IOP Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Physics, has announced that Professor Giorgio Benedek has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of EPL (Europhysics Letters), a journal publishing original, high-quality letters in all areas of physics. Prof. Benedek succeeds Prof. Michael Schreiber who leaves the position at the end of a 3-year term.
Professor Benedek currently works at the Department of Materials Science, University of Milan. His research interests include materials science and the physics of low-dimensional systems. He gained his first degree and PhD from the University of Milan.
Alongside his scientific research and teaching, Professor Benedek has been active in various capacities within the Italian and European physics community, at the International School of Solid State Physics at the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy.
EPL is published under the scientific policy and control of the European Physical Society by EDP Sciences, IOP Publishing and the Società Italiana di Fisica for a partnership of 17 European physical societies (the EPL Association).
