Tresa M. Pollock of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has been named the new incoming principal editor of the /Metallurgical and Materials Transactions/ (/Met Trans/) family of journals. Pollock is an internationally recognized leader in the science and technology of advanced structural alloys with applications in the aerospace, energy and automotive industries. She is currently the Alcoa Professor and chair, Department of Materials, at UCSB.

Pollock will begin her editorship on September 1, 2016, working alongside current principal editor, David Laughlin, through the end of 2016 when he steps down from the position. Laughlin, the Alcoa Professor of Physical Metallurgy at Carnegie Mellon University, has led /Met Trans/ as principal editor since 1987. The 2005 TMS President and a 2009 TMS Fellow, Pollock also has a long association with /Met Trans,/ having served as an associate editor since 1997.

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, B, /and /E /are published jointly by TMS and ASM International. For more information,
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