Associate Editor, Physical Review Letters in , for American Physical Society (2024)

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Responsibilities:

• Manage all aspects of peer review for a suite of manuscripts. This includes determining if review is warranted, selecting referees, evaluating responses, and deciding whether to publish.
• Maintain close contact with the other PRL editors and with the editors of other journals in the Physical Review portfolio.
• Help select and briefly summarize papers to highlight.
• Keep up with current and emerging physics research.
• Support the manuscript post acceptance process, as needed, including the acquisition of editorial summaries and images and the resolution of production issues.
• Perform editorial checks to ensure the overall quality and timeliness of published papers.
• Maintain high ethical standards and fairness at all editorial stages, ensuring that decisions align with editorial policy and practice.
• Gain mastery of the peer-review management system.
• Represent the journals and APS at scientific conferences.
• Actively engage and develop strong relationships and trust with a broad network of researchers.
• Contribute to journal-level projects and strategy, such as content commissioning, social media, organizing outreach events, and data analytics.
• Actively contribute to ensuring the journals are diverse, equitable, and inclusive.

Education:

• A PhD and postdoctoral experience in quantum information science and technology, photonics, condensed matter physics, or materials science. PRL covers all areas of physics research, so we seek those with a broad background and outlook.

Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• A minimum of one year of postdoctoral experience.
• Excellent knowledge of the science and literature in their field.
• Familiarity with existing research groups in that area.
• Strong sense of integrity.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to make prompt independent evaluations and decisions.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work well both alone and as part of a team.

Travel:

This role involves occasional travel, approximately up to 10%, for meetings with APS staff, departmental gatherings, and interactions with colleagues in the Long Island, NY, Washington, DC and College Park, MD areas. Additionally, the position requires world-wide travel to attend conferences and events, and to interact with researchers at their institutions and universities.

Salary:

The salary range for this position takes into account various factors influencing compensation decisions, such as skill sets, experience, training, and other business and organizational requirements. The salary listed within the specified ranges considers relevant experience. Our compensation philosophy at APS aims to maintain salaries at the midpoint of the market. As a result, we typically hire within the target starting range. Exceptional, rare cases may merit reviews above target starting range for specialized or niche skills aligned with strategic operational goals.

Hiring Range: $81,060/year - $110,384/year (USD)

Target Starting Range: $81,060/year - $90,130/year (USD)

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