IWAO TERAOKA, PHD, is a professor of chemistry at Tandon School of Engineering of NYU. His current research areas include photonic sensors and liquid chromatography, but in early years he worked on physical chemistry of polymer solutions. He is a recipient of the 1994 NSF Young Investigator Award. Professor Teraoka is also the author of Polymer Solutions: An Introduction to Physical Properties and more than 100 original papers and 6 book chapters.