Editors
Editor in Chief
Magdalena Skipper PhD
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Biography
As Editor in Chief, Magdalena leads Nature’s magazine and research editorial teams. A geneticist by training, she has considerable editorial and publishing experience: having started in Nature Publishing Group in 2001, she was Chief Editor of Nature Reviews Genetics, Senior Editor for genetics and genomics at Nature, and Executive Editor for the Nature Partner Journals. Before joining Nature as Editor in Chief she was Editor in Chief of Nature Communications. She studied sex determination at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK, and Notch signalling in the vertebrate gut epithelium at the ICRF Laboratories (CRUK today), London. She is passionate about mentorship, research integrity as well as open and equitable research practice. She is the editorial champion of diversity, equality and inclusion at Springer Nature. She serves on the advisory board of the University of Oxford Centre for Personalised Medicine and the board of directors for GESDA. She is a member of the Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust and the Scientific Advisory Council for the UK Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists. She is a fellow of the International Science Council. Magdalena is based in the London office.
Chief Biological, Clinical and Social Sciences Editor
Francesca Cesari, Dr. rer. nat.
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Areas of responsibility include: overseeing editorial content and strategy, and team management. Education: BSc, Università di Roma, La Sapienza; PhD, University of Tübingen; postdoctoral work, The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, Cambridge.
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Deputy Editor - Biomedicine, Genetics & Biotechnology
Victoria Aranda PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: cancer, translational & clinical medicine, gene therapy, genome editing, biotechnology. Education: BSc, Biochemistry, and PhD, Biochemistry, University of Navarra, Spain; postdoctoral work, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Consulting Editor - Biomedicine, Genetics & Biotechnology
Susan Allison PhD
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Education: BSc, University of Otago; PhD, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, UNSW; post-doctoral work, Lund University.
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Senior Editor - Biomedicine, Genetics & Biotechnology
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Faseeha Ayaz DPhil
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Areas of responsibility include: cellular & mitochondrial metabolism, metabolic physiology, cardiology and vascular biology, physiology & therapy. Education: BSc, Pharmacology, Kings College London; DPhil, Cardiovascular Science, University of Oxford
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George Caputa PhD
Springer Nature (Germany), Berlin, Germany-
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Areas of responsibility include: cellular & mitochondrial metabolism, organismal metabolism, environmental microbial metabolism, cardiovascular biology, physiology &therapy. Education: BSc, Saint Louis University; PhD, Washington University in St. Louis; postdoctoral work, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics.
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Safia Danovi PhD
University College London, London, United Kingdom-
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Education: BSc, Biology, University College London, PhD, University of London, Safia.danovi#nature.com*
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Barbara Marte, Dr. Phil
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Areas of responsibility include: cancer, cell cycle. Education: Diploma in Human Biology, University of Marburg; PhD, Cell Biology, University of Basel; postdoctoral work, Imperial Cancer Research Fund.
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Michelle Trenkmann, Dr. sc. nat.
Springer Nature (Germany), Berlin, Germany-
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Areas of responsibility include: genetics, genomics & molecular evolution. Education: Advanced degree in Biochemistry, University of Leipzig; PhD in Molecular Biology, University of Zurich; postdoctoral work, University College Dublin.
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Deputy Editor - Neuroscience & Health
I-han Chou PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: neuroscience (including sensory and motor systems, decision making, executive function) & health sciences. Education: BA, Psychology, Harvard University; PhD, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; postdoctoral work, University of California, San Francisco.
Senior Editor - Neuroscience & Health
Noah Gray PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: neuroscience (including neurodevelopment, psychiatric disease, cellular & molecular neuroscience, neuroscience resources). Education: BSc, University of Notre Dame; PhD, Mayo Clinic and Graduate School; postdoctoral work, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Janelia Farm Research Campus.
