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(under the direction of Prof. B. L. Karger), and a M.S. degree from the Free University, Am-sterdam. He has been working in the analytical instrumentation industry for over 10 years, has authored approximately 50 publications in the field of separation science, and taught training courses in capillary electrophoresis. Before starting his consulting business, Palomar Analytical Services in Redwood City, and was involved in the development and marketing of the first fully automated, commercial capillary electrophoresis instrument at Microphoretic Systems. Prior to that, he was employed as a research chemist at Applied Biosystems and Brownlee Labs. He edited the previous primers (Volumes I–V) on capillary electrophoresis for Beckman. His research currently focuses on the development of new chemistry kits for capillary electrophoresis, and size separations of protein and DNA molecules with gel-filled capillary columns. He received a Ph.D. in Analytical Biochemistry from the Hungarian Andras has authored 51 publications and holds 4 patents, mainly in the field of capillary electrophoresis. developing chiral separations by capillary electrophoresis. Acknowledgments We would like to thank Kathi J. Ulfelder at Beckman Instruments, Inc., Fuller-ton, California, for many suggestions and contributions to this book. The support of Jim McCoy and Dr. Nelson Cooke at Beckman is also highly appreciated. We thank Judy Strauss, LAHS, Los Altos, California, for reviewing drafts of the manuscript and Gale Leach and Annette Hurst at WordsWorth (Pacifica, California) for the desktop publishing of the manuscript. vi All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.