About the Authors

Peter Comba is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. He received the Humboldt South Africa Research Award in 2000 and has had visiting professorships at the Universities of Leiden, ANU, Pretoria, Brisbane and Osaka. His research includes theory and experiments in transition metal coordination and bioinorganic chemistry, molecular modeling, spectroscopy, magnetochemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics and mechanisms, synthesis and catalysis.

Trevor Hambley is Full Professor at The University of Sydney, Australia. He received the Edgeworth David Medal in 1989 and awards for Research Supervision and Teaching in 1997, 1998, and 2008. His research interests are focused on hypoxia and tumour selective agents, anti-cancer drugs, matrix metalloproteinase targeting agents, and drug design and development.                    .              

Bodo Martin is a computational chemist with Peter Comba at the University of Heidelberg. His research includes the application of quantum chemical methods, semi-empirical method development (polarizabilities, dispersion), molecular mechanics development and computer science.