**Meet the editor**

Kiumars Ghowsi obtained a B.S. in electrical engineering science in 1981, and a M.S. in electrical engineering science in 1984 from Louisiana State University, USA. Professor Ghowsi changed his field to chemistry and obtained a Ph.D with a major in analytical chemistry and a minor in physical chemistry from Louisiana State University, USA, in 1990. Currently Professor Ghowsi is

a member of IEEE. He has been a faculty member at Texas Tech Chemistry. After moving to Iran, he became a faculty member in Chemistry Department, Majlesi Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran. His research interest are home made capillary electrophoresis with contactless electrode as a detector, new electrokinetic phenomenon called field effect electroosmosis and a new look at capillary electrophoresis and micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography.
