The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements (Volume 6)

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Lester R. Morss is the Program Manager for Heavy Element Chemistry at the Office of Science  U.S. Department of Energy in Germantown Maryland USA. He was taught actinide chemistry fbyProfessor Burris B. Cunningham his Ph.D. mentor at the University of California Berkeley and from 1971 to 1980 he was a member of the chemistry faculty at Rutgers University New Brunswick New Jersey USA.  In 1980 Dr. Morss moved to the Argonne National Laboratory (Illinois USA) where he remained as an actinide chemist until 2002 .  At all of these institutions he carried out research in the inorganic chemistry of lanthanide and actinide elements with a focus on transuranium elements. His publications were primarily in thermochemistry and structure-bonding relationships among metals oxides halides and coordination complexes. Dr. Morss has had fellowships at the University of Liege Belgium and at the University of Hannover Germany (von Humboldt Senior Scientist) and he is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.Norman Edelstein is an emeritus Senior Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). He started his studies in actinide chemistry with Professor Burris B. Cunningham in 1964 at LBNL (then the University of California Radiation Laboratory) USA.  Following Professor Cunninghams untimely death in 1972 he became head of the actinide chemistry group and held that position until his assignment in 2000 and 2001 as temporary Program Manager for Heavy Element Chemistry at the Office of Science U.S. Department of Energy Germantown Maryland USA.  His primary research interests are the optical properties magnetic properties and electronic structure of the actinides and lanthanides; the general inorganic and solution chemistry of the actinides; and synchrotron radiation studies of actinides and other environmentally relevant materials.  Dr. Edelstein has publishedover 200 papers on these and other topics and has edited three other volumes on actinide subjects.Jean Fuger is Professor Emeritus at the University of Liège Belgium where he has taught courses in radiochemistry analytical chemistry and related subjects.  In the early stages of his career whilst associated with the Inter-University Institute for Nuclear Sciences (Brussels Belgium) he made extensive stays at the University of California Radiation Laboratory Berkeley USA with Professor Burris B. Cunningham from whom he learned various microchemical techniques in actinide chemistry with emphasis on preparative chemistry and microcalorimetry.  From 1986 to 1997 he served as head of the chemistry division and later as deputy director of the European Institute for Transuranium Elements Karlsruhe Germany.  His research interests are centered on the structural and thermodynamic properties of the lanthanides and actinides and their compounds as well as the solution chemistry of these elements.  He published about 125 papers and 20 monographs and book chapters on these topics.