December 12, 2008

Spontak named top editor at journal

Dr. Spontak (Photo: Submitted)

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Dr. Richard Spontak, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and materials science and engineering at North Carolina State University, has been named editor-in-chief of a new international journal that covers all areas of fundamental and applied colloid and interface science.

The Open Colloid Science Journal aims to provide the most complete and reliable source of information on state-of-the-art developments in the field. A colloid is a heterogeneous system that often consists of microscopic dispersions in a gas, liquid or solid medium. Aerosols, foams, emulsions and suspensions are examples of colloidal dispersions. Other relevant systems include polymer colloids and network colloids.

Spontak currently serves on five additional editorial advisory boards and has previously served terms on two others.

Spontak earned his B.S. from Pennsylvania State University in 1983 and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1988, both in chemical engineering. He pursued post-doctoral studies at the University of Cambridge and the Institute for Energy Technology in Norway. His research interests include multifunctional and nanostructured polymers, polymer morphology and phase stability, and application of microscopy techniques to polymer science and engineering.

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