Beginning January 2021, Professor Erick Carreira will be the next Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS). Professor Carreira’s compelling vision for the future of JACS includes a commitment to diversity and global representation. This is reflected in the appointment of six new executive editors that was previously announced who, in turn, will be part […]
Beginning January 2021, Professor Erick Carreira will be the next Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS).
Professor Carreira’s compelling vision for the future of JACS includes a commitment to diversity and global representation. This is reflected in the appointment of six new executive editors that was previously announced who, in turn, will be part of the team early on that evaluates manuscript suitability for consideration by JACS.
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February 2021 update: Following the end of previous contractual obligations, JACS is pleased to announce the following Associate Editors:
Heather Maynard
Dr. Myung Ki Hong Professor in Polymer Science
University of California Los Angeles, U.S.
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Aron Walsh
Professor, Department of Materials
Imperial College London, U.K.
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January 2021 update: Following the end of previous contractual obligations, JACS is pleased to announce the following Associate Editors:
Rahul Banerjee
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, India
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Matthew Disney
Professor, Department of Chemistry
The Scripps Research Institute, U.S.
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Rachel O’Reilly
School of Chemistry, Head of School
Professor of Polymer Chemistry, University of Birmingham, U.K.
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Shu-Li You
Director of the State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China
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The new JACS editorial team aims to be more diverse and representative of the chemistry community. New appointments have been made in topical areas that have previously been underrepresented in JACS, further supporting Professor Carreira’s vision for a more inclusive journal.
Meet the Associate Editors of JACS
Kara L. Bren
Professor of Chemistry
University of Rochester, U.S.
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Michelle Coote
Georgina Sweet ARC Laureate Fellow
Australian National University, Australia
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Lyndon Emsley
Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
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Laura Gagliardi
Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering,
The University of Chicago, U.S.
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Guy Lloyd-Jones
Forbes Professor of Organic Chemistry
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
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E.W. “Bert” Meijer
Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Organic Chemistry
Institute for Complex Molecular Systems / Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Chad A. Mirkin
Director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology
George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry
Northwestern University, U.S.
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Sarah E. Reisman
Bren Professor of Chemistry
California Institute of Technology, U.S.
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Carol V. Robinson
Dr Lee’s Professor of Physical Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, U.K.
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Franziska Schoenebeck
Professor of Organic Chemistry
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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Hanadi Sleiman
Professor and Canada Research Chair in DNA Nanoscience
Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Canada
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Claudia Turro
Dow Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
The Ohio State University, U.S.
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Suzanne Walker
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, U.S.
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Li-Jun Wan
Professor, Institute of Chemistry
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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Tanja Weil
Director Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
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Omar M. Yaghi
James and Neeltje Tretter Chair Professor of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.
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Peidong Yang
S.K. and Angela Chan Distinguished Chair in Energy
Department of Chemistry, MSE, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.
