Journal of Materials Chemistry Blog

I am very pleased to announce that Professor Seth Marder (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) will be the next Journal of Materials Chemistry Editorial Board Chair from January 2011, on the ‘retirement’ of the current Chair, Professor George Malliaras (Centre Microélectronique de Provence of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint Etienne).  During George’s term as Chair of the Editorial Board, we have seen the journal move from strength to strength, with a growth of 125% in size, and 10% incresase in impact factor, to its curent value of 4.80. Thank you, George, for all your help and support.   

Seth Marder

 Seth has been involved with Journal of Materials Chemistry for a number of years, as an author, referee, and more recently as a member of the Advisory Board.  In 2009, he also organised a very successful themed issue on organic non-linear optics.  

Seth is the director of the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics (COPE) and his research interests include electronic and optical materials.  The materials being developed by Seth have a wide variety of applications from optical storage to dyes for biological imaging. Seth is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.    

We are all looking forward to working with Seth in his new role with the journal.  Welcome on Board, Seth! 

Call for Nominations!

I am pleased to announce that the 2011 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship is now open for nominations. This annual lectureship honours a scientist who has made a significant contribution to the field of materials chemistry.

Qualification

To be eligible for the Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship, the candidate should be in the earlier stages of their scientific career, typically within 10 years of attaining their doctorate or equivalent degree, and will have made a significant contribution to the field.

Description

The recipient of the lectureship will be asked to present a lecture three times, one of which will be located in the home country of the recipient. The Journal of Materials Chemistry Editorial Office will provide the sum of £1000 to the recipient for travel and accommodation costs. The lectureship recipient will be presented with the lectureship certificate at one of the three lectures. They will also be asked to contribute a lead article to the journal and will have their work showcased on the back cover of the issue in which their article is published.

Selection

The recipient of the lectureship will be selected and endorsed by the Journal of Materials Chemistry Editorial Board.

The 2010 lectureship was won by Dan Luo, Cornell University, USA.

Nominations

Those wishing to make a nomination should send details of the nominee including a brief C.V. (no longer than 2 pages) together with a letter supporting the nomination (no longer than 2 pages), to the Journal of Materials Chemistry Editorial Office by 18th February 2011. Self nomination is not permitted.