Editorial

The Editor-in-Chief is excited about the prospect for great things this coming year. In addition to the regular and focus articles, IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology is preparing two special issues. The May issue (Volume 3, Number 3) is dedicated to Terahertz Spectroscopy. We already have 10 selected topics and papers that cover molecular spectroscopy of gases in the interstellar medium, liquid and solid phase THz spectroscopy, non-linear spectroscopy, applications in solid-state physics, biology, and materials science, and both frequency and time domain methods. This special issue is being guided by Guest Editors David Cooke of McGill University, Montreal, Canada, and Peter Uhd Jepsen of the Technical University of Denmark. This coming fall we are planning a second special issue on Terahertz Metamaterials, with the Call for Papers appearing at the end of this issue. Special guest editors include Dr. Tahsin Akalin, Lille University, France, Willie Padilla, Boston College, USA, Marco Rahm, and our own Rene Beigang, both of University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. Rene is also chairing the 38th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz) to be held in Mainz, Germany, in September 2013. We are also in the process of finalizing our first Joint Special Issue with the IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (J-BHI) on Terahertz Imaging and Spectroscopy for Biology and Biomedicine and intend to continue with our well received "THz Pioneer" articles this year, and have a series of interviews lined up.