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| Susan Hassler Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Spectrum |
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| Recorded: 10/6/06 | |
| Susan Hassler, Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Spectrum, has more than 20 years of experience as a science editor and journalist dealing with a wide range of complex topics from developmental neurobiology to genetic and metabolic engineering. Her previous positions include the editorship of Nature Biotechnology, where she led the effort to reposition the publication and developed a number of brand extensions for it. She also served as editor at The Neurosciences Institute at Rockefeller University, associate editor for The Sciences, and a member of the editorial startup team at Quest Magazine. She has been an adjunct professor in the Science and Environmental Writing program at the New York University School of Journalism.
IEEE Spectrum is the flagship publication of the IEEE, the world's largest technical professional society. Through its 365,000 members in 150 countries, the not-for-profit association is a leading authority on a wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics. Dedicated to the advancement of technology, the IEEE publishes 30 percent of the world's literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields, and has developed more than 900 active industry standards. The organization also sponsors or cosponsors more than 300 international technical conferences each year. The IEEE Fellow membership grade is conferred by the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. The total number selected in any one year does not exceed one-tenth percent of the total voting IEEE membership. |
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