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About the editors
JOHN C. TRAVIS is a chemical physicist who has been with theAnalytical Chemistry Division of the National Institute ofStandards and Technology (formerly the National Bureau ofStandards) since earning his PhD in physics from the University ofTexas in 1967. His research interests have resulted in more than 75papers spanning Mossbauer spectroscopy, applications of tunablelasers to chemical analysis, Fourier Transform spectroscopy, atomicemission, molecular absorption, and spectroscopic methods inprocess analytical chemistry.
GREGORY C. TURK received his bachelor's degree in 1973 from RutgersCollege, and his PhD in 1978 from the University of Maryland, wherehis dissertation research included the first analyticalapplications of laser-enhanced ionization. He has been employed asa research chemist at the National Bureau of Standards and theNational Institute of Standards and Technology since 1976, studyinganalytical applications of laser spectroscopy and massspectrometry.