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| Editor-in-Chief Duncan Pay | Editorial Assistants Brooke Goedert Nathan Renfro |
| Managing Editor Justin Hunter | Editors, Lab Notes Thomas M. Moses Shane F. McClure |
| Editor Stuart D. Overlin | Contributing Editors James E. Shigley Andy Lucas |
| Technical Editor Tao Hsu | Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Alice S. Keller |
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Editorial Staff
| Editor-in-Chief Duncan Pay | Editorial Assistants Brooke Goedert Nathan Renfro |
| Managing Editor Justin Hunter | Editors, Lab Notes Thomas M. Moses Shane F. McClure |
| Editor Stuart D. Overlin | Contributing Editors James E. Shigley Andy Lucas |
| Technical Editor Tao Hsu | Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Alice S. Keller |
| Technical Editor Jennifer Stone-Sundberg | Customer Service Martha Erickson 1(760) 603-4502 |