Editors
Ronald E. Hester, BSc, DSc(London), PhD(Cornell), FRSC, CChem
Ronald E. Hester is now Emeritus Professor of Chemistry in the University of
York. He was for short periods a research fellow in Cambridge and an assistant
professor at Cornell before being appointed to a lectureship in chemistry in York
in 1965. He was a full professor in York from 1983 to 2001. His more than 300
publications are mainly in the area of vibrational spectroscopy, latterly focusing
on time-resolved studies of photoreactionintermediatesand onbiomolecular systems
in solution. He is active in environmental chemistry and is a founder member and
former chairman of the Environment Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry
and editor of ‘Industry and the Environment in Perspective’ (RSC, 1983) and
‘Understanding Our Environment’ (RSC, 1986). As a member of the Council of the
UK Science and Engineering Research Council and several of its sub-committees,
panels and boards, he has been heavily involved in national science policy and
administration. He was, from 1991 to 93, a member of the UK Department of the
Environment Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances and from 1995 to
2000 was a member of the Publications and Information Board of the Royal Society
of Chemistry.
Roy M. Harrison, BSc, PhD, DSc (Birmingham), FRSC, CChem, FRMetS,
Hon MFPHM, Hon FFOM
Roy M. Harrison is Queen Elizabeth II Birmingham Centenary Professor of
Environmental Health in the University of Birmingham. He was previously Lecturer
in Environmental Sciences at the University of Lancaster and Reader and Director
of the Institute of Aerosol Science at the University of Essex. His more than 300
publications are mainly in the field of environmental chemistry, although his current
work includes studies of human health impacts of atmospheric pollutants as well
as research into the chemistry of pollution phenomena. He is a past Chairman of
the Environment Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry for whom he has edited
‘Pollution: Causes, Effects and Control’ (RSC, 1983; Fourth Edition, 2001) and
‘Understanding our Environment: An Introduction to Environmental Chemistry
and Pollution’ (RSC, Third Edition, 1999). He has a close interest in scientific and
policy aspects of air pollution, having been Chairman of the Department of Environment Quality of Urban Air Review Group and the DETR Atmospheric Particles
Expert Group as well as currently being a member of the DEFRA Expert Panel on
Air Quality Standards, the DEFRA Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances
and the Department of Health Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants.
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Ronald E. Hester, BSc, DSc(London), PhD(Cornell), FRSC, CChem
Ronald E. Hester is now Emeritus Professor of Chemistry in the University of
York. He was for short periods a research fellow in Cambridge and an assistant
professor at Cornell before being appointed to a lectureship in chemistry in York
in 1965. He was a full professor in York from 1983 to 2001. His more than 300
publications are mainly in the area of vibrational spectroscopy, latterly focusing
on time-resolved studies of photoreactionintermediatesand onbiomolecular systems
in solution. He is active in environmental chemistry and is a founder member and
former chairman of the Environment Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry
and editor of ‘Industry and the Environment in Perspective’ (RSC, 1983) and
‘Understanding Our Environment’ (RSC, 1986). As a member of the Council of the
UK Science and Engineering Research Council and several of its sub-committees,
panels and boards, he has been heavily involved in national science policy and
administration. He was, from 1991 to 93, a member of the UK Department of the
Environment Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances and from 1995 to
2000 was a member of the Publications and Information Board of the Royal Society
of Chemistry.
Roy M. Harrison, BSc, PhD, DSc (Birmingham), FRSC, CChem, FRMetS,
Hon MFPHM, Hon FFOM
Roy M. Harrison is Queen Elizabeth II Birmingham Centenary Professor of
Environmental Health in the University of Birmingham. He was previously Lecturer
in Environmental Sciences at the University of Lancaster and Reader and Director
of the Institute of Aerosol Science at the University of Essex. His more than 300
publications are mainly in the field of environmental chemistry, although his current
work includes studies of human health impacts of atmospheric pollutants as well
as research into the chemistry of pollution phenomena. He is a past Chairman of
the Environment Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry for whom he has edited
‘Pollution: Causes, Effects and Control’ (RSC, 1983; Fourth Edition, 2001) and
‘Understanding our Environment: An Introduction to Environmental Chemistry
and Pollution’ (RSC, Third Edition, 1999). He has a close interest in scientific and
policy aspects of air pollution, having been Chairman of the Department of Environment Quality of Urban Air Review Group and the DETR Atmospheric Particles
Expert Group as well as currently being a member of the DEFRA Expert Panel on
Air Quality Standards, the DEFRA Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances
and the Department of Health Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants.
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