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About the Authors

Jan Koolman (left) was born in Lübeck, Ger- took his doctorate under the supervision of
many, and grew up with the sea wind blowing Friedhelm Schneider, and his postdoctoral de-
off the Baltic. The high school he attended in gree in 1980 was in the Department of Chem-
the Hanseatic city of Lübeck was one that istry. He has beenanHonorary Professor since
focused on providing a classical education, 1986. His research group is concerned with
which left its mark on him. From 1963 to the structure and function of enzymes in-
1969, he studied biochemistry at the Univer- volved in amino acid metabolism. He is mar-
sity of Tübingen. He then took his doctorate ried to a biologist and has two children.
(in the discipline of chemistry) at the Univer- Jürgen Wirth (center) studied in Berlin and at
sity of Marburg, under the supervision of bio- the College of Design in Offenbach, Germany.
chemist Peter Karlson. In Marburg, he began His studies focused on free graphics and illus-
to study the biochemistry of insects and other tration, and his diploma topic was “The devel-
invertebrates. He took his postdoctoral de- opment and function of scientific illustration.”
gree in 1977 in the field of human medicine, From 1963 to 1977, Jürgen Wirth was involved
and was appointed Honorary Professor in in designing the exhibition space in the
1984. His field of study today is biochemical Senckenberg Museum of Natural History in
endocrinology. His other interests include ed- Frankfurtam Main, whileatthe same time
ucational methods in biochemistry. He is cur- working as a freelance associate with several
rently Dean of Studies in the Department of publishing companies, providing illustrations
Medicine in Marburg; he is married to an art for schoolbooks, non-fiction titles, and scien-
teacher. tific publications. He has received several
Klaus-Heinrich Röhm (right) comes from awards for book illustration and design. In
Stuttgart, Germany. After graduating from 1978, he was appointed to a professorship at
the School of Protestant Theology in Urach the College of Design in Schwäbisch Gmünd,
—another institution specializing in classical Germany, and in 1986 he became Professor of
studies—and following a period working in Design at the Academy of Design in Darm-
the field of physics, he took a diploma in bio- stadt, Germany. His specialist fields include
chemistry at the University of Tübingen, scientific graphics/information graphics and
where the two authors first met. Since 1970, illustration methods. He is married and has
he has also worked in the Department of three children.
Medicine at the University of Marburg. He

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