Karel Šandera

In this issue, we feature the work of Karel Šandera who was born January 25, 1903 in Mohelno in Moravia. He graduated with distinction from both the Czech Technical University and Charles University in 1924, earning the Doctor of Natural Sciences (RNDr.) degree from the latter and becoming the youngest RNDr. in the Czechoslovak Republic at the time. The scientific work of Professor Šandera was based on physical chemistry. He contributed to the transformation of empirical sugar manufacturing practices into a scien-tifically based technology, applying physical chemistry and sugar instrumental analysis. He was especially engaged in applications of conductivity. In his later years he also worked on sugar beet agronomy. He died July 8, 1959.