(Philadelphia, PA - June 2002) - The Scientist, LLC, publisher of The Scientist magazine, is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Gallagher to the newly created position of Editor.
Gallagher joins The Scientist with more than 13 years of experience in scientific publishing. In his most recent role as the Publisher of Nature, he built an immensely successful publishing project around the human genome issue (February 2001), making it one of Nature's greatest successes from an editorial, marketing, advertising, sponsorship and electronic publishing standpoint.
"We are very pleased to welcome Richard to the team," said Jan Velterop, Publisher of BioMed Central. "His varied experience and education speak highly of the skills he brings to the magazine."
"With the recent transformation of The Scientist in design, content and circulation, we were looking for someone who could bring not only his rich background, but also the deep knowledge of the European ...