About the Editors

Editor in Chief 
Magdalena Skipper, PhD, Springer Nature, UK |ORCID

As Editor in Chief, Magdalena leadsNature’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 ofNature Reviews Genetics, Senior Editor for genetics and genomics atNature, and Executive Editor for the Nature Partner Journals. Before joiningNature as Editor in Chief she was Editor in Chief ofNature 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.
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Chief Biological, Clinical and Social Sciences Editor 
Francesca Cesari, Dr. rer. nat., Springer Nature, UK |ORCID

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, Springer Nature, USA

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.
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Senior Editor
George Caputa, PhD, Springer Nature, Germany

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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Senior Editor
Barbara Marte, Dr Phil, Springer Nature, UK

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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Senior Editor
Michelle Trenkmann, Dr. sc. nat., Springer Nature, Germany | ORCID

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, Springer Nature, USA

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.
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Senior Editor
Noah Gray, PhD, Springer Nature, USA

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.
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Associate Editor
Jingyuan Xiao, PhD, Springer Nature, USA

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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Associate Editor
Elnaz Hozhabri, PhD, Springer Nature, USA

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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Deputy Editor, Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Angela K. Eggleston, PhD, Springer Nature, USA | ORCID

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.
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Senior Editor (Currently on leave) 
Véronique Gebala, PhD, Springer Nature, Germany |ORCID

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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Senior Editor
Marie-Thérèse Heemels, PhD, Springer Nature, UK | ORCID

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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Senior Editor
Bryden Le Bailly, PhD, Springer Nature, UK | ORCID

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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Locum Senior Editor
Robert Stephenson, PhD, Springer Nature, Japan |ORCID

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. 
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Senior Editor
Florian Ullrich, Dr. rer. nat., Springer Nature, Germany | ORCID

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.
florian.ullrich#nature.com*

Senior Editor
Jie Wang, PhD, Springer Nature, China | ORCID

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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Deputy Editor, Ecology, Evolution, Social Science and Cognitive Neuroscience
Mary Elizabeth Sutherland, PhD, Springer Nature, USA

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.
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Senior Editor
Anna Armstrong, PhD, Springer Nature, UK

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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Senior Editor
Henry Gee, PhD, Springer Nature, UK

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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Senior Editor
Yang Xia, PhD, Springer Nature, China |ORCID

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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Senior Editor
Kleopatra Leontidou, PhD, Springer Nature, Germany

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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Senior Editor
Sebastián Villamizar-Santamaría, PhD, Springer Nature, USA

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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Deputy Editor, Immunology, Microbiology & Plant Biology

Clare Thomas, PhD, Springer Nature, UK

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.
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Consulting Editor
Susan Allison, PhD, Springer Nature, Australia

Education: BSc, University of Otago; PhD, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, UNSW; post-doctoral work, Lund University.
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Senior Editor
Zoltan Fehervari, PhD, Springer Nature, UK

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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Senior Editor
Sadaf Shadan, PhD, Springer Nature, UK

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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Senior Editor
Christina Tobin Kåhrström, PhD, Springer Nature, UK

Areas of responsibility include: microbiology.
Education: BSc, Biomedical Science, Dublin Institute of Technology; PhD, Microbiology, Uppsala University.
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Senior Editor
Ursula Weiss, PhD, Springer Nature, UK

Areas of responsibility include: immunology.
Education: PhD, Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, postdoctoral work, Immunology, Institute for Genetics, Cologne.
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Chief Applied and Physical Sciences Editor
Karl Ziemelis, BA, Springer Nature, UK |ORCID

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, Springer Nature, UK |ORCID

Areas of responsibility include: materials and chemistry.
Education: MA natural sciences & MSci chemistry, University of Cambridge; PhD polymer chemistry, University of Warwick.
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Senior Editor (Physical Sciences)
Liqian Wang, PhD, Springer Nature, China

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.
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Senior Editor (Chemistry)
Bryden Le Bailly, PhD, Springer Nature, UK |ORCID

Areas of responsibility include: organic and biological chemistry.
Education: MSci, University of Bristol; PhD, University of Manchester; post-doctoral work Universities of Manchester and Bristol.
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Senior Editor (Chemistry)
Magdalena Helmer, PhD, Springer Nature, UK |ORCID

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 Kareh, PhD, Springer Nature, UK |ORCID

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.
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Deputy Editor, Physics and Computing
Federico Levi, Dr. rer. nat., Springer Nature, UK |ORCID

Areas of responsibility include: pure and applied physics.
Education: MA physics, Università degli Studi di Milano; PhD theoretical quantum physics, University of Freiburg.
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Senior Editor (Optoelectronics) 
Natalie Lok Kwan Li, PhD, Springer Nature, Japan 

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, Springer Nature, Germany

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 (Electrocatalysis)
Sara Renfrew, PhD, Springer Nature, Germany

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.
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Senior Editor (Physics)
Tobias Rödel, PhD, Springer Nature, Germany |ORCID

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, Springer Nature, UK |ORCID

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
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Senior Editor (Electronic Engineering)
Stuart Thomas, PhD, Springer Nature, UK

