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H. Frederick DyllaBiography
The author of over 190 publications, Dylla is a strong advocate of scientific journals and for improved access to scientific information through various business models. In 2009 Dylla helped organize and participated in the Scholarly Publishing Roundtable under the aegis of the US House Science and Technology Committee. The Roundtable developed consensus recommendations for the development of public access policies for scholarly data and publications; several of its recommendations were folded into the America COMPETES Act of 2010. Dylla currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical publishers (STM), and on the Executive Council of the Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP). |
Fred Dylla is the Executive Director and CEO of the American Institute of Physics, an umbrella organization of 10 scientific societies, publisher of scientific journals, and provider of physics outreach resources. Previously, Dylla served as Chief Technology Officer and as Associate Director at DOE's Jefferson Lab, where he spearheaded the Free Electron Laser (FEL) program. He held various positions at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, where he helped develop technology for nuclear fusion reactors, particle accelerators, and materials processing. He received his Ph.D. in physics from MIT, is a Past President and Fellow of the AVS and a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 