Joseph Sherma

Joseph Sherma is currently John D. and Francis H. Larkin Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania. Professor Sherma has authored, coauthored, edited, or coedited more than 750 publications, including research papers and review articles in peer- reviewed journals; approximately 30 invited book chapters; and more than 70 books and U.S. government agency manuals in the areas of analytical chemistry and chromatography. In addition to his research in the techniques and applications of thin layer chromatography, Professor Sherma has a very productive interdisciplinary research program in the use of analytical chemistry to study biological systems with Biology Professor Emeritus Bernard Fried. Professor Sherma served for 23 years as editor for residues and trace elements of the Journal of AOAC International and is currently that journal’s Acquisitions Editor.