Ridge, NY, 14 November 2013 — The American Physical Society (APS) and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, are pleased to announce jointly that Troy Shinbrot, a professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Rutgers, has been appointed Editor of Physical Review Applied, the newest APS journal. Launching in 2014, Physical Review Applied will publish the highest quality research across all aspects of experimental and theoretical applications of physics, including their interactions with other sciences, engineering, and industry.
"We are fortunate to see so many excellent scientists as excited about this new journal as we are and willing to contribute to its foundation," said Paul Fleury (Yale University), chair of the search committee. "Troy Shinbrot's qualifications, the breadth of his research interests, and his vision for the journal made him the best person for the position."
Shinbrot holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Maryland. He held positions with the Xerox Corporation, and AD Little, Inc. before coming to Rutgers in 1998. He was elected an APS Outstanding Referee in 2008, the first year of the program. In his vision statement, after pointing out the reduction of signal to noise in scholarly publishing over the past decade, Shinbrot said: "Our job is to boost the signal by publishing consistently first-rate science with clear and compelling applications. There is no shortage of these, from GPS to da Vinci surgery; from holographic laser tweezers to high-resolution tomography; these applications all came from physics, and the pace of similar developments will only accelerate."
"With Dr. Shinbrot as Editor of this vital new journal, I am confident in Physical Review Applied's future. I expect that the journal will take off rapidly and quickly become a great resource for applied physicists.” said Gene Sprouse, APS Editor in Chief.
A call for papers will be made soon.
-- Contact: Amy Halsted, Special Assistant to the Editor in Chief, halsted@aps.org, 631-591-4232.
About APS: The American Physical Society (www.aps.org) is a non-profit membership organization working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics through its outstanding research journals, scientific meetings, and education, outreach, advocacy and international activities. APS represents 50,000 members, including physicists in academia, national laboratories and industry in the United States and throughout the world. Society offices are located in College Park, MD (Headquarters), Ridge, NY, and Washington, DC.
About Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: (www.rutgers.edu) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the state’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to providing services, solutions, and clinical care that help individuals and the local, national, and global communities where they live. Founded in 1766, Rutgers teaches across the full educational spectrum: preschool to precollege; undergraduate to graduate; postdoctoral fellowships to residencies; and continuing education for professional and personal advancement.