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.
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Deputy Editor, Earth Sciences and Astronomy
John VanDecar, PhD, Springer Nature, UK |ORCID

Areas of responsibility include: geology, geophysics, and geochemistry of the solid Earth and terrestrial planets.
Education: BSc, geophysics, Texas A&M University; PhD, geophysics, University of Washington; postdoctoral fellowships at Utrecht University, and Carnegie Institution of Washington DC.
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Senior Editor (Environmental Sciences)
Juliane Mössinger, PhD, Springer Nature, UK |ORCID

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.
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Senior Editor (Climate Sciences)
Michael White, PhD, Springer Nature, USA |ORCID

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.
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Senior Editor (Economics, Social Sciences)
Yang Xia, PhD, Springer Nature, China |ORCID

Areas of responsibility include: socio-economics, climate policy, climate risk, environmental policy, sustainability and society.
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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Associate Editor (Astronomy and Astrophysics)
Urmila Chadayammuri, PhD, Springer Nature, Germany

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.
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Nature Magazine

Chief Magazine Editor
Richard Webb, Dr. rer. nat., Springer Nature, UK

Richard joinedNature in July 2022 following 14 years atNew Scientist, where he was a feature editor specializing in physical and environmental sciences, Chief Features Editor and latterly Executive Editor. Before that he was atNature as a News & Views editor and worked as a particle physicist at CERN. He has an MSci degree in physics from the University of London (Imperial College) and a PhD in experimental particle physics from the University of Erlangen­-Nürnberg, Germany. He has overall responsibility for allNature’s news, feature, opinion and analysis content, including all multimedia output.
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News and Features

Chief News and Features Editor
Celeste Biever, MChem, Springer Nature, UK

Celeste joinedNature in 2014 after working atNew 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 leadsNature's news and features teams.
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Bureau Chief (Europe)
Nisha Gaind, MSc, Springer Nature, UK

Nisha has been withNature 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 leadsNature’s news coverage of Europe.
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Locum Bureau Chief (Europe)
Emma Stoye, BA, Springer Nature, UK

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.

Bureau Chief (Editorials, Africa and the Middle East)
Ehsan Masood, BSc, Springer Nature, UK |ORCID

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. 
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Bureau Chief (Asia-Pacific)
Nicky Phillips, BSc, Springer Nature, Australia

Nicky oversees news coverage of the Asia-Pacific region. She joinedNature in 2017, having previously worked as a science journalist at Nature Index, theSydney Morning Herald and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She has degrees in science (physiology) and journalism.
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Bureau Chief (Americas)
Lauren Wolf, PhD, Springer Nature, USA

Lauren joinedNature in 2020 as Americas Bureau Chief, after 12 years atChemical & 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 leadsNature’s news coverage of the Americas.
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Locum Bureau Chief (Americas)
Traci Watson, BA, Springer Nature, USA

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.

Senior Editor
Helen Pearson, PhD, Springer Nature, UK

Helen has been writing and editing articles forNature 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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Chief Features Editor
Richard Monastersky, BA, Springer Nature, USA

Richard joinedNature in 2008 after stints atThe Chronicle of Higher Education andScience News magazine. He commissions and edits features mainly in Earth and planetary science, physical science, evolution and ecology.
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Features Editor
Brendan Maher, BA, Springer Nature, USA

Brendan joinedNature 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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Features Editor
Kerri Smith, MSc, Springer Nature, UK

Kerri joinedNature 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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Features Editor
Richard Van Noorden, MSc, Springer Nature, UK

Richard joinedNature in 2009 fromChemistry 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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Senior Reporter
Ewen Callaway, MS, Springer Nature, UK

Ewen joinedNature in August 2010 after 2 years atNew 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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Senior Reporter (Physical Sciences)
Davide Castelvecchi, PhD, Springer Nature, UK

Davide reports on physics, chemistry, cosmology, energy, mathematics and computer science — and especially all things black holes. He has been atNature since 2012. Previously he was a physical sciences reporter atScience News and a senior editor atScientific 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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Reporter
Rachel Fieldhouse, BA/BSc, Springer Nature, Australia

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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Senior Reporter
Elizabeth Gibney, MSc, Springer Nature, UK

Elizabeth joinedNature as a physical sciences reporter in 2013, after writing forTimes Higher Education,Research Fortnight andResearch 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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News Intern, Springer Nature, USA
Edward Chen

Edward joinedNature in 2026 as a news intern for the US team. He has a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Rochester and a master’s degree in immunology from Harvard Medical School. He has written forSTAT and helped to create podcasts and videos for a Harvard student group that tells the public about science.
edward.chen#us.nature.com 

Reporter
Max Kozlov, BSc, Springer Nature, USA

Max joinedNature in 2021. Previously, Max wrote forQuanta Magazine,The Scientist,The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, andThe 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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Senior Reporter
Heidi Ledford, PhD, Springer Nature, USA

Heidi writes about biology and the social sciences, and has a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. Heidi has written forThe Oregonian, edited for theBerkeley 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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Senior Reporter
Smriti Mallapaty, MSc, Springer Nature, Australia

Smriti joinedNature 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.

