Edward Galas (; 2 January 1928 – 2003) was a Polish biochemist, Rector of the Lodz University of Technology in 1975–81. He graduated from the Faculty of Biotechnology of Lodz University of Technology. In 1953 he began working in the Institute of Fermentation Technology, Lodz University of Technology. After receiving his PhD at the Department of Biochemistry of Moscow State Academy of Biotechnology, he was employed by the Institute of Technical Microbiology of Lodz University of Technology. In 1968 he established the Biochemistry Laboratory and managed it from the very beginning. Next he was appointed director of a newly established Institute of Biochemistry and held the position until 1998. He was promoted to assistant professor of chemistry in 1966, professor in 1975, and full professor in 1986. His research interests included screening of industrial microorganisms, microbial/enzymatic synthesis, catalytic properties of enzymes and their applications. He also dealt with bacterial polysaccharide synthesis as well as

bioconversion Bioconversion, also known as ''biotransformation'', is the conversion of organic materials, such as plant or animal waste, into usable products or energy sources by biological processes or agents, such as certain microorganisms. One example is the i ...

and

biotransformation Biotransformation is the biochemical modification of one chemical compound or a mixture of chemical compounds. Biotransformations can be conducted with whole cells, their lysates, or purified enzymes. Increasingly, biotransformations are effected w ...

. Between 1970 and 1972 Edward Galas was the dean of the Faculty of Biotechnology, then between 1972 and 1975 he was the vice-rector and deputy rector of Lodz University of Technology and in 1975 he became the rector of Lodz University of Technology, and held this position until 1981. He is the author of 200 scientific publications and 350 research notebooks. He supervised 25 PhD dissertations. An activist of the

Polish United Workers' Party The Polish United Workers' Party ( pl, Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza; ), commonly abbreviated to PZPR, was the communist party which ruled the Polish People's Republic as a one-party state from 1948 to 1989. The PZPR had led two other lega ...

since 1951.

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