Timereallyflies!IthasbeensixyearssinceIassumedthefoundingEditor-in-Chiefpositionforthenewjournal,PhotonicsResearch,inAugust2012,thenapprovedsevenfoundingAssociateEditors,openeditssubmissionsiteinDecember2012,andpublisheditsfirstissueinJune2013.NowPhotonicsResearchismuchmoremature,soitisalsotimeformeandthegroupoffoundingAssociateEditorstopassontheeditorialresponsibilitytoanewteam.