Reporter
Miryam Naddaf, BSc, Springer Nature, UK

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 joinedNature’s news team in 2022. 

Reporter (Life Sciences)
Mariana Pereira Lenharo, MA, Springer Nature, USA

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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Senior Reporter
Jeff Tollefson, BA, Springer Nature, USA

Jeff covers environmental science and public policy, including climate change and the associated issues of energy, economics and global development. He joinedNature in 2007 after stints atCongressional Quarterly and a Knight science journalism fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Originally from Wyoming, he cut his teeth at daily newspapers in the West, including theSanta Fe New Mexican.
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Retained Correspondent
Alexandra Witze, BSc, Springer Nature, USA

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 forScience News and theDallas Morning News; she also ranNature's US news operations from Washington DC between 2005 and 2010.
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Opinion (Books & Arts, Comment, Correspondence, Obituaries, World View)  

Chief Opinion Editor
Joanne Baker, PhD, Springer Nature, UK

Joanne joinedNature in 2007 from the journalScience. 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. 
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Senior Opinion Editor
Jennifer Gardiner, PhD, Springer Nature, UK

Jenny joinedNature’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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Senior Opinion Editor
Anne Pichon, PhD, Springer Nature, UK |ORCID

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 joinedNature in June 2023 after 15 years as an editor atNature Chemistry, based first in Tokyo and then London.
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Senior Opinion Editor
Lucy Odling-Smee, PhD, Springer Nature, USA

Before joiningNature, 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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Senior Opinion Editor
Ajai Sreevatsan, MSc, Springer Nature, UK

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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News & Views

Chief Editor, News & Views and Research Briefings
Andrew Mitchinson, PhD, Springer Nature, UK

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, Springer Nature, UK

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, Springer Nature, UK | ORCID

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, Springer Nature, UK

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, Springer Nature UK

Areas of responsibility include: physics, astrophysics, computer science, Earth science, climate science.
Education: MPhys in Physics, University of Durham; PhD, Physics, University of Bristol.

Multimedia

Senior Multimedia Editor
Shamini Bundell, MSc, Springer Nature, UK

Shamini joined theNature 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 andNature 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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Senior Multimedia Editor
Benjamin Thompson, PhD, Springer Nature, UK |ORCID

Benjamin joined theNature 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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Senior Multimedia Editor
Nick Petrić Howe, PhD, Springer Nature, UK

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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Senior Multimedia Editor
Dan Fox, MSci, Springer Nature, UK

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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Careers

Managing Editor, Careers and Supplements
David Payne, PGDip, Springer Nature, UK

David joinedNature in October 2016 from TheBritish 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 magazinePulse, 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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Chief Editor (Careers)
Jack Leeming, MChem, Springer Nature, UK 

Jack joinedNature in 2015 and leads the editorial team responsible forNature’s careers section in print and online. This includes news, features and opinion to helpNature'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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Locum Senior Editor (Careers)
Kendall Powell, MSc, Springer Nature, USA

Kendall has been a freelance contributor to Nature’s careers and features sections since 2003. Her work has also appeared in theLos 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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Technology Editor
Jeffrey Perkel, PhD, Springer Nature, USA |ORCID

Jeffrey Perkel has been writing and editing stories about laboratory technology since 2000, first as senior editor for Technology atThe Scientist magazine and then as a freelance science writer. His work has appeared inBioTechniques, Nature, Science, and various American Chemical Society journals, among other outlets. He has a doctorate in cell and molecular biology from the University of Pennsylvania, and did postdoctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Medical School. He joinedNature in 2016.
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Audience and Engagement

Chief Editor, Audience and Engagement
Anne Marie Conlon, BA, Springer Nature, UK

Anne Marie joinedNature in September 2021. She previously spent four years atNew Scientist where she worked as the Deputy Digital Editor. Before that she held roles atThe Guardian,The Independent andHot Press magazine in Dublin. She has a BA in Journalism from Dublin City University. 

Engagement Editor
Catriona Clarke, BSc, Springer Nature, UK

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.
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Senior Editor (Nature Briefing)
Flora Graham, MSc, Springer Nature, UK |ORCID

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.
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Associate Editor (Nature Briefing)
Jacob Smith, MSc, Springer Nature, UK

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.
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Supplements

Chief Supplements Editor
Herb Brody, BSc, Springer Nature, USA

Herb joinedNature in 2010 as Supplements Editor. He has a BSc in physics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Previously, he was an editor at MIT'sTechnology Review magazine, which covers the societal, business, and policy impacts of scientific research and emerging technology.

Supplements Editor
Richard Hodson, MA, Springer Nature, UK

Richard commissions and edits content for theNature Outlook & supplements. He joinedNature 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.

Associate Supplements Editor
Alexia Austin, MA, Springer Nature, UK

Alexia joined Nature in 2024 after stints as a NewsCorp journalist and science communicator in Australia. She holds a dual degree in science and journalism from the University of Queensland, where she conducted research into the role of defective glucose metabolism in motor neurone disease.