Jörn Ritterbusch studied chemistry at the Technical University Braunschweig, Germany, where he received his Ph.D. in Ecological Chemistry in 1996 for his studies on emissions from coolants for metal working in a research cooperation with Volkswagen AG. He joined Wiley in 2006, and is Editor-in-Chief of Advanced Functional Materials and head of the Macromolecular Journals editorial office.