Associate Editor - Neuroscience & Health
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Elnaz Hozhabri PhD
Springer Nature (United States), New York, United States-
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Areas of responsibility include: neuroscience (including innate behaviors, learning & memory, brain-body circuits, injury & repair, neuroscience techniques). Education: BS, University of Texas at Austin; PhD, New York University; postdoctoral work, New York University
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Jingyuan Xiao PhD
Springer Nature (United States), New York, United States-
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Areas of responsibilities include: global and public health Education: BA, Psychology, BS Public Health, University of California, San Diego; MPH, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health; PhD, Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health
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Deputy Editor - Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Angela K. Eggleston PhD
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Biography
Areas of responsibility include: DNA structure & metabolism, RNA structure & metabolism, protein folding, evolution & design. Education: BSc, Microbiology, and MSc, Molecular Genetics, University of Notre Dame; PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University; postdoctoral work, Imperial Cancer Research Fund (Clare Hall Laboratories) and HHMI-Children's Hospital Boston.
Senior Editor - Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Bryden Le Bailly PhD
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Areas of responsibility include: chemical biology, ion channel biology, GPCRs, origin of life biochemistry. Education: MSci, University of Bristol; PhD, University of Manchester; postdoctoral work, University of Manchester and University of Bristol.
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Véronique Gebala PhD
Springer Nature (Germany), Berlin, Germany-
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Areas of responsibility include: developmental biology, stem cells, mechanobiology. Education: BSc, Biology, and MSc, Cancer Biology, École Normale Supérieure de Cachan and Université Paris-Sud: PhD, Vascular Biology, University College London.
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Marie-Thérèse Heemels PhD
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Areas of responsibility include: ageing, neurodegeneration. Education: BSc and MSc, Free University Amsterdam; PhD, Netherlands Cancer Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Florian Ullrich, Dr. rer. nat.
Springer Nature (Germany), Berlin, Germany-
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Areas of responsibility include: RNA metabolism, membrane transport, enzymology, photosynthesis, synthetic biology. Education: Diploma, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; PhD, Biology, Freie Universität Berlin; postdoctoral work, Max-Delbruck-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin and Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie Berlin.
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Jie Wang PhD
Springer Nature, Shanghai, China-
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Areas of responsibility include: transcription, chromatin, epigenetics, signal transduction. Education: BSc, Clinical Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine; PhD, Cell Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine; postdoctoral work, University of California Los Angeles.
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Locum Senior Editor - Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Robert Stephenson PhD
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Biography
Areas of responsibility include: developmental biology, stem cells, mechanobiology, general physiology Education: BSc Hons, University of Toronto; PhD, University of Toronto; postdoctoral work, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan.
Deputy Editor - Ecology, Evolution, Social Science and Cognitive Neuroscience
Mary Elizabeth Sutherland PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: cognitive neuroscience, behavioural & social sciences (including psychology, sociology, computational social sciences, education, political science, science of science, science policy). Education: B.A. Cornell University; PhD, McGill University; postdoctoral work, Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Chile.
Senior Editor - Ecology, Evolution, Social Science and Cognitive Neuroscience
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Anna Armstrong PhD
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Areas of responsibility include: ecology, conservation biology, food systems, sustainability. Education: BSc and PhD, University of York; postdoctoral work, Australian National University and University of York
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Henry Gee PhD
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Areas of responsibility include: evolutionary biology (including integrative & comparative biology), palaeontology, archaeology, evolutionary developmental biology, taxonomy & systematics, general zoology, botany. Education: BSc, University of Leeds; PhD, University of Cambridge.
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Kleopatra Leontidou PhD
Springer Nature (Germany), Berlin, Germany-
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Areas of responsibility include: basic ecology, environmental microbiology. Education: Diploma, Biology, and PhD, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; postdoctoral work Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau.
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Sebastián Villamizar-Santamaría PhD
Springer Nature (United States), New York, United States-
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Areas of responsibility include: sociology, urban science, geography, communication, criminology, political science, education, public policy, among other social sciences. Education: BA, Sociology, Universidad del Rosario, MA, Geography, Universidad de los Andes, M. Phil and PhD, Sociology, City University of New York; postdoctoral work, City University of New York.
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Yang Xia PhD
Springer Nature, Shanghai, China-
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Areas of responsibility include: public economics, international economics, industrial economics, organizational economics, financial economics, and agricultural economics Education: BSc, Economics, University of Leeds; MSc, Ecological Economics, University of Leeds; PhD, Ecological Economics, University of East Anglia, The United Kingdom.
