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Chemistry Central Journal announces new editorial board members
We would first like to announce the appointment of Vladimir Kren as the Section Editor for carbohydrate chemistry.
We are also delighted to welcome the following newcomers to the editorial board:
Professor
Enrique J. Baran of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, joins
the editorial board of solid state chemistry.
Prof Baran's interests include the study of inorganic systems of biological significance, including the bioinorganic chemistry of vanadium and biomineralization systems. His research also focuses on the structural, spectroscopic, magnetic and thermal properties of simple and mixed oxides, in addition to investigations as to the vibrational properties of inorganic species.
Professor Jean-François Gohy of the Université catholique de
Louvain joins the editorial boards of nanotechnology and polymer chemistry.
Prof Gohy’s research is focussed on nanostructured polymeric materials, ranging from liquid crystalline polymers, ionomers, block copolymers, supramolecular polymers and their combination in complex materials. He is also interested in self-assembly processes in polymeric systems and the application of such structures in nanotechnology.
Dr Michael A. R. Meier of the University of Applied Sciences, Oldenburg/Ostfriesland/Wilhelmshaven, Germany joins the editorial boards of combinatorial and high-throughput synthesis, mass spectrometry, natural product chemistry, and polymer chemistry.
Dr Meier's junior research group, of which he is head, is interested in the synthesis of chemical intermediates from plant oil renewable resources that might be suited for the substitution of fossil based feed stock. A particular focus is on efficient, catalytic transformations, such as olefin metathesis, and the application of the substances obtained as novel monomers for poly-condensation reactions and controlled/living polymerization techniques.
Professor Jerzy Narbutt, head of the department of radiology at the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warsaw, Poland, joins the editorial board of nuclear and radio chemistry.
Prof Narbutt's interests lie principally in radiochemistry, with emphasis on radiopharmaceutical chemistry. He is also involved in research into the chemistry of coordination compounds, intermolecular interactions in solutions, and inorganic ion exchangers. His group's present research focusses on the factors affecting the coordination number of central metal ions in chelate complexes. Novel complexes of technetium and rhenium are being studied as potential radiopharmaceuticals or as their precursors. In addition, novel transition metal complexes of expected antitumor properties are being synthesised and studied. Other interests include the isotope effects in chemical reactions, in particular, the influence of the coordinative environment of the central metal ion on the properties of its isotopes. Special attention is focused upon the use of the nuclear field effect for the development of new effective methods for the separation of stable isotopes.
Dr Chris J Richards of the University
of East Anglia, UK, joins the editorial boards of catalysis, organic and
organometallic chemistry.
Dr Richard's research interests lie in developing methodologies for the synthesis of novel chemical entities as catalysts. Much of his research is based on the application of transition metal complexes and metallocenes for the enantioselective synthesis of chiral molecules. Other interests include prebiotic chemistry as well as the stereochemical and catalytic properties of complex chemical systems.
Professor Erzsébet Takács of the Institute of Isotopes at the Hungarian academy of sciences, joins the editorial board of nuclear and radio chemistry.
Prof Takács' research interests include studies on the kinetics of radiation polymerization using pulse radiolysis, wastewater treatment by high energy radiation, and radiation modification of cellulose (degradation, grafting). She is also interested in determining the rate parameters of initiation, propagation and termination of the radiation-initiated polymerization of acrylate and methacrylate type monomers.
Professor Arturo A. Vitale of the University of Buenos Aires joins the editorial boards of catalysis, environmental and pesticide chemistry.
Prof Vitale’s research centres on the development of chiral homogeneus catalysts and the synthesis of labelled compounds for biological mapping. His studies find application in the fields of nuclear medicine, as the pharmaceutical and petrochemical industries.
Dr David Vocadlo
of the Simon Fraser University, Canada, joins the editorial
boards of carbohydrate chemistry and chemical biology.
Dr Vocadlo's group studies the dynamic post-translational glycosylation of nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins, with the aim of developing new chemical and proteomics tools for studying the role of intracellular glycosylation in cells and tissues as well as the enzymes involved in these processes. His research aims at the discovery and development of new agents to treat type 2 diabetes, neuro-degenerative diseases and cancer. In addition to being a Canada Research Chair he has numerous accolades including the NSERC doctoral prize (2003).
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