Vinícius Duarte, a staff research physicist at PPPL, has been named to a three-year term on the editorial advisory board of Physics of Plasmas, a monthly peer-reviewed journal. The periodical describes itself as being “devoted to the publication of original experimental and theoretical work in plasma physics, from basic plasma phenomena to astrophysical and dusty plasmas.” Duarte’s position began in January 2023.

Duarte is thrilled to become part of this storied institution. “This role means a lot to me because the journal serves the plasma physics community,” he said. “I was extremely happy to learn I had been named to this position.”

Duarte’s responsibilities include helping determine whether a submitted manuscript should be published and suggesting new topics for the journal to cover. He plans to advocate for expanding the space devoted to tutorials — texts aimed at graduate students, postdocs and young scientists that introduce new lines of research in plasma physics to the journal audience. “Tutorials are a great way for leading researchers to introduce emerging research topics on which no books have yet been written,” Duarte said.

Duarte joined PPPL in 2014 as a visiting doctoral student from the University of São Paulo. After graduating in 2017, he accepted a postdoctoral position at the Lab before becoming a staff research physicist in 2020. His research focuses on the behavior of waves and fast particles in fusion plasma.

Physics of Plasmas is published by the American Institute of Physics Publishing and grew out of the journal Physics of Fluids in 1994. The first editor was former PPPL director Ronald Davidson, who served 24 years in that journal position. PPPL staff with current roles at the journal include principal research physicists Igor Kaganovich, associate editor; and Elena Belova, an editorial board member.