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Deputy Editor - Immunology, Microbiology & Plant Biology
Clare Thomas PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: virology. Education: BSc, Biochemistry, University of Sheffield; PhD, Virology and Gene Therapy, University of Leeds; postdoctoral work, University of Manchester and Stanford University.
Senior Editor - Immunology, Microbiology & Plant Biology
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Zoltan Fehervari PhD
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Areas of responsibility include: immunology, microbiology. Education: BSc, Zoology/Psychology, Reading University; MSc. Immunology, Imperial College; PhD, Cambridge University and GSK, Stevenage; postdoctoral work, Cambridge University and Kyoto University.
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Christina Tobin Kåhrström PhD
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Areas of responsibility include: microbiology. Education: BSc, Biomedical Science, Dublin Institute of Technology; PhD, Microbiology, Uppsala University.
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Sadaf Shadan PhD
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Areas of responsibility include: cell biology, plant biology. Education: BSc, King's College London; PhD, University of Cambridge; postdoctoral work, University College London.
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Ursula Weiss PhD
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Areas of responsibility include: immunology. Education: PhD, Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, postdoctoral work, Immunology, Institute for Genetics, Cologne
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Consulting Editor (Immunology, Microbiology & Plant Biology)
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Nick Bernard PhD
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Laurie Dempsey PhD
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Stephanie Houston PhD
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Ioana Staicu PhD
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom
Chief Applied and Physical Sciences Editor
Karl Ziemelis BA
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Areas of responsibility: overseeing editorial content and strategy, and team management. Education: BA, natural sciences, University of Cambridge.
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Deputy Editor - Chemistry, Materials and Energy
Claire Hansell PhD
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Biography
Areas of responsibility include: materials and chemistry. Education: MA natural sciences & MSci chemistry, University of Cambridge; PhD polymer chemistry, University of Warwick.
Senior Editor (Physical Sciences)
Liqian Wang PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: biomedical engineering, materials and devices. Education: PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata; postdoctoral fellows at Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Fudan University; visiting researcher, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Senior Editors (Chemistry)
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Bryden Le Bailly PhD
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
Biography
Areas of responsibility include: chemical biology, ion channel biology, GPCRs, origin of life biochemistry. Education: MSci, University of Bristol; PhD, University of Manchester; postdoctoral work, University of Manchester and University of Bristol.
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Magdalena Helmer PhD
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Areas of responsibility include: chemistry. Education: Vordiplom, chemistry, University of Tübingen; MS, marine and atmospheric chemistry, University of Florida; PhD, environmental sciences, University of East Anglia.
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Senior Editor (Material Sciences)
Kristina Maria Kareh PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: materials science. Education: MEng biomaterials and tissue Engineering, Imperial College London; PhD metallurgy and X-ray imaging, Imperial College London; postdoctoral work, Imperial College London.
Senior Editor (Electrocatalysis)
Sara Renfrew PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: electrocatalysis, energy storage Education: BS chemical engineering Caltech; PhD chemical engineering, University of California, Berkeley; post-doctoral work Technical University in Berlin.
Deputy Editor - Physics and Computing
Federico Levi, Dr. rer. nat.
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Areas of responsibility include: pure and applied physics. Education: MA physics, Università degli Studi di Milano; PhD theoretical quantum physics, University of Freiburg.
Senior Editor (Optoelectronics)
Natalie Lok Kwan Li PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: optoelectronic technology and devices. Education: BSc Chemistry, University of Hong Kong SAR; MPhil and PhD Chemistry, University of Hong Kong SAR; post-doctoral work at the University of Hong Kong SAR.
Associate Editor (Optics and Photonics)
Michela Picardi PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: optics and photonics. Education: MA physics, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II; PhD optics, King's College London; postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Photonic Sciences (ICFO), Barcelona.
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Senior Editor (Physics)
Tobias Rödel PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: condensed matter and solid-state physics. Education: MA nanostructure technology, Universität Würzburg; PhD solid state physics, Université Paris-Sud; postdoctoral work, University of Luxembourg
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Senior Editor (Computing and Robotics)
Yann Sweeney PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: computing, robotics and computational sciences. Education: BA theoretical physics, Trinity College Dublin; PhD computational neuroscience, University of Edinburgh; postdoctoral work, Imperial College London
Senior Editor (Electronic Engineering)
Stuart Thomas PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: electronic engineering and device physics.Education: BEng (Hons) computer systems and electronic engineering, Swansea Metropolitan University; PhD solid state physics, Imperial College London; postdoctoral work Imperial College London; postdoctoral fellowships at National Cheng Kung University and National Tsing Hua University.
