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Chemistry Central Journal appoints more physical chemists to the editorial board
We are delighted to announce the arrival of the following newcomers to the editorial advisory board:
Professor Parisa A. Ariya of the departments of chemistry and atmospheric/oceanic sciences at McGill University, Canada, joins the editorial boards of atmospheric chemistry and photochemistry.
Prof Ariya's
research is focusses on better understanding the chemical transformation of ozone
precursors, photo-oxidants, heavy metal
and bioorganic toxicants and their
implications in climate change. The group uses kinetic and photochemical
investigations, as well as performing highly sensitive measurements of ozone
precursors to characterize chains of chemical reactions in atmosphere, and at
the air/water/snow interfaces. Further research activities include complementary
computational and atmospheric chemical modelling of the reaction intermediates in the
atmosphere, to simulate complex chemical interactions. Prof Ariya will take up full editorial duties in the summer of 2008.
Professor Yang Gan of the Harbin Institute of
Technology, China, joins the geochemistry, physical chemistry, and
surface/interfacial chemistry editorial boards.
Prof Gan's research interests lie in the use of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) in various areas, such as in studying how oxide particles interact in high salt concentrations, studies on the relationship between atomic scale structure and surface charge behaviour of hydroxylated alpha alumina, and crack extension behaviour in brittle solids.
Professor Carey K. Johnson of the University of Kansas, USA, joins the editorial boards of analytical chemistry and spectroscopy.
Prof Johnson's laboratory is particularly interested in calcium
signalling proteins, such as calmodulin. In such studies,
single-molecule methods have revealed new intermediate states and
dynamics, providing insights into how these molecules function. His
other research includes detecting domain motions in proteins and
peptides. Ultrafast laser pulses and high time-resolution detection are
used to detect re-orientational dynamics on the time scales of molecular
tumbling, intramolecular motions, or fast protein domain motions. Prof
Johnson is also interested in using time-resolved fluorescence methods
to develop new techniques for ultra-sensitive fluorescence detection of
substrate binding to DNA or proteins.
Professor James K. McCusker of the Michigan State University, USA, joins the editorial boards of inorganic, physical and photochemistry.
Prof McCusker's research group is interested in the physical and photophysical properties of transition metal complexes, relying on a range of physical techniques from magnetism to femtosecond time-resolved spectroscopy, and high-level theory. He is interested in the ultrafast excited-state dynamics of transition metal compounds, the photophysics and photochemistry of exchange-coupled compounds, the electronic structure effects on electron and energy transfer dynamics and photovoltaic materials.
We are also delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Dennis Lindle as a Section Editor for chemical physics.
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