About the Authors

Krzysztof Matyjaszewski is J.C. Warner Professor of Natural Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA and also adjunct Professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences. His research focus is on macromolecular engineering, especially on the synthesis of well-defined copolymers using atom transfer radical polymerization and other controlled/living polymerization techniques. He is the editor of the journals Progress in Polymer Science and Central European Journal of Chemistry. Professor Matyjaszewski is a widely accomplished author and holds 38 US patents. He received several awards from the American Chemical Society, including the 2009 Presidential Award in Green Chemistry.

Axel H.E. Müller holds the Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry at Bayreuth University, Germany. He graduated from the University of Mainz, Germany. His research focuses on the synthesis and self-organization of well-defined polymer structures by living/controlled techniques. Professor Müller is an accomplished author in polymer science. He received the IUPAC World Polymer Congress MACRO 2004 award "Distinguished Polymer Scientist" and is Senior Editor of the journal Polymer.