RSC Publishing is pleased to announce that Professor Nathan Lewis has been appointed chair of the Editorial Board for Energy & Environmental Science. 

 

'Energy is the most important scientific and technological challenge facing humanity in the twenty-first century. Energy security and environmental security have come to the forefront of both global and national priorities,' commented Professor Lewis. 'This journal aims to bridge the various disciplines involved with energy and the environment, providing a forum for disclosing research results and discourse on this critical field.' 

 

'We're delighted to have such a prestigious scientist as Nate Lewis on board,' commented Editor Philip Earis, adding: 'The team are looking forward to working with him to drive the journal to the forefront of the scientific community.' 

 

Dr Lewis is the George L. Argyros Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). After receiving his PhD in Chemistry from MIT, he spent 6 years at Stanford. He moved to Caltech in 1988, becoming a Professor in 1991. He has served as the Principal Investigator of the Beckman Institute Molecular Materials Resource Center at Caltech since 1992. He has been an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, and a Presidential Young Investigator. He received the Fresenius Award in 1990, the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry in 1991, the Orton Memorial Lecture award in 2003, and the Princeton Environmental Award in 2003. 

 

His research interests include light-induced electron transfer reactions, both at surfaces and in transition metal complexes, surface chemistry and photochemistry of semiconductor/liquid interfaces, novel uses of conducting organic polymers and polymer/conductor composites, and development of sensor arrays that use pattern recognition algorithms to identify odorants, mimicking the mammalian olfaction process.