About the editors

XUE FENG WANG is Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His research interests include applied optics, fluorescence spectroscopy with particular emphasis on the time-resolved fluorescence imaging techniques, video and confocal microscopy, and the application of fluorescence spectroscopy to cell and molecular biology. Dr. Wang was a recipient of The Monbusho Award from the Japanese Government. He is also a recipient of The Whitaker Foundation Award, American Heart Association Award, and Sanofi Winthrop Award.

BRIAN HERMAN is a professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy and Co-Director of the Digitized Microscopy Facility at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Formerly an instructor at Harvard Medical School, he currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, Bioimaging, Journal of Bio-medical Optics, American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology, and the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Dr. Herman is a past recipient of an American Cancer Society Faculty Research Award and an NIH Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award. Dr. Herman previously co-edited Optical Microscopy: Emerging Methods and Applications and Optical Microscopy for Biology.