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6ERHARD Ni. SCHRAUZE'RR i's professor of chemistry at the University of California,, San D ieg,o1. Hle received his Ph.D. Degree fromi the U'nive:rsi'ty of Munich, Germany,, irt 1956. An inorganic chemist by training he has become a major exponenit in the! new -field' af' bioinoirganic chemistry. He is~ internationally known for his work on the role of selenium and other ' trace elements ini nutritioni and' carcinogenes•is. He -is also a leading; specialist in the areas of catalysis, biocatalysis' organiometall'ic and~ coordination chemistry. "D'r.S'chrauzer is the foundler and presid'en.t of the International Association of Bioinorganic Scientists, Editor-in-chief and, found'er, of the j'ournal "Biological Trace Element Researchi" and former ed'itor and founder of the jlo.urnal "B'ioinorgianic Chemistry"'. Hle is the author of more than 20'0' research papers and has edited two books. He was born, in_1932 and received his academic traininiq at the University of' M'unich. He immigrated to, the United' States in 19'64J. is a Naturalizedi U.S. Citizen and has been at the University of California, San~ Diego,, since 1966. S'chrauzer is a: member of the American Chemical Society „ the Associationi of Clin,ical Scientists, the American College of T'oxicology and', an, Affiliate Fellow of the AmEri!can College of N'utrition..