Meet the Editors | Interview with Prof. Dr. Greg Landsberg - Associate Editor of Universe

Prof. Dr. Greg Landsberg is a member of the team involved in the CMS experiment operating at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN (Geneva, Switzerland) and served as the Physics Coordinator of the CMS experiment at the time when Higgs boson was discovered. He is an author of a number of publications on collider phenomenology, including his pioneering work on mini black hole production at the LHC, which is among the topcite 1000+ articles.

Prof. Dr. Greg Landsberg conducts research in elementary particle physics, specifically, experimental investigation of the fundamental particles and fields of energy frontier accelerators. His main research activity is the search for new physics phenomena, including extra dimensions in space.

1. What attracted you to scientific editing for Universe?

I believe that getting involved in a publication process is an important way of ensuring high-quality and representative publications in one’s field. Over the years, I’ve authored many papers, both for myself and on behalf of the D0 and CMS Collaborations I’ve been a member of. I’ve also served on editorial boards of several journals, as well as been a referee for a number of them. Thus, I believe I understand the peer-review process quite well, both as a submitter and as a recipient of scientific papers. Consequently, I’m happy to offer my help to a relatively new journal in the field which targets a broad range of topics in the fundamental physics of the universe. I’m also particularly attracted by the Open Access policy of the journal, which I strongly support as the proper model for disseminating results of fundamental scientific research.

2. What are you hoping to achieve in your post as scientific editor?

My goal is to solicit new articles from leading experts in the field with the hope of increasing the interest in Universe journal within the scientific community and to improve the impact factor of the journal.

3. What kind of research do you look forward to publishing?

While my direct area of expertise is particle physics, in particular, the search for new physics phenomena, I’m interested in other fields also covered by the journal, and would like to see a balanced mix of topics covering major advancements in the studies of the fundamental properties of the universe.

4. Which research topics do you think are of particular interest to the research community at present?

I believe that LHC physics is still very interesting, specifically, the paradigm shifts in the way we do searches for new physics phenomena at the LHC and the impact that new precision measurements make on the overall picture of the universe. I also believe that the emerging field of gravitation wave detection is very interesting right now. Finally, I would like to see more articles on quantum sensing as a new experimental tool for various searches, and about novel analyses spanning more than one specific research area.