Biotechnology - An Illustrated Primer

Now presented in large format, the new Schmid is the ideal primer in biotechnology. The two-page layout with one page being a full color figure and the opposite page being explanatory text is the ideal combination between rapid visual-based learning with in depth information.

Rolf Schmid graduated in chemistry and biochemistry at the Universities of Munchen and Freiburg - Dr. rer. nat. - postdoctoral training in France and the USA - Research scientist at Henkel KGaA in Dusseldorf - Head of Biotechnology R&D - Head of the Enzyme Technology Division of the Gesellschaft fur Biotechnologische Forschung and Professor for Enzyme Technology and Natural Products Chemistry at Braunschweig Technical University - Professor and Director of the Institute of Technical Biochemistry at the University of Stuttgart - MBA International Marketing from European School of Business, Reutlingen - 2007 Foundation of Bio4Business Visiting researcher at - National Institute for Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA - Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan - MaxPlanck Institute for Molecular Anthropology, Leipzig - Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Scientific standing - 370 publications, 10 books, about 70 patents or patent applications - 3 books and over 30 publications on biotechnology in Japan and China - member of various scientific organizations in Germany, the USA and Japan - past chairman of the IUPAC Committee on Biotechnology - various chairman functions in Germany - 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Oil Chemists' Society, Biotechnology Division Company links - Member of the Supervisory Board of Eppendorf AG, Hamburg - Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of Eppendorf AG - past member of the Supervisory Board of RobertBosch Hospital, Stuttgart - Consultant to several European companies