The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the launch of two new journals this spring, ACS Applied Engineering Materials, and ACS Applied Optical Materials. The journals will be guided by ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Editor in Chief Kirk Schanze, Ph.D., and each will be under the leadership of a deputy editor.
ACS Applied Engineering Materials will be led by Deputy Editor Jessica Schiffman, Ph.D., a chemical engineering professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Among other honours, Schiffman received an ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award from UMass Amherst in 2022 and was awarded the ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Young Investigator Award in 2019. At UMass Amherst, she leads the Schiffman research group, which is innovating next-generation materials for a range of biomedical, environmental, and industrial applications.
ACS Applied Optical Materials will be led by Deputy Editor Elena Galoppini, Ph.D., distinguished professor of chemistry at Rutgers University–Newark. Galoppini is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades, including the Rutgers Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research, and is a Kavli Frontiers of Science alumna.
To meet the needs of the materials science community, ACS Publications has introduced ACS Applied Materials journals in key areas of this expanding field. With the newest additions, authors will have eight high-quality options to publish their research in this suite of journals. Both new journals will begin accepting submissions on June 15 and are expected to publish the first issues in early 2023.
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