लेखक: John Vincent

Professor John B. Vincent, Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, USA Professor Vincent has been working in the area of the bioinorganic chemistry of chromium(III) for nearly 20 years. He has ~125 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, review articles, and books and 9 patents. He has recently completed a general chemistry laboratory manual for Pearson/Prentice Hall; the second edition of this manual will appear in early 2010. He has presented his research on chromium at numerous regional, national, and international meetings. Professor Diane M. Stearns, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Arizona University, USA Professor Stearns is a metal toxicologist and has been working in the field of inorganic biochemistry and metal toxicology for over 20 years. She has been teaching graduate courses in toxicology, biochemistry, and cancer biology for over 12 years. She has published 23 peer-reviewed research articles and 8 invited reviews and book chapters on metals. She has presented results of metal toxicology research at numerous scientific conferences and invited seminars.