Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz is the Associate Vice-President (Academic and Research) at theUniversity ofBritish Columbia Okanagan. In 1997, he was named a Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada, and has been the recipient of a number of awards including the Manitoba Outstanding Chemist Award, the Erica & Arnold Rogers Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship, and the Clifford J. Robson Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Charles Carraher is Professor of Chemistry atFloridaAtlanticUniversity and Associate Director of theFloridaCenter for Environmental Studies. Dr. Carraher previously was Dean of the Charles E.Schmidt College of Science at FAU, Chair of the Science Division at theUniversity ofSouth Dakota and Chair of the Department of Chemistry at Wright State University. His research deals with the general topic of polymers as applied to electronics, computers, biomedicine, instrumentation and construction.

Charles Pittman came to Mississippi State in 1983 as Professor of Industrial Chemistry and Catalysis. He was appointed Full Professor in 1975 and University Research Professor in 1977. He is also Research Director of the University/Industry Chemical Research Center.

Martin Zeldin is Visiting Senior Research Scholar at the University of Richmond in Virginia. He received his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry in 1968 from Pennsylvania State University.