The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce Vasanthi Jayaraman will be the next Editor-in-Chief of Biophysical Journal beginning January 1, 2022. She will succeed the current Editor-in-Chief, Jane Dyson, whose 5-year term ends in December 2021. Together they will work to seat the 2022 Editorial Board.
“The Biophysical Journal and the Biophysical Society have been definitional to my career,” said Jayaraman. “It is my honor to be the Editor-in-Chief for the journal. I look forward to continue to showcase the best research in biophysics and further strengthen the connections between the Society and the journal.”
Jayaraman is a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, where she works on studying function and dynamics of membrane proteins using spectroscopy and single-molecule imaging methods. She received her PhD from Princeton and did her postdoctoral work at Cornell University.
No stranger to Editorial Boards, Jayaraman has been serving as an Associate Editor for the Channels and Transporters Section of BJ since 2019 and before that was an Editorial Board Member from 2016 to 2018. She has also served on the Editorial Boards of Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of General Physiology.
The BPS Publications Committee, who recommended her appointment to Council, was impressed with Jayaraman’s ideas for building community among the journal editors, increasing diversity, and increasing journal visibility at the Annual Meeting. In addition to her goal of publishing excellent science, she shared ideas for a junior investigator mentorship program and expanded presence of the journal on social media.
“It is with great pleasure that we welcome Vasanthi’s appointment as Editor-in-Chief of BJ,” said Biophysical Society President Frances Separovic. “She is brilliant in her own work and her experience at BJ has given her an appreciation of the rewards of extensive interchange and cooperation between editors and authors. I am particularly excited by Vasanthi’s plans for connecting BJ to young investigators and members of the Society.”