Journal of Materials Research Editor-in-Chief Gary Messing is pleased to announce the appointment of Linda S. Schadler as Associate Editor for Polymers and Organic Materials. “Professor Schadler brings a wealth of knowledge to this expanding and increasingly vital research area for JMR,” said Messing. Schadler is the Russell Sage Professor in Materials Science and Engineering and the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the School of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is a longtime active member of the Materials Research Society.

Schadler is an experimentalist and her research has focused on the behavior of two-phase systems, primarily polymer composites. Her interests currently include the mechanical, optical, and electrical behavior of nanofilled polymer composites. Among her honors are a National Science Foundation National Young Investigator award (1994), theASM International Bradley Staughton Award for Teaching (1997), and a Dow Outstanding New Faculty member award from the American Society of Engineering Education (1998). She is a current member of ASM International’s Board of Trustees. Schadler was named as one of the Top 100 Materials Scientists worldwide in the last decade by Times Higher Education (2011).

Messing said, “We look forward to working with Professor Schadler as we expand coverage over the increasing range of new materials properties and applications of advanced polymers.”