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.
Abhishek Tyagi
I have been working on the molecular mechanisms of cancer progression and metastasis for the last ten years, identifying signaling pathways that promote cancer progression using various in vitro and in vivo models. During this time, I have published 30 articles with more than 2000 citations, and 12 papers have been cited as being in the top 10% of the field. My long-term research goal is to conduct basic and translational research to elucidate the underlying mechanism(s) driving cancer metastasis and identify therapeutic targets, especially for highly aggressive metastatic cancers. I am or have been...
1. A self-motivated, goal-oriented cellular/molecular biologist with over 7 years of experience in oncology.
2. Substantial experience in designing and executing well-controlled in vitro and in vivo assays for preclinical drug discovery, synthetic lethal screening, biomarker identification, target validation, immunogenicity, and toxicity assessment
3. Capable of investigating signaling pathways with a variety of molecular and genetic tools
4. Enthusiastic team worker and expert in forming strategic collaborations
Jun Chen
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic. Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. My research concerns the development and application of powerful and robust statistical methods for high-dimensional "omics" data, arising from modern high-throughput technologies such as microarray and next-generation sequencing. I am particularly interested in methods for microbiome sequencing data. Much of this effort is motivated by ongoing collaborations in projects that study the role of the human microbiome in disease pathogenesis using metagenomic sequencing.
Research interests include statistical genetics, genomics and metagenomics; and high-dimensional statistics.
Ulrich Pfeffer
Ulrich Pfeffer - born on January 23rd, 1958 in Berlin, Fed. Rep of Germany
Education:
1976-1983 Study of Biology, Free University Berlin
1983 Master degree, Free University Berlin
1987 PhD Free University Berlin, Prof. Dr. E-R. Lochmann
2013 Habilitation full professor in Molecular Biology and General Pathology, Ministry of Education, University and Research
Scientific work:
2013-today Senior Staff Scientist, Molecular Pathology, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Head: Franco Fais
2010-2013 Director, Division of Integrated Molecular Pathology, National Cancer Research Institute (IST)
2004-2010 Section Chief, IST, Functional Genomics.
1999-2004 Senior Staff Scientist, IST, Laboratory Molecular Oncology, Head: Dr. A. Albini
1993-1999 Staff scientist, tenure; IST, Genoa, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Head: Prof. Giorgio Vidali (from 1996-1999: Dr. G. Levi)
1988-1993 Postdoctoral fellow, National Cancer Research Institute (IST), Genoa, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Head: Prof. G. Vidali
1985-1987 Research fellow , same lab
1984 Research fellow, University of Genoa
Teaching:
2017- today Contract professor for bioinformatics, Biotechnology Bachelor course, University of Genoa
2006-2015 Contract professor for bioinformatics, Biotechnology Master course, University of Genoa
2006-2013 Member of the Board, PhD School in Biotechnology, Lecturer in bioinformatics, University of Genoa
Gregory E. Gilbert
Currently Dr. Gilbert works for ICON plc, one of the leading CROs in the world, as a Senior Statistical Analyst. He has over 25 years of research and statistical programming experience. Before joining ICON, Greg supported 2 medical schools, a nursing school, & a vet school doing educational & clinical research. Greg is an accredited statistician by the American Statistical Association. In his position he leads development of statistical analysis plans, executes programming deliverables on multiple projects, and applies standard programming methods using SAS® for complex data reporting tasks. He communicates deliverable results with clients participating in the development of abstracts, presentations, and manuscripts. In addition to working at ICON plc, Dr. Gilbert is a biostatistician at SigmaStats Consulting, LLC a firm specializing in assisting doctoral students in completing their research or projects. Greg has co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed publications and 4 book chapters. He has experience with complex statistical methodologies including survival analysis (Kaplan Meier and proportional hazard), linear regression, mixed model regression, reproducible results, G theory, psychometrics, and R. Prior to receiving his EdD, Greg received a MSPH in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from the Univ of South Carolina (1991) and a BA in Psychology from Baylor (1987). He currently resides in Charleston, SC USA with his wife of over 30 years and 2 basset hounds.
Mason Posner
Professor and former Chairperson of Biology and Toxicology at Ashland University in Ohio. My research focuses on the evolution, physiology and biochemistry of alpha crystallins, a group of small heat shock proteins that protect cells against stress and are implicated in numerous diseases such as lens cataracts, Parkinsons, Alzheimers and cancer. My undergraduate research students and I use the zebrafish and other fish species as models to investigate alpha crystallin function. Our work involves qPCR to measure gene expression, CRISPR gene editing, proteomics, transcriptomics, promoter analysis and histology.
My background is in marine biology, systematics, ecology, molecular biology, protein biochemistry and comparative visual physiology. I train undergraduate research assistants in my laboratory and prepare students for graduate and professional schools and work in industry.
Xinfeng Wang
Dr. Xinfeng Wang conducts research on atmospheric chemistry, focusing on the measurements, sources, chemistry, and transport of air pollutants in particular particulate matters and nitrogen containing compounds.
Jara Pérez-Jiménez
Researcher at the Institute of Food Science and Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain. Co-author of more than 70 papers published in JCR journals and book chapters in international editions. Member of the Editorial Board of Food Reserch International. Former member of the Committee of Experts in Human Nutrition, French Agency for Food Safety (ANSES).
Stephen Rajan Samuel
Dr. Stephen Samuel is a leader in the field of exercise oncology. He is a Fulbright alumni, the past vice chair (2016-2020) & past chair (2020-2023) of the fatigue study group of the multinational association of supportive care in cancer (MASCC) and the recipient of the Young Investigator of the year in cancer award by MASCC in 2015.He is the program director and Associate Professor of Exercise Science at the Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Ohio, USA. Over the last one decade Dr. Samuel has published his work in exercise oncology in some of the highly reputed journals in collaboration with researchers from various parts of the world.
Imran Khan
I received my MSc. Degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India in 2007 on understanding the role of TBP associated factor 9 (TAF9) in eukaryotic transcription. I completed my Ph.D. training in the laboratory of Prof. Paturu Kondaiah, in 2012, at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, on exploring the mechanism of precancerous oral lesion (OSF and Oral cancer) using gene expression profiling. I also worked on exploring the molecular mechanism of photo dynamic therapy agents in cancer cells. I did my first post doctorate in Dr. Praveen Arany’s lab at NIDCR, NIH on exploring the role of laser mediated phototoxicity involving ER stress and laser mediated wound healing. I am currently doing my second postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Patricia Steeg at NCI in NIH, on exploring the molecular mechanism of metastasis suppressor gene, NM23 in breast cancer metastasis and its possible therapeutic applications.
Rodolfo Aramayo
My laboratory is centered on understanding the function(s) of RNAs, especially non-coding RNAs in all aspects of Biology. The long term objective of our work is to understand meiotic silencing in Neurospora and to map its connections with the meiotic silencing observed in other organisms.
B.S. in Molecular Biology, University of Brasilia, 1982
M.S. in Molecular Biology, University of Brasilia, 1986
Ph.D. in Genetics, University of Georgia (Athens), 1992
Postdoctoral Training, University of Wisconsin Madison, 1993
Postdoctoral Training, Stanford University, 1997
Gabriela Parra Olea
Full time Professor at the Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
