Professor Laura Gagliardi has been appointed as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (JCTC).
Along with Gagliardi, two other faculty members hold editor-in-chief positions for ACS Publications including Prof. Chuan He for ACS Chemical Biology and Prof. Stuart Rowan for ACS Macro Letters.
“It is a great honor to serve the community in this role. JCTC is an outstanding journal that has helped to shape our field over the years,” said Gagliardi. “It now has an opportunity to play a role in forming and promoting the next generation of theorists and computational chemical scientists, and as editor-in-chief, I will make such community-building a priority.”
Gagliardi is a Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor of the Department of Chemistry, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, James Franck Institute, and the Director of the Chicago Center for Theoretical Chemistry.
Gagliardi is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry from the American Chemical Society, Award in Theoretical Chemistry from the Physical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society, Humboldt Foundation Research Award. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, Academia Europea, World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists, and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) and the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, established in 2005, publishes papers reporting new theories, methodology, and/or important applications in quantum electronic structure, molecular dynamics, and statistical mechanics. Gagliardi served as Associate Editor of JCTC from 2016 to 2020 and published in the journal more than 35 times.