Iupac appoints new executive director

Greta Heydenrych is the new executive director of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Iupac), the international body that codifies the measures and nomenclature used in chemistry. Heydenrych replaces outgoing director Lynn Soby, who led the organisation for eight years.

Heydenrych moves to Iupac from Wiley-VCH where she was heavily involved in the launch of new chemistry journals and served as editor-in-chief of several publications including ChemPhysChem, ChemElectroChem and ChemPhotoChem. She will initially take on the Iupac directorship in a voluntary capacity.