Deputy Editor - Earth Sciences and Astronomy
Juliane Mössinger PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: biogeochemical cycles, geomorphology, atmospheric chemistry and environmental science. Education: BSc chemistry and environmental chemistry, University of Wales; MPhil and PhD, atmospheric chemistry, University of Cambridge; research fellowship, University of Cambridge.
Senior Editor (Environmental Sciences)
Yanhua Chen PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: environmental engineering, resource management. Education: MS environmental engineering ETH Zürich; PhD earth sciences University of Bern.
Senior Editor (Solid Earth Sciences)
Alison Hunt PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: solid Earth science, planetary science. Education: MSci Earth Science, Durham University; PhD igneous geochemistry, The Open University; Postdoctoral work on meteorites at the Natural History Museum (London) and ETH Zurich.
Senior Editor (Climate Sciences)
Michael White PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: climate sciences. Education: BA, environmental science, University of Virginia; MS, forestry, University of Montana; PhD, remote sensing and ecological modeling; postdoctoral fellowship, University of Montana.
Senior Editor (Economics, Social Sciences)
Yang Xia PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: public economics, international economics, industrial economics, organizational economics, financial economics, and agricultural economics Education: BSc, Economics, University of Leeds; MSc, Ecological Economics, University of Leeds; PhD, Ecological Economics, University of East Anglia, The United Kingdom.
Associate Editor (Astronomy and Astrophysics)
Urmila Chadayammuri PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: astronomy, astrophysics and planetary science. Education: MPhil & MA astronomy, Yale University; PhD astronomy, Yale University; Postdoctoral fellowships at the Harvard & Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics and the Max Planck Institut für Astronomie.
Chief News and Features Editor
Celeste Biever MChem
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Celeste joined Nature in 2014 after working at New Scientist and has master's and undergraduate degrees in chemistry from the University of Oxford and a post-graduate diploma in journalism from City University of London. She leads Nature's news and features teams.
Bureau Chief (Europe)
Nisha Gaind MSc
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Nisha has been with Nature since 2013, and moved into her current position as Europe Bureau Chief in July 2018. She has a MSci degree in astrophysics and physical chemistry from University College London. She leads Nature’s news coverage of Europe.
Bureau Chief (Editorials, Africa and the Middle East)
Ehsan Masood BSc
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Ehsan joined Nature in 2019 from the science policy magazine Research Fortnight. He has degrees in physics and in science communication, and currently edits Nature’s editorials pages, and well as overseeing news from Africa and the Middle East. Ehsan is a member of the Board of the Association of British Science Writers.
Bureau Chief (Asia-Pacific)
Nicky Phillips BSc
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Nicky oversees news coverage of the Asia-Pacific region. She joined Nature in 2017, having previously worked as a science journalist at Nature Index, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She has degrees in science (physiology) and journalism
Bureau Chief (Americas)
Lauren Wolf PhD
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Lauren joined Nature in 2020 as Americas Bureau Chief, after 12 years at Chemical & Engineering News as a reporter and as head of the science team. Before becoming a journalist, Lauren carried out a postdoc at the US National Institute of Standards & Technology and received a PhD in chemistry from Boston University. She leads Nature’s news coverage of the Americas.
Senior Editors
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Helen Pearson PhD
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Helen has been writing and editing articles for Nature for more than 20 years, including 5 years leading the team as Chief Magazine Editor. She won Editor of the Year at the Association of British Science Writers awards in 2022 and currently edits content across the magazine. She has a degree in natural sciences from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in genetics. She writes her own articles and books, as well as teaching science writing at University College London.
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Traci Watson BA
Springer Nature (United States), New York, United States-
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Traci joined Nature in 2017. She studied cell biology at Amherst College and science journalism at the University of California, Santa Cruz. During a stint as a daily newspaper reporter, she covered everything from NASA to terrorist attacks to pop stars. She previously edited Nature's Research Highlights section.
