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Do you know someone who deserves recognition for their contribution to the soft matter field?

Now is your chance to propose they receive the accolade they deserve.

Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2012 Soft Matter Lectureship. This annual Lectureship was established by the journal in 2009 to honour a younger scientist who has made a significant contribution to the soft matter field.
Michael J. Solomon, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, was the 2011 winner.  Solomon’s research addresses questions about the structure and function of soft matter. 

Nominations for the 2012 Soft Matter Lectureship close on 31 March 2012.

Qualification

To be eligible for the Soft Matter Lectureship, the candidate should be in the earlier stages of their scientific career, typically within 15 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 Soft Matter Editorial Office will provide the sum of £1000 to the recipient for travel and accommodation costs.

The recipient will be presented with the Lectureship 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 Soft Matter Editorial Board.

Nominations

Those wishing to make a nomination should send details of the nominee, including a brief C.V. (no longer than 2 pages A4) together with a letter (no longer than 2 pages A4) supporting the nomination, to the Soft Matter Editorial Office (softmatter-rsc@rsc.org) by 31 March 2012.  Self nomination is not permitted.

The latest issue of Soft Matter is now online. You can read the full issue here.

The outside front cover features an article on Self-folding of polymer sheets using local light absorption by Ying Liu, Julie K. Boyles, Jan Genzer and Michael D. Dickey.

Issue 6 contains the following Opinion, Highlight and Review articles:

• Multi-enzyme systems: bringing enzymes together in vitro  
• Solid freeform fabrication technology applied to tissue engineering with various biomaterials 
• Nanoemulsions versus microemulsions: terminology, differences, and similarities

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Michael J. Solomon accepted the 2011 Soft Matter Lectureship at Jülich Soft Matter Days, in Bonn, Germany. The award was presented by Professor Martien Cohen Stuart, Chairman of the Soft Matter Editorial Board.

Michael J. Solomon is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor.  Solomon’s research addresses questions about the structure and function of soft matter.  His group has developed methods in confocal microscopy to understand how colloids, anisotropic particles and bacteria biofilms assemble into structures such as gels and crystals, and how these structures respond to forces due to shear flow, centrifugation and electric fields.   

The Soft Matter Lectureship an annual award to honour a younger scientist who has made a significant contribution to the soft matter field. 

To keep up-to-date with all the latest research, sign up for the Soft Matter e-Alert or RSS feeds or follow Soft Matter on Twitter or Facebook.