Biosensor Technology

About the editors ...

RICHARD P. Buck is a Professor in the Chemistry Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Professor Buck serves on the editorial boards of several journals including Analytical Instrumentation: Applications and Designs for Chemical, Biomedical, and Environmental Science (Marcel Dekker, Inc.). He is a member of the American Chemical Society, Electrochemical Society, and International Society of Electrochemistry. He received the B.S. (1950) and M.S. (1951) degrees from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, and Ph.D. degree (1954) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.

W1WAM E. HATFIELD is Mary Ann Smith Professor and Vice Chairman of Chemistry, and Acting Chairman of the Curriculum in Applied Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the author or coauthor of over 300 publications, and coeditor, with John H. Miller, Jr., of High-Temperature Superconducting Materials: Preparations, Properties, and Processing (Marcel Dekker, Inc.). He is a member of the American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Materials Research Society. He received the B.S. (1958) and M.S. (1959) degrees from Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, Ph.D. degree (1962) from the University of Arizona, Tucson, and completed postdoctoral research at the University of Illinois, Urbana.

M1KTHA UMANA is an independent consultant to Glaxo Inc. and Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, and Duke University Engineering Research Center, Durham, North Carolina. The coauthor of numerous scientific journal articles, her research interests include surface chemistry, electrochemistry, and biosensors. She received the B.Sc. degree (1969) from the University of Chile, Santiago, and Ph.D. degree (1972) from the University of London, England.

EDMOND E BowoEN is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and in the Biotechnology Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh. The coauthor of numerous journal articles, his research interests include bioelectrochemistry, biological electron transfer, biosensors, and surface chemistry. He received the B.S. degree (1970) from Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, and Ph.D. degree (1982) from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.