshend, C. Poole & M. Miró

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: January 21, 2021

2019 journal article

Quasi-Resonance Fluorine-19 Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 10(15), 4229–4236.

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: October 7, 2019

2019 journal article

Selective hyperpolarization of heteronuclear singlet states via pulsed microtesla SABRE

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 151(4), 044201.

By: C. Tanner*, J. Lindale*, S. Eriksson*, Z. Zhou*, J. Colell*, T. Theis, W. Warren*

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: August 19, 2019

2019 journal article

Terminal Diazirines Enable Reverse Polarization Transfer from 15 N 2 Singlets

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58(32), 11118–11124.

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: September 3, 2019

2019 journal article

Terminal Diazirines Enable Reverse Polarization Transfer from 15 N 2 Singlets

Angewandte Chemie, 131(32), 11235–11241.

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2019 journal article

Unveiling coherently driven hyperpolarization dynamics in signal amplification by reversible exchange

Nature Communications, 10(1).

Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 12, 2021

2018 journal article

15N4-1,2,4,5-tetrazines as potential molecular tags: Integrating bioorthogonal chemistry with hyperpolarization and unearthing para-N2

Science Advances, 4(3), eaar2978.

By: J. Bae*, Z. Zhou*, T. Theis, W. Warren* & Q. Wang*

Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 12, 2021

2018 journal article

Parahydrogen-Based Hyperpolarization for Biomedicine

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 57(35), 11140–11162.

By: J. Hövener*, A. Pravdivtsev*, B. Kidd*, C. Bowers*, S. Glöggler*, K. Kovtunov*, M. Plaumann*, R. Katz-Brull* ...

author keywords: hyperpolarization; magnetic resonance imaging; NMR spectroscopy; parahydrogen
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 12, 2021

2018 journal article

Parawasserstoff-basierte Hyperpolarisierung für die Biomedizin

Angewandte Chemie, 130(35), 11310–11333.

By: J. Hövener*, A. Pravdivtsev*, B. Kidd*, C. Bowers*, S. Glöggler*, K. Kovtunov*, M. Plaumann*, R. Katz-Brull* ...

Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: February 6, 2021

2018 journal article

Quasi-Resonance Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 9(20), 6136–6142.

Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: November 19, 2018

2017 journal article

Cover Picture: Diazirines as Potential Molecular Imaging Tags: Probing the Requirements for Efficient and Long-Lived SABRE-Induced Hyperpolarization (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 40/2017)

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56(40), 12015–12015.

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2017 journal article

Diazirines as Potential Molecular Imaging Tags: Probing the Requirements for Efficient and Long-Lived SABRE-Induced Hyperpolarization

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56(40), 12112–12116.

author keywords: diazirine; hyperpolarization; imaging agents; iridium; structure-activity relationships
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 12, 2021

2017 journal article

Diazirines as Potential Molecular Imaging Tags: Probing the Requirements for Efficient and Long‐Lived SABRE‐Induced Hyperpolarization

Angewandte Chemie, 129(40), 12280–12284.

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2017 journal article

Direct Hyperpolarization of Nitrogen-15 in Aqueous Media with Parahydrogen in Reversible Exchange

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139(23), 7761–7767.

By: J. Colell*, M. Emondts*, A. Logan*, K. Shen*, J. Bae*, R. Shchepin*, G. Ortiz*, P. Spannring* ...

Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 12, 2021

2017 journal article

Generalizing, Extending, and Maximizing Nitrogen-15 Hyperpolarization Induced by Parahydrogen in Reversible Exchange

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121(12), 6626–6634.

By: J. Colell*, A. Logan*, Z. Zhou*, R. Shchepin*, D. Barskiy*, G. Ortiz*, Q. Wang*, S. Malcolmson* ...

Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 12, 2021

2017 journal article

Invited Review Article: Instrumentation for nuclear magnetic resonance in zero and ultralow magnetic field

Review of Scientific Instruments, 88(9), 091101.

