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Arnaud Comment
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MISSION
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Swiss DNP Initiative
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Education
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Ph.D., Physics, C. P. Slichter and J-Ph. Ansermet, Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2003
Physics Diploma, Experimental Physics, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1999
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Professional course
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Research Scientist (1st assistant), Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2008-2011
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Nanostructure Physics, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2005-2008
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory, CNRS/Max Planck Institute, Grenoble, France, 2004-2005
Research assistant (DOE grant), Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, 1999-2003
Associate Research Scientist, Institute of Experimental Physics, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1999
Associate Research Scientist, Institute of Microengineering, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1997
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MAIN PUBLICATIONS
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BDPA: An Efficient Polarizing Agent for Fast Dissolution Dynamic Nuclear Polarization NMR Spectroscopy, L. Lumata, S. J. Ratnakar, A. Jindal, M. Merritt, A. Comment, C. Malloy, A. D. Sherry, Z. Kovacs, Chemistry - A European Journal 17, 10825 (2011)
Analysis of Cancer Metabolism by Imaging Hyperpolarized Nuclei: Prospects for Translation to Clinical Research, J. Kurhanewicz, D. Vigneron, K. M. Brindle, E. Chekmenev, A. Comment, C. Cunningham, R. DeBerardinis, G. Green, M. O. Leach, S. Rajan, R. Rizi, B. Ross, W. S. Warren, C. R. Malloy, Neoplasia 13, 81 (2011)
Te and Br NMR study of the tetrahedral quantum spin system Cu2Te2O5Br2 in the non-magnetic phase, A. Comment, H. Mayaffre, V. Mitrović, M. Horvatić, C. Berthier, B. Grenier, P. Millet, Phys. Rev. B 82, 214416 (2010)
Producing Hyperpolarized Gases via Dynamic Nuclear Polarization and Sublimation, A. Comment, S. Jannin, J.-N. Hyacinthe, P. Miéville, R. Sarkar, P. Ahuja, P. R. Vasos, X. Montet, F. Lazeyras, J.-P. Vallée, J. A. Konter, P. Hautle, B. van den Brandt, J.-Ph. Ansermet, R. Gruetter, G. Bodenhausen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 018104 (2010)
Scavenging Free Radicals to Preserve Enhancement and Extend Relaxation Times in NMR using Dynamic Nuclear Polarization, P. Miéville, P. Ahuja, R. Sarkar, S. Jannin, P. R. Vasos, S. Gerber-Lemaire, M. Mishkovsky, A. Comment, R. Gruetter, O. Ouari, P. Tordo, G. Bodenhausen, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 49, 6182 (2010)
Phase transition in the localized ferromagnet EuO probed by µSR, S. J. Blundell, T. Lancaster, F. L. Pratt, P. J. Baker, W. Hayes, J.-P. Ansermet, A. Comment, Phys. Rev. B 81, 092407 (2010)
Feasibility of in vivo 15N MRS detection of hyperpolarized 15N labeled Choline in the rat, C. Cudalbu, A. Comment, F. Kurdzesau, R. B. van Heeswijk, K. Uffmann, S. Jannin, V. Denisov, D. Kirik, and R. Gruetter, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12, 5818 (2010)
Proton NMR of 15N-Choline Metabolites Enhanced by Dynamic Nuclear Polarization, R. Sarkar, A. Comment, P. R. Vasos, S. Jannin, R. Gruetter, G. Bodenhausen, H. Hall, D. Kirik, V. P. Denisov, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 16014 (2009)
