BOSTON, Aug. 23, 2010 \u2014 The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Soci\u00adety (ACS) Board of Direc\u00adtors today announced the appoint\u00adment of Christo\u00adpher W. Jones, Ph.D., as Edi\u00adtor-in-Chief of ACS Catal\u00ady\u00adsis, the newest jour\u00adnal in ACS\u2019s suite of high\u00adly cit\u00aded, peer-reviewed jour\u00adnals.<\/p>\n
ACS Catal\u00ady\u00adsis will offi\u00adcial\u00adly launch in Jan\u00adu\u00adary 2011 ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded to pub\u00adlish\u00ading orig\u00adi\u00adnal research on and at the inter\u00adfaces of het\u00adero\u00adge\u00adneous catal\u00ady\u00adsis, homo\u00adge\u00adneous catal\u00ady\u00adsis and bio\u00adcatal\u00ady\u00adsis. Appli\u00adca\u00adtion cov\u00ader\u00adage of ACS Catal\u00ady\u00adsis will include life sci\u00adences, drug dis\u00adcov\u00adery &<\/span> devel\u00adop\u00adment, house\u00adhold prod\u00aducts, poly\u00admer dis\u00adcov\u00adery &<\/span> pro\u00adduc\u00adtion, envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal pro\u00adtec\u00adtion and ener\u00adgy &<\/span> fuels.<\/p>\n Dar\u00adla Hen\u00adder\u00adson, Ph.D., Assis\u00adtant Direc\u00adtor of Edi\u00adto\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal Devel\u00adop\u00adment in the ACS Jour\u00adnals Pub\u00adlish\u00ading Group expressed plea\u00adsure with hav\u00ading Jones on board as Edi\u00adtor-in Chief of ACS Catal\u00ady\u00adsis. \u201cDr. Jones\u2019 vision for ACS Catal\u00ady\u00adsis encom\u00adpass\u00ades out\u00adreach to the catal\u00ady\u00adsis com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty in a sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant sense. Dr. Jones\u2019 research expe\u00adri\u00adence across sev\u00ader\u00adal major research areas in the catal\u00ady\u00adsis field over\u00adall, and col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtive work with\u00adin the var\u00adi\u00adous aspects of catal\u00ady\u00adsis pro\u00advide a sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant advan\u00adtage to his ser\u00advice as the Inau\u00adgur\u00adal Edi\u00adtor-in-Chief of ACS Catal\u00ady\u00adsis.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>As both a catal\u00ady\u00adsis sci\u00aden\u00adtist and as the Edi\u00adtor-in-Chief of ACS Catal\u00ady\u00adsis, I am very excit\u00aded about the poten\u00adtial of this new jour\u00adnal,\u201d Jones not\u00aded. \u201cACS Catal\u00ady\u00adsis will offer a new forum for rapid and effi\u00adcient dis\u00adsem\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion of nov\u00adel exper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adtal or the\u00ado\u00adret\u00adi\u00adcal results in all areas of catal\u00ady\u00adsis. The com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion of breadth of top\u00adi\u00adcal cov\u00ader\u00adage in catal\u00ady\u00adsis, a fast and rig\u00ador\u00adous review of man\u00adu\u00adscripts, and the con\u00adve\u00adnience and effi\u00adcien\u00adcy of the ACS Pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions web plat\u00adform unique\u00adly posi\u00adtion ACS Catal\u00ady\u00adsis for suc\u00adcess.\u201d<\/p>\n Jones is the Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor and J. Carl and Sheila Pirkle Fac\u00adul\u00adty Fel\u00adlow at the School of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal &<\/span> Bio\u00admol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar Engi\u00adneer\u00ading and Adjunct Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of Chem\u00adistry and Bio\u00adchem\u00adistry at the Geor\u00adgia Insti\u00adtute of Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy in Atlanta, Geor\u00adgia. His research inter\u00adests are works in the broad areas of mate\u00adri\u00adals design and syn\u00adthe\u00adsis, catal\u00ady\u00adsis and adsorp\u00adtion. His research group\u2019s work on the ratio\u00adnal design of mol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly engi\u00adneered mate\u00adri\u00adals draws from a num\u00adber of dif\u00adfer\u00adent dis\u00adci\u00adplines to enable the devel\u00adop\u00adment of func\u00adtion\u00adal mate\u00adri\u00adals with appli\u00adca\u00adtions in areas such as catal\u00ady\u00adsis and sep\u00ada\u00adra\u00adtions.<\/p>\n Jones received his BSE in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading from the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Michi\u00adgan, his MS in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading from the Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia Insti\u00adtute of Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy, and his PhD in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading with a Minor in Chem\u00adistry from the Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia Insti\u00adtute of Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy. He is a mem\u00adber of the Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Zeo\u00adlite Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion, the North Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Soci\u00adety, the Organ\u00adic Reac\u00adtions Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Soci\u00adety, the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Soci\u00adety for Engi\u00adneer\u00ading Edu\u00adca\u00adtion, the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Insti\u00adtute of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneers, and the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Soci\u00adety. He recent\u00adly was award\u00aded the 2010 Ipati\u00adeff Prize from ACS, rec\u00adog\u00adniz\u00ading out\u00adstand\u00ading chem\u00adi\u00adcal exper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adtal work in the field of catal\u00ady\u00adsis or high pres\u00adsure, car\u00adried out by an indi\u00advid\u00adual of any nation\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty who is not over 40 years of age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BOSTON, Aug. 23, 2010 \u2014 The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Soci\u00adety (ACS) Board of Direc\u00adtors today announced the appoint\u00adment of Christo\u00adpher W. Jones, Ph.D., as Edi\u00ad\u00adtor-in-Chief of ACS Catal\u00ady\u00adsis, the newest jour\u00adnal in ACS\u2019s suite of high\u00adly cit\u00aded, peer-reviewed jour\u00adnals. 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