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Senior News Editor
Emma Stoye BA
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Emma joined Nature in 2019. Before that she was a reporter and editor at Chemistry World, covering research, publishing, science policy and reviews. Emma has a degree in biological sciences from the University of Oxford.
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Fred Schwaller PhD
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Fred joined Nature in 2025 after being a freelance science reporter for Nature, Deutsche Welle and other outlets. Before becoming a journalist, Fred did a postdoc in neuroscience at the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin and received a PhD from University College London.
Chief Features Editor
Richard Monastersky BA
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Richard joined Nature in 2008 after stints at The Chronicle of Higher Education and Science News magazine. He commissions and edits features mainly in Earth and planetary science, physical science, evolution and ecology.
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Brendan Maher BA
Springer Nature (United States), New York, United States-
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Brendan joined Nature in April 2009 after freelancing for the magazine for two years editing features and commentaries. He edits features across the life sciences, with a particular emphasis on diversity and social justice.
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Richard Van Noorden MSc
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Richard joined Nature in 2009 from Chemistry World. He has a master's degree in natural sciences from the University of Cambridge, and his interests include chemistry and materials, as well as scientific publishing, open science, research integrity and digital journalism. He was the UK’s Medical Journalists’ Association Editor of the Year in 2021.
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Kerri Smith MSc
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Kerri joined Nature in 2006 as an intern in the newly minted podcast department. She has a degree in human sciences and an MSc in neuroscience from the University of Oxford, as well as an MSc in science communication from Imperial College London. Her specialisms are biology, neuroscience, psychology and the social sciences.
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Senior Reporters
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Ewen Callaway MS
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Ewen joined Nature in August 2010 after 2 years at New Scientist as Boston-based biomedical reporter. He attended the science writing programme at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and earned a master’s degree in microbiology at the University of Washington. He covers the biological sciences, and in particular evolution, genetics, neuroscience, palaeontology, archaeology, molecular biology and COVID-19.
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Davide Castelvecchi PhD
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Davide reports on physics, chemistry, cosmology, energy, mathematics and computer science — and especially all things black holes. He has been at Nature since 2012. Previously he was a physical sciences reporter at Science News and a senior editor at Scientific American. He has a PhD in mathematics from Stanford University and a degree in science writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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Elizabeth Gibney MSc
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Elizabeth joined Nature as a physical sciences reporter in 2013, after writing for Times Higher Education, Research Fortnight and Research Europe, and working as a staff writer at CERN, Europe’s high-energy physics laboratory. Elizabeth has a degree in natural sciences from the University of Cambridge and a MSc in science communication from Imperial College London. She covers physics, astronomy, chemistry, policy and artificial intelligence.
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Max Kozlov BSc
Springer Nature (United States), New York, United States-
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Max joined Nature in 2021. Previously, Max wrote for Quanta Magazine, The Scientist, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and The Public's Radio. He studied cognitive neuroscience at Brown University. He covers biology and neuroscience and US science policy, particularly the NIH and FDA.
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Heidi Ledford PhD
Springer Nature (United States), New York, United States-
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Heidi writes about biology and the social sciences, and has a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. Heidi has written for The Oregonian, edited for the Berkeley Science Review, and freelanced for a few other publications. Particular interests include medicine, CRISPR, cancer, plants, GM organisms, translational and clinical research, patents and COVID-19 drugs.
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Smriti Mallapaty MSc
Springer Nature, Sydney, Australia-
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Smriti joined Nature in 2020, and covers the Asia-Pacific region. She has a master’s of science degree in environmental technology from Imperial College London, and reports on subjects including biological and environmental sciences, space, publishing and community in Asia and COVID-19.
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Reporters
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James Dinneen MSc
Springer Nature (United States), New York, United States-
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James writes about climate and Earth science, as well as energy and other physical sciences. Before joining Nature in 2026, he freelanced for publications including Science, Quanta, National Geographic and Yale E360, and he was on staff at New Scientist for several years. His investigation for Undark on ageing dam infrastructure was a 2022 National Magazine Award finalist and won the American Society of Journalists and Authors award for investigative journalism. He holds a master's degree in science writing from MIT and studied history and philosophy at Colorado College in Colorado Springs.
