Fiona Meldrum to Lead MRS Bulletin Editorial Board
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SOCIETY NEWS Fiona Meldrum to lead MRS Bulletin Editorial Board www.mrs.org/bulletin RS Bulletin recently celebrated its University of London in M 40th anniversary. What started 1998. In 2003, Meldrum as an eight-page newsletter in 1975 has moved to the School of transformed into a widely recognized Chemistry, University of and highly respected publication in ma- Bristol where she remained terials research that serves as a valuable until she joined the benefi t to more than 16,000 members of University of Leeds in 2009. the Materials Research Society. “It’s certainly a great Fiona Meldrum, chair of inorganic privilege to be taking over chemistry at the University of Leeds, has as chair of the editorial accepted the position of chair of the MRS board, and I hope to be able Bulletin Editorial Board. She follows Paul to support the Bulletin team Drzaic, who has served in this role for and all of our volunteers to more than 10 years and was recently ensure that the Bulletin main- Paul Drzaic and Fiona Meldrum elected to the MRS Board of Directors. tains its status as the fl agship “I am quite confident that Fiona will MRS publication,” said Meldrum. “The Webinars, all while maintaining the bring perspective, insight, and energy last few years have seen a range of new quality and prestige of the MRS Bulletin to the position, and successfully lead the innovations, such as the introduction of theme articles. The MRS Bulletin contin- Bulletin into its next phase,” said Drzaic. MRS Bulletin Webinars, and I look forward ues to provide a major benefi t for MRS Meldrum has been an active member to helping the team to continue to develop members, and the greater scientifi c/engi- of MRS for many years, including serving the journal—both in print and online— neering community,” said Drzaic. as a volume organizer in 2010, as a single such that it continues to serve as a leading “Fiona Meldrum’s leadership will article reviewer for MRS Bulletin, a sym- resource for all of the MRS members.” provide for the further evolution of the posium organizer, a co-chair for the 2013 Drzaic is senior manager for emerg- Bulletin. We have some exciting new IMRC Meeting, and providing scientifi c ing display technology for Apple, Inc., initiatives planned for the near future, reviews of MRS Bulletin theme articles where he and his group are respon- including a new website and the inte- on a regular basis. She has also organized sible for the evaluation, development, gration of MRS News services into the symposia of other meetings, including the and implementation of new display Bulletin. I look forward to the next 10 American Chemical Society, the Royal technologies. A common research and years of MRS Bulletin,” said Drzaic. Society of Chemistry, and EUROMAT. development theme across Drzaic’s “Paul incorporated the directed Her current research focuses on crys- career has been fl exible displays and effi ciency of his industry and entrepre- tallization, with a particular emphasis electronics and novel electro-optical neurial experience to channel creative on biomineralization and bioinspired effects. He was awarded the MRS ideas into practical and integrated suc- crystal growth. She obtained her under- Woody Award in 2009. He served as a cesses,” said Betsy Fleischer, past editor graduate degree in natural sciences from volume organizer for MRS Bulletin in of MRS Bulletin. “It was important to the University of Cambridge in 1989 2004 and has served as chair of MRS him that MRS Bulletin achievements and her doctorate in bioinspired crys- Bulletin’s editorial board since 2005. He were not limited to the boundaries of tallization from the University of Bath was a symposium organizer for the fi rst the publication itself.” in 1992. Following a postdoctoral posi- MRS symposium on fl exible electron- “It has been a tremendous pleasure tion at Syracuse University, USA, she ics in 2002 and served as a chair for the working with Paul Drzaic in his role as carried out further postdoctoral work at 2006 MRS Spring Meeting. chair of the editorial board, and his con- the Max Planck Institute for Polymer “I’m quite proud of the accomplish- tributions to the success of MRS Bulletin Research, Mainz, Germany, after hav- ments of the editorial board members, have been very signifi cant,” said Gopal ing been awarded a Humboldt Research the MRS Bulletin staff, and other volun- Rao, editor of MRS Bulletin. “We will Fellowship. Meldrum then joined teers. We’ve introduced special topical continue to benefi t from his expertise The Australian National University in issues, the Energy Quarterly feature, and advice as he serves as a member on Canberra, before returning to the UK single article reviews to complement the MRS Board, and we look forward to to take up a lectureship at Queen Mary the major issue theme, and MRS Bulletin working with Fiona in the future.” Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 170.106.202.58, on 26 Sep 2021 at 16:35:50, subjectMRS to BULLETINthe Cambridge • VOLUME Core 41terms • JANUARY of use, 2016available • www.mrs.org/bulletin at 67 https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2015.322.