Paul Lewi

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Paul J. Lewi (b. Westmalle, 4 January 1938) is a Belgian scientist. His parents, Leo Lewi and Mariette Devocht, were professional artists and teachers. He is married with Philomena Van Bylen, and together they have 5 children.

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[edit] Education

He graduated as Industrial Engineer in Nuclear Chemistry, Mol, in 1960 and as a Candidate in Mathematical Sciences at the Catholic University of Leuven in 1962. He obtained a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 1995.

[edit] Career

He started working at Janssen Pharmaceutica in 1962, first as mathematical analyst in Cardiovascular Research[1], then he became the head of Applied Mathematics in 1967, and head of the Scientific Computer department in 1969. He became head of the Information Science department (1973) and finally vice-president of the Center for Molecular Design (CMD) in 1995, which he founded together with Paul Janssen. During his career he elaborated Spectral Map Analysis[2][3][4][5][6]in 1975 and was one of the cofounders of chemometrics in 1983.

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  1. ^ Lewi P, Schaper W., Standing waves inside the heart, Nature. 1966 Aug 27;211(52):985-6
  2. ^ Lewi P.J., Spectral mapping, a technique for classifying biological activity profiles of chemical compounds. Arzneim. Forsch. (Drug Res.) 26, 1295-1300, 1976
  3. ^ Lewi PJ, Mullie A, Quets A., Relevance and significance of pre-CPR conditions in cardio-pulmonary-cerebral resuscitation. A graphic analysis by means of Spectramap. The Cerebral Resuscitation Study Group, Resuscitation. 1989;17 Suppl:S35-44; discussion S199-206
  4. ^ Lewi PJ. ,The use of multivariate statistics in industrial pharmacology, Pharmacol Ther [B]. 1978;3(4):481-537. Review
  5. ^ Lewi PJ., Multidimensional analysis of pharmacological data, Rev Pure Appl Pharmacol Sci. 1981 Jul-Sep;2(3):229-90
  6. ^ Lewi P.J., Spectral mapping, a personal and historical account of an adventure in multivariate data analysis. Chemometr. Intell. Lab. Syst., 77, 215-223, 2005

[edit] Source

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  • D.L. Massart, B. Vandeginste, L. Buydens, S. De Jong, P. Lewi and J. Smeyers-Verbeke, Handbook of Chemometrics and Qualimetrics. Vol 20 A, (1997), Elsevier
  • B. Vandeginste, D.L. Massart, L. Buydens, S. De Jong, P. Lewi and J. Smeyers-Verbeke, Handbook of Chemometrics and Qualimetrics. Vol 20 B, (1998), Elsevier

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