Professor of Physics at the University of Miami, Olga Korotkova, was recently named the editor-in-chief of the high-quality, peer-reviewed scientific periodical, Journal of the Optical Society of America A (JOSA A). The editorship position starts in January 2022.
As a faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences, Korotkova’s research covers classic light, its interaction with random and complex media, including atmospheric/oceanic turbulence and biological tissues; and complex optical systems, such as free-space laser communication links, lidars, microscopy and tomography.
“This is a very exciting news,” said Korotkova. “I am deeply honored to accept the responsibilities for leading JOSA A as its editor-in-chief. I am open to work with the classical optics community worldwide on publishing great papers and putting together exciting special issues.”
Korotkova is an Optical Society of America’s Fellow. She has significant editorial experience having been a topical editor for Optics Letters for six years, as well as an associate editor for OSA Continuum and the Journal of Optics (the European Optical Society). In addition, she has been involved in chairing various Optica and the SPIE (The Internatinal Society of Optics and Photonics) conferences. Korotkova will take over the editor-in-chief position from P. Scott Carney, who led the journal from 2016 through 2021.
"I hope that I can bring added value to the journal and make valuable contributions to the field while showcasing the amazing work and studies happening in the optics and photonics community,” said Korotkova.
The JOSA A is published by Optica Publishing Group, which was recently renamed from Optical Society of America in order to better reflect its current global signature. The JOSA A is a daughter publication of the JOSA, which was established in 1917 and carries a profound scientific legacy.
The JOSA A publishes original, peer-reviewed papers on numerous topics, such as atmospheric and ocean optics, clinical vision, coherence and statistical optics, color, image processing, machine vision, and many more. The journal also has a strong educational component promoting optical knowledge via tutorials and discussion papers. It supports multi-disciplinary research participating in joint special issues with other Optica’s journals and is dedicated to pubishing scientific findings and developments in any field of classical optics, image science, and vision.
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