Long-lived states to sustain hyperpolarized magnetization, P. R. Vasos, A. Comment, R. Sarkar, P. Ahuja, S. Jannin, J.-P. Ansermet, J. A. Konter, P. Hautle, B. van den Brandt, and G. Bodenhausen, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106, 18469 (2009)
Hyperpolarized Lithium-6 as a Sensor of Nanomolar Contrast Agents, R.B. van Heeswijk, K. Uffmann, A. Comment, F. Kurdzesau, C. Perazzolo, C. Cudalbu, S. Jannin, J.A. Konter, P. Hautle, B. van den Brandt, G. Navon, J.J. van der Klink, R. Gruetter, Magn. Reson. Med. 61, 1489 (2009)
Producing over 100ml of highly concentrated hyperpolarized solution by means of dissolution DNP, A. Comment, J. Rentsch, F. Kurdzesau, S. Jannin, K. Uffmann, R.B. van Heeswijk, P. Hautle, J.A. Konter, B. van den Brandt, R. Gruetter, J.J. van der Klink, J. Magn. Reson. 194, 152 (2008)
Principles of operation of a DNP hyperpolariser coupled to a rodent MRI scanner, A. Comment, B. van den Brandt, J. A. Konter, P. Hautle, F. Kurdzesau, S. Jannin, K. Uffmann, W. Th. Wenckebach, R. Gruetter, J. J. van der Klink, Applied Magn. Reson. 34, 313 (2008)
A 140 GHz prepolarizer for dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization, S. Jannin, A. Comment, F. Kurdzesau, J.A. Konter, P. Hautle, B. van den Brandt, J.J. van der Klink, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 241102 (2008)
Dynamic nuclear polarization of small labelled molecules in frozen water–alcohol solutions, F. Kurdzesau, B. van den Brandt, A. Comment, P. Hautle, S. Jannin, J.J. van der Klink, J.A. Konter, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41, 155506 (2008)
Design and performance of a DNP hyperpolariser coupled to a rodent MRI scanner, A. Comment, B. van den Brandt, J. A. Konter, P. Hautle, F. Kurdzesau, S. Jannin, K. Uffmann, W. Th. Wenckebach, R. Gruetter, J. J. van der Klink, Concepts Magn. Reson. 31B, 255 (2007)
High-Field NMR Insights into Quantum Spin Systems, M. Horvatić, C. Berthier, F. Tedoldi, A. Comment, M. Sofin, M. Jansen, R. Stern, Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement 159, 106 (2005)
Add-on extends the capability of a conventional NMR spectrometer, A. Comment, J.-Ph. Ansermet, Journal of Magnetic Resonance 175, 271 (2005)
Magnetic properties of pure and Gd-doped EuO probed by NMR, A. Comment, J.-Ph. Ansermet, C. P. Slichter, H. Rho, C. S. Snow and S. L. Cooper, Phys. Rev. B 72, 014428 (2005)
The evolution of magnetic polarons in Eu1-xGdxO: A light scattering study, H. Rho, C.S. Snow, S.L. Cooper, Z. Fisk, A. Comment, J.-Ph. Ansermet, Physica B 312-313, 775 (2002)
Evolution of Magnetic Polarons and Spin-Carrier Interactions through the Metal-Insulator Transition in Eu1-xGdxO, H. Rho, C.S. Snow, S.L. Cooper, Z. Fisk, A. Comment, J.-Ph. Ansermet, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 127401 (2002)
Raman scattering study of temperature-and field-dependent magnetic polaron formation in (Eu,Gd)O, H. Rho, C.S. Snow, S.L. Cooper, Z. Fisk, A. Comment, J.-Ph. Ansermet, International Journal of Modern Physics B 16, 3364 (2002)
Magnetoresistance properties of granular nanowires composed of carbon nanoparticles embedded in a Co matrix, J.-E. Wegrowe, A. Sallin, A. Fábián, A. Comment, J.-M. Bonard, J.-Ph. Ansermet, Phys. Rev. B 65, 012407 (2002)
Magnetic polarons and the metal-semiconductor transitions in (Eu,La)B6 and EuO: Raman scattering studies, C.S. Snow, S.L. Cooper, D.P. Young, Z. Fisk, A. Comment, J.-Ph. Ansermet, Phys. Rev. B 64, 174412 (2001)
Spin-dependent scattering of a domain wall of controlled size, J.-E. Wegrowe, A. Comment, Y. Jaccard, J.-Ph. Ansermet, N. M. Dempsey, J.-P. Nozières, Phys. Rev. B 61, 12216 (2000)
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SNSF-funded Professor