Publications Committee
Frank Fronczek
Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State
Univ., Baton Rouge, LA
Education: B.S. Chemistry, LSU, (70;) PhD Chemistry,
Caltech, (75), postdoctoral, UC Berkeley, (75-76).
Professional Activities: Co-editor, Acta Cryst.
B and C, 1996-present; Editorial board, Journal of Chemical Crystallo-graphy,
1994-present; Chairman, Service Crystallography SIG, (93); ORTEP
of the year award, (95).
Research Interests: Structure of natural products,
macrocycles, heterocycles, small molecule service crystallography,
problem structures.
Statement: One of my favorite quotes: "If
you're not going to publish it, why do it?" (anonymous).
As I spend the majority of my professional time engaged in some
aspect of publishing, as author, editor, or referee, I am honored
to be nominated for this committee. If elected, I expect that
my 3 years of service as Acta Cryst. Co-editor will be an asset.
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Publications Committee
Frank J. Rotella
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Protein Crystallographer, Biosciences (BIO) Division, Argonne
National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Ave, Argonne, IL
Education: B.S., Loyola Univ. of Chicago, (72);
M.S., Univ. of Illinois Chicago, (74); Ph.D., State Univ. of
New York at Buffalo, (79)
Research Interests: Protein crystallography at
synchrotron radiation facilities; powder diffraction from biological
macromolecules; crystallographic software development
Professional Activities: Editor for Organic and
Inorganic Substances, Powder Diffraction File International
Centre for Diffraction Data, since 1993 Member of: AAAS, ACA,
ACS, International Centre for Diffraction Data, Materials Research
Society, Neutron Scattering Society of America, New York Academy
of Sciences and Sigma Xi. ACA activities: Secretary/Treasurer,
Neutron Scattering SIG, (87-88); Apparatus and Standards Committee,
(89-92); Steering Committee Chairperson, Neutron Scattering SIG,
(91-92); Chairperson, Neutron Scattering SIG, (93).
Statement: Publications allow an organization to
convey its goals, activities and achievements to the world at
large as well as foster communication among its members. Organizations
are judged largely by the quality of their publications. In addition,
publishing is rapidly evolving into a multimedia enterprise:
paper and the Internet. ACA publications should take best advantage
of both media since both will be with us for the foreseeable
future. For example, the tables of contents, and possibly the
abstracts, of volumes in the ACA Transactions series should be
published on the ACA web page to help generate additional interest
in them. For new volumes, this should be done well in advance
of their paper publication. If elected to the Publications Committee,
I will strive to advance the quality of ACA paper and electronic
publications above its current high standard.
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