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Added: January 12, 2021

2017 journal article

Long-Lived 13C2 Nuclear Spin States Hyperpolarized by Parahydrogen in Reversible Exchange at Microtesla Fields

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 8(13), 3008–3014.

By: Z. Zhou*, J. Yu*, J. Colell*, R. Laasner*, A. Logan*, D. Barskiy*, R. Shchepin*, E. Chekmenev* ...

Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 12, 2021

2017 journal article

Spin Relays Enable Efficient Long-Range Heteronuclear Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121(51), 28425–28434.

By: R. Shchepin*, L. Jaigirdar*, T. Theis, W. Warren*, B. Goodson* & E. Chekmenev*

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2017 journal article

The Absence of Quadrupolar Nuclei Facilitates Efficient13C Hyperpolarization via Reversible Exchange with Parahydrogen

ChemPhysChem, 18(12), 1493–1498.

author keywords: carbon-13; hyperpolarization; NMR; parahydrogen; spectroscopy
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 12, 2021

2017 journal article

Titelbild: Diazirines as Potential Molecular Imaging Tags: Probing the Requirements for Efficient and Long-Lived SABRE-Induced Hyperpolarization (Angew. Chem. 40/2017)

Angewandte Chemie, 129(40), 12179–12179.

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2017 journal article

Toward Hyperpolarized 19F Molecular Imaging via Reversible Exchange with Parahydrogen

ChemPhysChem, 18(15), 1961–1965.

author keywords: fluorine-19; hyperpolarization; molecular imaging; MRI; parahydrogen
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 12, 2021

2016 journal article

15N Hyperpolarization of Imidazole-15N2 for Magnetic Resonance pH Sensing via SABRE-SHEATH

ACS Sensors, 1(6), 640–644.

author keywords: NMR; hyperpolarization; parahydrogen; imidazole; pH sensing; N-15; chemical shift
Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2016 journal article

Accessing long lived 1H states via 2H couplings

Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 263, 108–115.

By: Z. Zhou*, K. Claytor*, W. Warren* & T. Theis

author keywords: Solution NMR; Long lived states; Ethylene; Deuterium
Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2016 journal article

Direct and cost-efficient hyperpolarization of long-lived nuclear spin states on universal 15N2-diazirine molecular tags

Science Advances, 2(3), e1501438–e1501438.

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2016 journal article

Hyperpolarization of Nitrogen-15 Schiff Bases by Reversible Exchange Catalysis with para-Hydrogen

Chemistry - A European Journal, 22(31), 10777–10781.

author keywords: amino acids; homogeneous catalysis; imaging agents; iridium; NMR spectroscopy
Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2016 journal article

Over 20%15N Hyperpolarization in Under One Minute for Metronidazole, an Antibiotic and Hypoxia Probe

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(26), 8080–8083.

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2015 journal article

15N Hyperpolarization by Reversible Exchange Using SABRE-SHEATH

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119(16), 8786–8797.

By: M. Truong*, T. Theis, A. Coffey*, R. Shchepin*, K. Waddell*, F. Shi*, B. Goodson*, W. Warren*, E. Chekmenev

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2015 journal article

Hyperpolarization of “Neat” Liquids by NMR Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6(10), 1961–1967.

By: R. Shchepin, M. Truong, T. Theis, A. Coffey, F. Shi*, K. Waddell, W. Warren*, B. Goodson*, E. Chekmenev

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2015 journal article

Microtesla SABRE Enables 10% Nitrogen-15 Nuclear Spin Polarization

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(4), 1404–1407.

By: T. Theis, M. Truong*, A. Coffey*, R. Shchepin*, K. Waddell*, F. Shi*, B. Goodson*, W. Warren*, E. Chekmenev*

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2014 journal article

Accessing Long-Lived Disconnected Spin-1/2 Eigenstates through Spins > 1/2

Accessing Long-Lived Disconnected Spin-1/2 Eigenstates through Spins > 1/2. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(43), 15118–15121.

