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Alabama A&M Professor to Edit Special Issue of a Prestigious Journal

MatthewEdwardsMatthew E. Edwards, a professor of physics at Alabama A&M University, has been chosen as guest editor for a special issue of the American Journal of Materials Science. Dr. Edwards will edit an issue of the journal that will deal with nanoparticle doped organic thin films and crystals. The special issue is scheduled for publication this coming summer.

Dr. Edwards is the former dean of the School of Arts & Sciences at Alabama A&M University. Before joining the faculty at Alabama A&M, he taught at Spelman College in Atlanta.

Professor Edwards holds a Ph.D. from Howard University in Washington, D.C

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