ABOUT THE AUTHOR Graham Patrick studied chemistry at Glasgow University where he gained a BSc Honours(1st)and won the Mackay Smith prize. He was awarded a Carnegie scholarship and successfully completed a PhD degree on the biosynthesis of gliotoxin. Since then he has held postdoctoral research posts at Strathclyde University and the Australian National University, and has had industrial experience working with pharmaceutical firms such as Glaxo, Beechams, and Organon Pharmaceuticals. He lectured at the chemistry at Paisley University, where he is also the course leader for medicinal chemistry medicinal Department of Chemistry at Leeds University and is currently lecturing in chemistry and medicinal Dr Patrick has written several undergraduate textbooks including An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry(2nd edition, 2001, Oxford University Press), two self-learning texts on basic organic chem- stry, and Instant Notes in Organic Chemistry(BiOS Scientific Publishers Ltd. 2000). He has several esearch publications in the area of organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry and bio-organic chemistry, and has also written several reviews. His current research interests are the design and synthesis of novel antifungal and antimalarial agents Recently, he has collaborated with the Borders Educational Council of Scotland in the production of video and CD lectures covering aspects of medicinal chemistry for school courses