Academic Editors
The following people constitute the Editorial Board of Academic Editors for PeerJ. These active academics are the Editors who seek peer reviewers, evaluate their responses, and make editorial decisions on each submission to the journal. Learn more about becoming an Editor.
Claire M Wells
Dr. Wells completed her PhD in 1998 from Kings College London and completed postdoctoral studies in the laboratory of Prof. Anne Ridley at University College London before returning to King's in 2003. Dr. Wells is now a Senior lecturer in the Division of Cancer Studies. She has published more than 20 papers in reputed journals serves as an editorial board member for a number of international journals and is currently associated with Cancer Research Technology’s PAK drug discovery programme.
Carlos O. Della Védova
Public primary school Nº 79 José M. Bustillo, public secondary school ENET Nº 4 Juan B. Alberdi, public Faculty of Exact Sciences – National University of La Plata (Fac. Cs. Ex., UNLP).
Doctor in Chemistry, Fac. Cs. Ex., UNLP. (Director Prof. Dr. Pedro J. Aymonino).
Postdoctoral studies at the Ruhr University of Bochum (RUB), Germany. (Director Prof. Dr. mult. Dres. h.c. Alois Haas).
Subsequent achievement of the degree of Doctor, Dr. rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.), RUB, Germany.
Zhijin Wu
I develop statistical methodology and software for the analysis of -omics data. I am particularly interested in the regulation of transcription: the molecular mechanism as well as its association with disease.
Luca Giannella
Dr. Luca Giannella is a Medical Doctor within the Woman’s Health Sciences Department, Gynecology and Obstetrics Section at the Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.
His expertise includes Obstetrics, Gynecologic Oncology, Gynaecological Surgery and Laparoscopic Surgery.
Cecilia Mortalò
Cecilia Mortalò completed her PhD at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy) in 2005. Since 2005 she has been a researcher at the Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry and Technologies for Energy of the Italian National Research Council. The scientific and technological skills are in the field of chemistry and technology of materials. In particular, she has expertise in the preparation and study of a variety of advanced functional ceramic materials for different applications, i.e. in the energy field (solid oxide fuel cells, energy storage systems (ZEBRA batteries), hydrogen separation and purification, protective coatings (protection against corrosion, anti-dirty and antifreeze treatments), phosphors with luminescent properties and colloidal suspensions (inks and nanofluids).
In these areas, she has competences in different conventional and un-conventional synthetic approaches such as sol gel techniques, solid state synthesis (SSR), microwave-assisted syntheses (sol-gel and hydrothermal) and sintering, classic and reactive sintering, wet-based deposition techniques (spin coating, dip coating, air-spray, drop-casting, solvent-casting, EPD). The most recent research activity focuses on high entropy metal alloy (HEA) materials for extreme conditions applications and corrosion resistance in the marine environment.
She has been involved as participant and senior investigator in several national and international projects focused on development of advanced materials for extreme conditions and energy applications and she has published 37 scientific papers in international peer-reviewed ISI journals. She is referee for various international scientific journals and she has been involved as co-guest editor for some special issues and topics.
Chris Wallace
I am a statistician who works with biological and genomic datasets to understand the mechanisms underlying human disease and identify possible treatments. My main focus is on autoimmune diseases.
Adrián Ochoa-Terán
Adrián Ochoa-Terán is a Professor of Chemistry and Engineering at the Tecnológico Nacional de Mexico campus Tijuana (TECNM-Tijuana). Trained as a Biochemical Engineer, Adrián received a BS degree from Tecnológico Nacional de México in 2000 and a PhD degree in Chemical Sciences from the same institution in 2004. He began his academic career at TECNM-Tijuana as Associate Professor in 2006, then he was promoted to Full Professor in 2008. He has supervised 38 undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral students at TECNM-Tijuana. He has published 61 peer-reviewed papers and 1 book chapter. Dr. Ochoa-Terán reaseach is focused in organic and bioorganic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, as well as the chemical modificaction of (bio)materials for environmental and biological purposes. He is member and co-founder of the Mexican Supramolecular Chemistry Thematic Network.
Duangjai Tungmunnithum
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Duangjai Tungmunnithum completed her Ph.D. at Chulalongkorn University in 2016, and won the DPST Postdoctoral Fellowship to conduct her Postdoctoral research in Japan at the National Museum of Nature and Science focusing on medicinal plant and phytochemistry in the same year. After completing her research in Japan, she obtained a lecturer position at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Thailand.
Her expertise is in biochemistry, innovative green extraction methods, biological activity both antioxidant and anti-aging from plant extracts and pure phytochemical compounds for cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications both in vitro, in vivo and in cellulo models.
According to her research profiles, she has received a large number of outstanding research both national and international levels e.g. the Junior Research Fellowship from French Government, Franco-Thai Mobility Programme 2020-2021 and LE STUDIUM Research Fellowship.
John F Trant
Dr. John Trant is Associate Professor of medicinal, bioorganic, and biomaterial chemistry at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. HIs research focus is on the synergistic application of synthetic, computational, analytical, formulation, and natural product chemistry with molecular biology and microbiology to address unmet biomedical challenges.
Michael T Ruggiero
Michael Ruggiero is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Vermont in the United States. He received undergraduate degrees in chemistry and mathematics from the State University of New York (SUNY) College at Geneseo, and his Master’s and Ph.D. from Syracuse University, both in New York State. His doctoral work, performed under the guidance of Professor Timothy Korter, focused on combining experimental terahertz time-domain spectroscopy with ab initio density functional theory simulations, where he pursued the electronic origins of intermolecular forces in molecular crystals. Following a successful defense, he took up an EPSRC-sponsored postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, working with Professor Axel Zeitler in the Terahertz Applications Group. At Cambridge, his focus shifted to disordered molecular solids, with the goal of understanding the molecular dynamics responsible for solid-state crystallization of amorphous drugs. After almost three years in Cambridge, Ruggiero went back to America to take up a position of Assistant Professor at the University of Vermont, where he is currently combining theoretical simulations with experimental spectroscopy. His work is highly interdisciplinary, sitting at the intersection of chemistry, physics, pharmacy, materials science, and computer science, and as such he is a heavy collaborator with groups from around the world.
Antonio Guilherme Basso Pereira
Antonio Guilherme Basso Pereira is a professor at Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR). He has a B.S. (2005), M.Sc (2008) and Ph.D (2013) degree in chemistry from Maringa State University (Brazil). Part of his PhD research was performed at University of California, Davis (UC Davis, 2011-2012). The main research goal is to add value to under used natural polymers, generally, but not only, found as agricultural wastes, to produce polymeric devices for environmental, biomedical and other applications.
Emma Gallo
Emma Gallo, received her PhD in Chemistry at University of Lausanne (CH) (supervisor: Prof. C. Floriani).
In 2013 and 2017 received the National Academic Qualification as Full Professor (Abilitazione Nazionale).
In 2007 she was Visiting Professor at the University Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI (France).
Since 2015 she has been Erasmus Coordinator for the Chemistry Department at University of Milan and Vice-president of the Inorganic Division of the Italian Chemical Society.
She is a member of the Italian Chemical Society and the Society of Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines. Her research interests focus on the synthesis of fine chemicals by using sustainable catalytic processes, Heterogenization of homogeneous catalysts, Synthesis of porphyrin-based chemosensors.
E. Gallo is the author of 96 peer-reviewed publications 2 chapters of books and 80 communications at national and international conferences (24 invited oral presentations).