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Mariana Pereira Lenharo MA
Springer Nature (United States), New York, United States-
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Mariana joined Nature in 2023 as a life sciences reporter after freelancing for publications such as Scientific American, Undark and The New York Times magazine. In the past, she has covered science for the Brazilian news website G1 and the daily newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo. She holds a master’s degree in science journalism from Columbia University in New York City.
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Miryam Naddaf BSc
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Miryam studied biomedical science at King’s College London, where she specialized in neuroscience and pharmacology. She trained as a research assistant at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, and has worked as a freelance Arabic translator, interview coordinator and documentary presenter. She joined Nature’s news team in 2022.
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Mohana Basu
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Rachel Fieldhouse BA, BSc
Springer Nature, Sydney, Australia-
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Rachel joined Nature in 2025, after writing for Australian Doctor and OverSixty, and freelancing as a writer and sub-editor. She has a double degree in chemistry, linguistics and English from the University of Sydney, and covers topics including biological and physical sciences, medicine, and the Asia-Pacific region.
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Nature News Intern
Kaia Glickman MS
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Kaia joined Nature in 2026 as a news intern. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz science communication program earlier this year after earning a BA in astrophysics from Williams College in 2025. Her work has been published in Science, Knowable Magazine, Mongabay, and more.
Retained Correspondent
Alexandra Witze BSc
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Alex covers the Earth and planetary sciences, with a little dabbling in astronomy. She studied geology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and science communication at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Among other places she has worked as a journalist for Science News and the Dallas Morning News; she also ran Nature's US news operations from Washington DC between 2005 and 2010.
Chief Opinion Editor - Opinion (Books & Arts, Comment, Correspondence, Obituaries, World View)
Joanne Baker PhD
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Joanne joined Nature in 2007 from the journal Science. She has degrees in physics (MA, natural sciences, University of Cambridge), astrophysics (PhD, University of Sydney) and landscape architecture (MLA Greenwich University), and held postdocs at the University of Cambridge, University of California, Berkeley and University of Oxford. In 2019–20 she was a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University. She’s authored several books.
Senior Opinion Editors
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Jennifer Gardiner PhD
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Jenny joined Nature’s opinion section in June 2023, from News and Views. She studied genetics at the University of Nottingham before doing a PhD in developmental genetics at King’s College London and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Cancer Research, London.
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Lucy Odling-Smee PhD
Springer Nature (United States), New York, United States-
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Before joining Nature, Lucy studied natural sciences at the University of Cambridge and completed a PhD in evolutionary ecology at the University of Edinburgh.
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Anne Pichon PhD
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Anne received a broad training in chemistry at the National Graduate School of Chemistry in Montpellier, France, and completed MPhil and PhD degrees in inorganic and supramolecular chemistry at the Queen's University Belfast, UK. She joined Nature in June 2023 after 15 years as an editor at Nature Chemistry, based first in Tokyo and then London.
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Ajai Sreevatsan MSc
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Ajai Sreevatsan joined Nature in Jan 2024. He has a MSc in social data science from the University of Oxford and degrees in engineering from Anna University in Chennai, journalism from Northwestern University in Chicago and liberal studies from Ashoka university in Delhi. Ajai has also worked at the Wall Street Journal – Livemint and The Hindu newspapers.
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Chief Editor, News & Views and Research Briefings
Andrew Mitchinson PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: chemistry, materials science, geochemistry, climate science and biochemistry. Education: BSc Hons, chemistry, University of Durham; PhD, chemistry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Senior Editor (Research Briefings)
Natasha Bray PhD
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Education: BSc Hons cognitive neuroscience and psychology with industrial experience, University of Manchester; PhD, neuroscience, University of Manchester.
Senior Editor (News & Views, Biological Sciences)
Holly Smith PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: molecular biology, neuroscience, metabolism, developmental biology, stem cells, systems biology, genetics, genomics, epigenetics, psychology and social sciences. Education: BSc Hons in Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield; PhD, Cellular Pharmacology, University of Cambridge.
Associate Editor (News & Views, Biological Sciences)
Mary Abraham PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: archaeology, biotechnology, cancer, cell biology, ecology, evolution, immunology, medicine, microbiology, palaeontology and plant biology. Education: BA Hons, MSci, natural sciences, University of Cambridge; PhD, developmental biology, Rockefeller University; postdoctoral fellowships, University of Oxford and Yale University.
