Hiring: Associate Editor, PRE Company: American Physical Society Location: College Park, MD Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 10:54:55 Employment Type: Full-time / Remote Target Skills & Keywords : Machine Learning, Workday About the job Required Skills: •The Associate Editor is a full-time position. This position does not include visa sponsorship. •Manage all aspects of peer review for a suite of manuscripts. This includes determining if review is warranted, selecting referees, evaluating responses, and deciding whether to publish. •Maintain close contact with the other PRE editors and with the editors of other journals in the APS portfolio. •Help select and briefly summarize papers to highlight. •Keep up with current and emerging physics research, and communicate such information with editors across the portfolio. •Actively facilitate and support manuscript post acceptance process, as needed, including the acquisition of editorial summaries and images and the resolution of production issues. •Perform editorial checks to ensure the overall quality and timeliness of published papers. •Maintain high ethical standards and fairness at all editorial stages, ensuring that decisions align with editorial policy and practice. Qualifications: •A PhD and postdoctoral experience in one or more of these areas: statistical physics, nonlinear physics, complex systems, biological physics, soft matter, fluids, plasma physics, computational physics. •PRE covers a large chunk of physics research, so we seek those with a broad background and outlook. •A minimum of one year of postdoctoral experience. •Excellent knowledge of the science and literature in their field. •Operational familiarity with existing research groups in that area. •Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. •Demonstrated capacity to make prompt independent evaluations and decisions. •Demonstrated capacity to manage multiple priorities. •Strong written and verbal English communication skills. •Demonstrated capacity to work well both alone and as part of a team. Compensation: •$83,041 - $113,143 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!