Fargo, N.D. — J. Sivaguru, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been named editor of Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology – A: Chemistry, an Elsevier Journal. 

Sivaguru joined the editorial team Jan. 1 and will handle all submissions from North and South America. The journal publishes results of fundamental studies on all aspects relating to chemical phenomena induced by interactions between light and molecules/ matter of all kinds. The impact factor of the journal for the past five years has been 2.925 according to Thompson Reuters. 

For more information about Sivaguru, visit http://sivagroup.chem.ndsu.nodak.edu. For more information about the Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology – A: Chemistry, visit www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-photochemistry-and-photobiology-a-chemistry. 

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