Associate Editor (News & Views, Physics)
Katherine Skipper PhD
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Areas of responsibility include: physics, astrophysics, computer science, Earth science, climate science. Education: MPhys in Physics, University of Durham; PhD, Physics, University of Bristol.
Chief Editor, Digital
Anne Marie Conlon BA
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Anne Marie joined Nature in September 2021. She previously spent four years at New Scientist where she worked as the Deputy Digital Editor. Before that she held roles at The Guardian, The Independent and Hot Press magazine in Dublin. She has a BA in Journalism from Dublin City University.
Engagement Editor
Catriona Clarke BSc
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Catriona joined Nature in June 2023, and manages Nature's social media channels. Prior to this, she's worked for the Wellcome Sanger Institute, PLOS ONE, and Royal Society of Chemistry. She has a degree in Biochemistry from the University of Glasgow.
Senior Editor (Nature Briefing)
Flora Graham MSc
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Flora writes the daily Nature Briefing email, covering everything that matters in science, from Nature and beyond. Previously she was Digital Editor at New Scientist and a technology and physics reporter for the BBC, CBC and CNET. Flora has a BSc in Physics and English from the University of British Columbia and an MSc in science communication from Imperial College London.
Associate Editor (Nature Briefing)
Jacob Smith MSc
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Jacob joined Nature in 2024 as an associate editor on Nature Briefing. He is also the editor of Nature Briefing: Microbiology. Previously, he worked in the digital news team at Cancer Research UK. Jacob has a BSc in biochemistry from the University of Exeter and an MSc in science communication from Imperial College London.
Senior Multimedia Editors
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Shamini Bundell MSc
Springer Nature (United Kingdom), London, United Kingdom-
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Shamini joined the Nature Multimedia team in 2015 after almost six years in television where she worked on science documentaries for the BBC and others. She now produces short form content for Nature Video and Nature Podcast. Shamini studied natural sciences at the University of Cambridge and then completed an MSc in Science Media Production at Imperial College London.
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Dan Fox MSci
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Biography
Dan produces short films and audio for Nature. He joined the team in 2019 after stints making digial content for Asthma UK and BMJ. Dan has a MSci in Physics from Royal Holloway University of London.
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Nick hosts and produces audio content for the Nature Podcast. He joined Nature in 2019 after studying for a PhD, on the problems facing bees, at the University of Birmingham.
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Maren joined Nature in 2026 after close to a decade as a freelance science media producer. She has created videos, podcasts, and social media content for scientific institutions, universities and media organisations, most recently producing, directing, and hosting an award-nominated documentary series for PBS Digital Studios. She now produces and hosts vertical video content for Nature. Maren holds an MSc in science communication from Imperial College London and an MSc in medical microbiology from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
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Benjamin joined the Nature Multimedia team in 2017, prior to which he worked at the Microbiology Society and the Wellcome Trust. Benjamin was awarded a PhD in Microbiology from the University of East Anglia in 2010.
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David joined Nature in October 2016 from The British Medical Journal, where he was online editor. His journalism career began in 1990 as a general news reporter on a local evening newspaper. He then worked for UK GP magazine Pulse, Nursing Times, and The Food Standards Agency, where he managed its website and print publications. David has a degree in English and a postgraduate diploma in journalism.
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Jack joined Nature in 2015 and leads the editorial team responsible for Nature’s careers section in print and online. This includes news, features and opinion to help Nature's global community of working scientists make more informed decisions about their careers. He holds a master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Hull, UK.
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Kendall has been a freelance contributor to Nature’s careers and features sections since 2003. Her work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Open Notebook and others. She joined the careers team in 2021 as lead editor for Nature’s careers feature section. Alongside other careers editor colleagues, Kendall also oversees Q&As and news. She holds a master’s degree in biomedical science from the University of California San Diego and a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California Santa Cruz.
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Richard commissions and edits content for the Nature Outlook & supplements. He joined Nature in 2015 after completing an MA in science journalism at City University London. Prior to that, he studied biomedical science at King’s College London, with particular focus on human physiology in extreme conditions.
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