The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced that Dr. Paul Chirik will assume the role of Editor-in-Chief of the journal Organometallics. Chirik currently serves as the Edward S. Sanford Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University. He will succeed Editor-in-Chief Dr. John Gladysz, who has served in this position since 2010 and will retire from the journal at the end of 2014.
Chirik got his start at Virginia Tech, where he earned his B.S. in chemistry in 1995. For his Ph.D., he went on to the California Institute of Technology. He then became a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2001, he joined the faculty at Cornell University, where he stayed for 10 years. And in 2011, he moved to his current institution, Princeton University.
The research group he leads focuses on solving long-standing problems in chemical synthesis. For example, they are working on developing catalysts using earth-abundant elements, focusing on more environmentally benign syntheses.
Organometallics records progress in one of the most active fields for organometallic, inorganic, organic, and materials chemists. Articles, communications, mini-reviews, and notes detail the synthesis, structure, bonding, chemical reactivity and reaction mechanisms, and applications of organometallic and organometalloidal compounds. Applications coverage includes organic and polymer synthesis, catalytic processes, and synthetic aspects of materials science and solid-state chemistry. The journal also publishes correspondence, offering an opportunity for authors to comment on another author's work.