By: K. Claytor*, T. Theis, Y. Feng*, J. Yu*, D. Gooden* & W. Warren*

Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 12, 2021

2014 journal article

Analysis of parahydrogen polarized spin system in low magnetic fields

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 16(29), 15411–15421.

Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 12, 2021

2014 journal article

Composite and shaped pulses for efficient and robust pumping of disconnected eigenstates in magnetic resonance

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 140(1), 014201.

By: T. Theis, Y. Feng*, T. Wu* & W. Warren*

Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 12, 2021

2014 journal article

LIGHT-SABRE enables efficient in-magnet catalytic hyperpolarization

Journal of Magnetic Resonance. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090780714002420

By: T. Theis

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2014 journal article

LIGHT-SABRE enables efficient in-magnet catalytic hyperpolarization

Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 248, 23–26.

By: T. Theis, M. Truong*, A. Coffey*, E. Chekmenev* & W. Warren*

author keywords: NMR and MRI; Parahydrogen; Hyperpolarization; NMR spectroscopy; Magnetic properties
Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2014 journal article

Long-Lived Heteronuclear Spin-Singlet States in Liquids at a Zero Magnetic field

Phys. Rev. Lett.

By: M. Emondts*, M. Ledbetter*, S. Pustelny*, T. Theis, B. Patton*, J. Blanchard*, M. Butler*, D. Budker*, A. Pines*

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2014 journal article

Long-lived polarization protected by symmetry

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 141(13), 134307.

By: Y. Feng*, T. Theis, T. Wu*, K. Claytor* & W. Warren*

Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 12, 2021

2014 journal article

Measuring long-lived 13C2 state lifetimes at natural abundance

Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 239, 81–86.

By: K. Claytor*, T. Theis, Y. Feng* & W. Warren*

author keywords: Hyperpolarization; Singlet state; Long lived state
Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2013 journal article

Chemical analysis using J-coupling multiplets in zero-field NMR

Chemical Physics Letters, 580, 160–165.

By: T. Theis, J. Blanchard*, M. Butler*, M. Ledbetter*, D. Budker* & A. Pines*

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2013 journal article

Fundamental Aspects of Parahydrogen Enhanced Low-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Phys. Rev. Lett.

By: J. Colell*, P. Türschmann, S. Glöggler*, P. Schleker, T. Theis, M. Ledbetter, D. Budker, A. Pines, B. Blümich, S. Appelt

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2013 journal article

High-Resolution Zero-Field NMR J -Spectroscopy of Aromatic Compounds

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135(9), 3607–3612.

By: J. Blanchard*, M. Ledbetter*, T. Theis, M. Butler*, D. Budker* & A. Pines*

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2013 journal article

Multiplets at zero magnetic field: The geometry of zero-field NMR

J. Chem. Phys., 138(18), 184202.

By: M. Butler*, M. Ledbetter, T. Theis, J. Blanchard, D. Budker & A. Pines

Source: ORCID
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2013 journal article

Parahydrogen-induced polarization at zero magnetic field

J. Chem. Phys., 138(23), 234201.

By: M. Butler*, G. Kervern, T. Theis, M. Ledbetter, P. Ganssle, J. Blanchard, D. Budker, A. Pines

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2013 journal article

Storage of Hydrogen Spin Polarization in Long-Lived 13 C 2 Singlet Order and Implications for Hyperpolarized Magnetic Resonance Imaging

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135(26), 9632–9635.

By: Y. Feng*, T. Theis, X. Liang*, Q. Wang*, P. Zhou* & W. Warren*

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2012 journal article

Vibrationally resolved transition state spectroscopy of the F + H2 and F + CH4 reactions

Faraday Discuss., 157, 399.

