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EDITORS: Nina Berova, Department of Chemistry, Prasad L. Polavarapu, Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University Koji Nakanishi, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University ABOUT THE Editors Robert W. Woody, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nina Berova received her Ph.D. in chemistry in 1972 from the Colorado State University University of Sofia, Bulgaria, where she spent her early career and was promoted in 1982 to Associate Professor. In 1988 she 978-0-470-64135-4 • 1,840 pages • Hardcover • December 2011 joined the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University $295.00 Special Discount for Subscribers to Chirality! and is a Special Research Scientist and Adjunct Professor in the department. Her research is focused on the application of This two-volume set provides comprehensive coverage of the most important and chiroptical spectroscopy in stereochemical analysis. She is the up-to-date methods dealing with polarized light, including their basic principles, recipient of awards and visiting professorships in USA, Europe instrumentation, and theoretical simulation for application to organic molecules, and , and she has co-edited the International Journal of inorganic molecules, and biomolecules. Chirality for Wiley since 1998.

Prasad L Polavarapu received his PhD in 1976 from the Indian Comprehensive Chiroptical Spectroscopy is unique in providing complete, Institute of Technology, Madras. Following postdoctoral research up-to-date, in-depth coverage of recent developments in frontier topics. at the University of Toledo and Syracuse University, he joined Vanderbilt University in 1980, where he is currently a Professor • Provides an extensive treatment of methods, instrumentation and of Chemistry. He is the recipient of the 2010 Jeffrey Nordhaus applications, including frontier areas Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in Natural • Describes theoretical methods and simulation methods applied to Sciences and authored more than 200 research publications in structure determination of organic molecules, metallo-organic and chiroptical spectroscopy. inorganic molecules, and biomolecules Koji Nakanishi Koji Nakanishi graduated from Nagoya • Presents the important applications of chiroptical spectroscopy to University in 1947, and after spending 2 years at Harvard, received a Ph.D. in 1954 from . He taught in stereochemical and conformational analysis in organic and inorganic universities in Nagoya, Tokyo and before joining Columbia chemistry, biochemistry, and structural biology University in 1969. His research is in isolation and structural • Includes chapters written by leading authorities with extensive studies of natural products and mechanism of vision. experience in the field, presenting advantages and disadvantages of He retired in 2007 but continues research. He is the recipient each technique, and comparing and contrasting the technique at hand of many awards and honorary degrees. with others Robert W. Woody received his PhD in Chemistry in 1962 from • Describes the roles of chiroptical methods in the study of drug the University of California at Berkeley. Following postdoctoral mechanisms and drug discovery research at Cornell University, he was a faculty member at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Arizona State University, • Provides the background needed for beginners, such as undergraduates and Colorado State University, where he is now an Emeritus and graduate students, and a state-of-the-art treatment for active Professor. His research centers on the structure and function researchers in academia and industry of proteins and extensively utilizes spectroscopy, especially chiroptical spectroscopy. He has received numerous awards.

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