Lignin Biodegradation: Microbiology, Chemistry, and Potential Applications: Volume II

T. Kent Kirk, Ph.D, received his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology and Biochemistry from North Carolina State University in 1968. After 1-1/2 years as a post doctoral researcher (organic chemistry) at Chalmers University in Sweden, he joined the staff at the U.S. Forest Service's Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin, where he is a Research Scientist. He holds two Adjunct Associate Professorships: Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison; and Department of Wood and Paper Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh. He serves on the Editorial Boards of Enzyme and Microbial Technology and Biotechnology Letters. He has over 50 scientific publications in the area of lignin biodegradation and the chemistry and biochemistry of wood decay and has presented numerous lectures at universities and research laboratories.