Dr. Erik R. Swenson to succeed Dr. John B. West as Editor-in-Chief of the journal High Altitude Medicine & Biology - June 29, 2015
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers has announced that Dr. Erik R. Swenson will assume the role of Editor-in-Chief of the journal High Altitude Medicine & Biology in 2016. Dr. Swenson will succeed Dr. John B. West, who has provided extraordinary leadership for the journal over… Read More
NISO elects new leadership for 2015-2016 - June 29, 2015
The membership of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has elected new leadership for the 2015-2016 term that begins on July 1, 2015. Mike Teets, Executive Director, Strategy, Governance & Architecture at OCLC, who was elected last year and has served as Vice Chair during the… Read More
Research Solutions, Inc. elects John Regazzi to its board of directors - June 26, 2015
Reprints Desk's parent company Research Solutions, Inc., a pioneer in providing on-demand access to scientific, technical and medical (STM) information for life science companies, academic institutions, and other research intensive organisations has elected John Regazzi to its board of directors. His appointment increases the total number… Read More
IPR License appoints Antonella Pearce as BDM - June 25, 2015
IPR License, the global rights and licensing trading platform, has appointed Antonella Pearce from the Publishers Licensing Society (PLS) to take on the role of Business Development Manager. Antonella joins IPR from PLS where she worked as Publishers Relations Manager and was the key contact… Read More
Penton announces new appointments to lead growth in marketing services - June 23, 2015
Penton, an innovative professional information services company, has appointed Barbara Couchois to the newly created role of vice president, marketing monetisation and named George Assimakopoulos head of client services, to drive the company's exceptional growth in marketing services. The company's marketing services group has more than… Read More
PLOS appoints Veronique Kiermer as Executive Editor for PLOS journals - June 22, 2015
PLOS has announced that Dr. Veronique Kiermer has been appointed as Executive Editor. Kiermer will be responsible for the editorial and content direction and vision for PLOS' journals. Her appointment is effective July 20, 2015. Prior to joining PLOS, Kiermer was Director of Author and… Read More
Association for Computing Machinery names Indiana University’s Robert Schnabel as executive director and CEO - June 19, 2015
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named Robert ("Bobby") Schnabel executive director and CEO effective November 1, 2015. Schnabel joins ACM after eight years as professor and dean of the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University. As ACM's most senior staff member, Schnabel… Read More
MIT Press names Amy Brand as new director - June 18, 2015
The MIT Press has named Dr. Amy Brand, an executive with a wide array of experience in academic publishing and communications, as its new director. She will begin in this position on July 20. Brand has previously worked at multiple universities in publishing and scholarly… Read More
Jasper Simons to succeed Dr. Gary VandenBos as American Psychological Association publisher - June 17, 2015
Jasper Simons, a senior executive with wide experience in the publishing industry who currently oversees the association's PsycINFO® family of databases, will be the next APA publisher. The announcement was made by APA CEO Norman Anderson. Simons will succeed Dr. Gary VandenBos, who is retiring at… Read More
Dr. Joachim Pleil appointed as new Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Breath Research - June 12, 2015
Dr. Joachim Pleil has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Breath Research. Dr. Pleil is a Research Physical Scientist with the Office of Research and Development of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (ORD/EPA). He currently works in the Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences Division of… Read More
