John L. Giuliani (M’91–SM’17) received the B.S. degree in physics from Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA, in 1972, and the Ph.D. degree in theoretical astrophysics from Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA, in 1980. He was involved in research on the interstellar medium with the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. Since 1983, he has been with the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington, DC, USA, where he is involved in high-altitude nuclear effects, laser target interactions, strongly coupled plasmas, Z-pinches, and gas discharges including arc torches, inductive processing, plasma lighting, and laser gas kinetics. He is currently the Head of the Radiation Hydrodynamics Branch, Plasma Physics Division, NRL, where he directs research activities on non-LTE ionization kinetics coupled to radiation transport and magneto-hydrodynamics, with particular emphasis on comparisons with experimental data and developing verification tests. Dr. Giuliani served a three-year term on the IEEE Plasma Science and Applications Committee. He served as a Guest Editor for the 4th, 6th, and the present 7th special issue on the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Sciencetps on Z-Pinch Plasmas. Since 2008, he has been on the Editorial Board of the Physics of Plasmas.