APS has selected Dr. Hugues Chaté, a senior scientist at the CEA-Saclay, France, to serve as the lead editor of Physical Review Letters :"Over the past six months, Hugues has served as the interim lead editor and has done a truly outstanding job in that capacity. APS is certain that PRL will benefit greatly from Hugues’ leadership, energy, and broad vision and we are excited to have him in this very important role for the APS family of journals".

See Editorial: "Welcoming Hugues" (Pierre Meystre, Editor in Chief) - Editorial: "Looking Ahead" (Hughes Chaté, Lead Editor).