Professor Paul S. Weiss has been appointed to the inaugural editorial advisory board of RSC Applied Interfaces, a new journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).
In June 2025, the RSC launched two new journals—RSC Applied Interfaces and RSC Applied Polymers —focused on innovative applied research across the interfacial and polymer science spectrum. These are the RSC’s first publications dedicated exclusively to applied science breakthroughs.
According to the RSC website, the journals “showcase the latest interdisciplinary research as part of our burgeoning materials portfolio. By placing a spotlight on new studies, the chemical sciences community can learn from each other as we bid to tackle some of the great challenges facing the world today.”
The inaugural editor-in-chief of RSC Applied Interfaces is Professor Federico Rosei, former director of the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications (Varennes, QC, Canada). Rosei visited UCLA during his sabbatical as a Canada Fulbright Chair, hosted by Weiss.
Weiss holds a UC Presidential Chair at UCLA, and is a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry, bioengineering, and materials science and engineering. Before coming to UCLA, he was a distinguished professor of chemistry and physics at the Pennsylvania State University, where he began his academic career. He served as the director of the California NanoSystems Institute and held the Fred Kavli Chair in NanoSystems Sciences at UCLA. Weiss is involved in startups from his and other labs in biotechnology, food security, energy, entertainment, and healthcare. He was the founding editor-in-chief of ACS Nano (2007-2021).
Weiss’ other recent awards and honors include the IEEE Nanotechnology Pioneer Award, the Sigma Xi William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement, and election as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Chemical Society, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, Canadian Academy of Engineering, Materials Research Society, the IEEE, and the National Academy of Inventors.
Penny Jennings, UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, penjen@g.ucla.edu.
