The Materials Research Society (MRS) has named Peter F. Green as editor-in-chief of its newest publication, MRS Communications.
Green is the Vincent T. and Gloria M. Gorguze Professor of Engineering and Chair of the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. He is also the
Director of the University of Michigan’s DOE Energy Frontier Research Center: Center for Solar and Thermal Energy Conversion in Complex Materials.
Green said: “I am pleased that MRS Communications is now a reality and am honored to have the opportunity to shape its editorial direction in the coming years. Our goal is to develop MRS
Communications into the primary journal for materials researchers around the world–-where scientists aspire to publish their best work and where readers expect to first learn about high
impact, cutting-edge materials advances. The founding Principal Editors of this journal are composed of outstanding materials researchers. I look forward to working with them to develop
a journal that meets—and exceeds—the high expectations of this exciting new endeavor.”
Educated at Cornell University and Hunter College NY, Green began his working life at Sandia National Laboratories before moving on to teaching roles at the University of Texas and then to
his present positions. His extensive list of awards and recognitions includes Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Ceramic Society. Green also has a long history of involvement with the Materials Research Society, including MRS President in 2006.
His professional service has embraced a myriad of prestigious roles including most recently:
- Member, Advisory Board, ACS Petroleum Research Fund (2010-present)
- Member, Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT) at National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST) (2008-2011)
- Science and Technology Working Group (STWG) of the US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission (2011)
- Member, Board on Physics and Astronomy, National Academies (2005-2011)
Green is the author of Kinetics, Transport and Structure in Hard and Soft Materials (published 2005) and of over 120 learned papers. For more information about Green, please visit his
website at http://www.mse.engin.umich.edu/people/faculty/green.
2011 MRS President, Jim De Yoreo, speaking on behalf of the Search Committee and theBoard of Directors, stated, “In Peter Green we have found the ideal editor-in-chief to launch this new journal and bring it to the forefront of the materials community. Dr. Green brings leadership and journalistic integrity that will help MRS Communicationschart a path towards content of the
highest quality and rapid access to new discoveries in materials science. We look forward to watching this publication grow and develop under his direction.”
Jamie Hutchins, Head of Journals, Americas, said: "We are delighted to be working with someone of Peter’s caliber and vision at the helm of MRS Communications. With the launch of
this first new journal in the partnership between MRS and Cambridge, we enhance the already successful collaboration between MRS—representing the materials science community—and
Cambridge as an academic publisher dedicated to the dissemination of scientific research in all its forms. The new journal will appeal to a broad audience in materials science and capture
content from the forefront of materials research by providing an extremely rapid publication schedule. Cambridge is proud to partner with MRS in this new initiative.”
MRS Communications was launched by the Materials Research Society (MRS) and Cambridge University Press in 2011 to serve the international materials research community. It is a fullcolor, online-only publication, with papers appearing immediately on state-of-the-art platform Cambridge Journals Online (CJO). This offers authors an exceptionally rapid review and publication process, while also providing a swift and direct channel to the global MRS audience.
The journal establishes future directions for the broad materials science community by bringing together researchers and professionals from the full range of materials fields including physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and engineering, to identify and report on trends in research.MRS Communications is the first of many new publishing ventures expected to result from the recently formed partnership between MRS and Cambridge University Press. The introductory issue is scheduled for fall 2011 and will join an existing suite of industry-leading MRS publications---MRS Bulletin, Journal of Materials Research, the MRS Online Proceedings Library and Materials360®.
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Notes for Editors: For further information, please contact:
Public Relations Manager at Cambridge University Press on +44 (0)1223 325544 or email [email protected].
Anita B. Miller at the Materials Research Society at 724-779-2754 or email[email protected].
About the Materials Research Society (MRS)
The Materials Research Society (MRS) is an organization of almost 16,000 materials researchers from academia, industry, and government that promotes communication for the advancement of interdisciplinary materials research to improve the quality of life. MRS members are professionals from physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and engineering -- ”the full spectrum of materials research. Headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania (USA), MRS
membership now spans over 80 countries, with more than 40% of members residing outside the United States. In addition to its communications and publications portfolio, MRS organizes high-quality scientific meetings, attracting over 13,000 attendees annually and facilitating interactions among a wide range of experts from the cutting edge of the global materials community. MRS is also a recognized leader in education outreach and advocacy for scientific research.
For more information, please go to: http://www.mrs.org
About Cambridge Journals
Cambridge Journals publishes nearly 300 peer-reviewed academic journals across a wide spread of subject areas, in print and online. Many of these journals are the leading academic publications in their fields and together they form one of the most valuable and comprehensive collections of research available today.
For more information, go to: http://journals.cambridge.org
About Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Dedicated to excellence, its purpose is to further the University's objective of advancing knowledge, education, learning, and research. Its extensive peer-reviewed publishing lists comprise 36,000 titles covering academic research, professional development, nearly 300 research journals, school-level education, English language teaching and bible publishing.
For further information, please go to: http://www.cambridge.org
About The Materials Research Society
About the Materials Research Society
MRS is an organization of over 13,000 materials researchers from academia, industry and government worldwide, and a recognized leader in promoting the advancement of interdisciplinary materials research and technology to improve the quality of life. MRS members are students and professionals hailing from physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and engineering—the full spectrum of materials research. Headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania (USA), MRS membership now spans 90 countries, with approximately 45 percent of members residing outside the United States.
MRS serves and engages members across generations to advance their careers and promote materials research and innovation. The Society produces high-quality meetings and publications, assuring that members of all career stages can present and publish their most important and timely work to an international and interdisciplinary audience. MRS continues to expand its professional development portfolio, as well as promote diversity and inclusion in the scientific workforce, with career services for researchers worldwide. The Society advocates for the importance of scientific research and innovation to policymakers and the community. And the MRS Awards program honors those whose work has already had a major impact in the field, as well as those whose work shows great promise for future leadership.
For more information about the Materials Research Society visit
mrs.org and follow
@Materials_MRS.