By: T. Yacovitch*, E. Garand*, J. Kim*, C. Hock*, T. Theis & D. Neumark*

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2012 journal article

Zero-Field NMR Enhanced by Parahydrogen in Reversible Exchange

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134(9), 3987–3990.

By: T. Theis, M. Ledbetter*, G. Kervern*, J. Blanchard*, P. Ganssle*, M. Butler*, H. Shin*, D. Budker*, A. Pines*

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2011 journal article

Near-Zero-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Phys. Rev. Lett.

By: M. Ledbetter*, T. Theis, J. Blanchard*, H. Ring*, P. Ganssle*, S. Appelt*, B. Blümich*, A. Pines*, D. Budker*

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2011 journal article

Near-zero field magnetic resonance

Physical Review Letters.

By: T. Theis

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2011 journal article

Parahydrogen-enhanced zero-field nuclear magnetic resonance

Nat Phys, 7(7), 571–575.

By: T. Theis, P. Ganssle*, G. Kervern*, S. Knappe*, J. Kitching*, M. Ledbetter*, D. Budker*, A. Pines*

Source: ORCID
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2008 journal article

PLP Labeling in ESR Spectroscopic Analysis of Secondary and Tertiary Acrylate Propagating Radicals

Macromolecules, 41(2), 288–291.

By: M. Buback*, P. Hesse*, T. Junkers*, T. Sergeeva* & T. Theis

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

2007 journal article

Chain-Length-Dependent Termination in Acrylate Radical Polymerization Studied via Pulsed-Laser-Initiated RAFT Polymerization

Aust. J. Chem., 60(10), 779.

By: M. Buback*, P. Hesse*, T. Junkers*, T. Theis & P. Vana*

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

article

15N Hyperpolarization of Imidazole-15N2 for Magnetic Resonance pH Sensing via SABRE-SHEATH

Search, C. M.

By: C. Search

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

article

Direct Hyperpolarization of Nitrogen-15 in Aqueous Media with Parahydrogen in Reversible Exchange

Search, C. M.

By: C. Search

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

article

Generalizing, Extending, and Maximizing Nitrogen-15 Hyperpolarization Induced by Parahydrogen in Reversible Exchange

Search, C. M.

By: C. Search

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

article

Generalizing, Extending, and Maximizing Nitrogen-15 Hyperpolarization Induced by Parahydrogen in Reversible Exchange

Search, C. M.

By: C. Search

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

article

Long-Lived 13C2 Nuclear Spin States Hyperpolarized by Parahydrogen in Reversible Exchange at Microtesla Fields

Search, C. M.

By: C. Search

Source: ORCID
Added: January 12, 2021

Employment

2020 - present

North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Assistant Professor Physics

2019 - present

University of North Carolina NC, NC, US
Adjunct Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering

2018 - present

North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Assistant Professor Chemistry

2016 - 2018

Duke University Durham, NC, US
Assistant Professor Chemistry

2012 - 2015

Duke University Durham, NC, US
post-doc Chemistry

2013 - 2013

RWTH Aachen Fakultät für Mathematik Informatik und Naturwissenschaften Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE
visiting professor Chemistry

Education

2007 - 2012

University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA, US
PhD Chemistry

2004 - 2006

Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen Gottingen, Niedersachsen, DE
Diplom Chemistry

Funding History

Funding history based on the linked ORCID record.

grant October 1, 2019 - September 1, 2022
Affordable Molecular Imaging with Long-Lived Hyperpolarized Spin States to Understand, Diagnose and Treat Metabolic Disease
Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation
grant September 1, 2019 - July 1, 2021
Democratization and Disruption of Biomedical Molecular Imaging with Simple Hyperpolarized Biotracers
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
grant January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2020
Molecular imaging with a hyperpolarized Vitamin Shot
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
grant August 15, 2017 - July 31, 2020
Improving Understanding, Utility and Generality of Hyperpolarized, Long-lived Spin States in Magnetic Resonance
Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences