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.
Wei Cui
Wei CUI, Ph.D.
Extension Associate Professor
Principal Investigator (Independent)
Director, Animal Models Core Facility
at University of Massachusetts Amherst
https://www.umass.edu/veterinary-animal-sciences/about/directory/wei-cui
More than 16 years of experience in mammalian oocyte and pre-implantation embryo development. Created live transgenic cloned goats by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). Generated multiple Knockout and Knock-in rat and mouse lines by ZFN, TALEN, and CRISPR/Cas9.
Academic Editor for PeerJ;
Associate Editor for Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine;
Associate Editor for Reproduction and Fertility;
Associate Editor for Animal Reproduction-Theriogenology, Frontiers in Veterinary Science;
Academic Editor for PLOS ONE.
Served as Peer Reviewer for more than 40 journals 180 times, as well as Editors for over 50 times.
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/169586
https://publons.com/author/1174231/wei-cui#profile
https://www.umass.edu/veterinary-animal-sciences/about/directory/wei-cui
Keywords: Mammalian oogenesis, Preimplantation Embryo, Oocyte maturation, CRISPR/Cas9, Knockout, Knock-in, Oocyte-specific conditional knockout, Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT), Oocyte spontaneous activation, Cell cycle, Oocyte aging, Animal models, Epigenetics, Toxicology, Cell culture, Fertilization, Micromanipulation, RNAi, Knockdown, Animal reproduction, Genome editing, Blastocyst, Cell lineage
Chris Brown
Chris Brown is a clinical trial bio-statistician at the NHMRC Clinical Trails Centre at the University of Sydney. His main area of expertise is in oncology trials but also has experience in cardiology and neonatal research. His main areas of research are in pharmacoepidemiology and statistical methods.
Joseph M Smoak
Joseph M. Smoak is a professor of biogeochemistry at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg. His research focus is on how coastal wetlands respond to climate change and sea-level rise. Specifically, his work examines carbon burial in coastal wetlands, and how burial might change and influence global climate.
Devraj Singh
I am an Biology Assistant Professor at University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. My current research interest involves investigating neural, genetic and epigenetic mechanism regulating latitudinal cline in critical photoperiodic response, daily clock under different life-history states, and circannual clock properties of geographically distinct dark-eyed junco populations in North America.
Daniela Brünnert
My current research is related to autoimmune diseases, where we develop and express and characterize specific AIM biologicals as tools against diseases like Type 1 diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis, NMO, and Parkinson's disease. Apart from that, I am interested in the development of novel cancer therapies with a particular focus on Multiple Myeloma, but also investigating other solid tumors. And a last major interest is related to pregnancy and understanding more about the role of Thrombin in terms of cytokine regulation and its functional consequences for trophoblast cells.
Agus Santoso
Senior research scientist at Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Australia. Co-Project leader at the Centre for Southern Hemisphere Oceans Research (CSHOR), CSIRO, Australia. CSIRO adjunct science leader. Past member of WCRP CLIVAR Pacific Panel.
My research focusses on the mechanisms underlying climate and ocean variability and change. I implement data analysis techniques and climate model experiments. Specific interests include the evolution of Southern Ocean water masses; air-sea processes in relation to the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Indian Ocean anomalies, Southern Annular Mode, and their connection to regional rainfall variability and extremes.
Cédric Sueur
Cédric Sueur is Full Professor at the University of Strasbourg, specializing in the study of animal behavior with a primary focus on the dynamics of social networks and the mechanisms of collective decision-making within social groups. He holds leadership roles in academic programs, serving as co-director of both the Master's program in Ecology, Ecophysiology, and Ethology, and the Master's program in Animal Ethics, highlighting his dedication to advancing knowledge in both ecological and ethical domains. His distinguished contributions to his field have earned him membership in the prestigious Institut Universitaire de France and recognition from the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, where he was honored with an award.
Alessandra Montecucco
Alessandra Montecucco heads a laboratory of the Unit of Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Nucleus at the Institute of Molecular Genetics (IGM) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). Her research activity is focused on the cellular response to DNA damage and genome integrity.
Prasanna Krishnamurthy
Dr. Prasanna earned his BVSc (DVM) degree with honors from Bangalore Veterinary College and completed his Masters and PhD in Veterinary Pathology from Indian Veterinary Research Institute (India's premier institute for Veterinary Research). He completed his postdoctoral training at Northwestern University (in Dr. Raj Kishore's laboratory) and East Tennessee State University. Before joining University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), he held faculty appointments at the Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois and Houston Methodist Research Institute, Texas.
As a member of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, he directs a research program focusing on understanding mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases and developing novel therapeutic strategies to promote cardiac regeneration and repair. Dr. Krishnamurthy’s laboratory is supported through funds from National Institutes of Health (NIH-R01) and American Heart Association (GIA and Postdoctoral fellowships).
Li Li
Dr. Li Li is Professor of Kinesiology within the Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology at Georgia Southern University. His research is focused on the neuromuscular coordination of human postural control, especially postural stability during standing and walking.
Dr. Li's research interests include:
- Biomechanics of human movement
- Aging
- Running injuries
- The effects of certain pathologies on human movement (especially - peripheral neuropathy, diabetes, and cerebral palsy)
- Gait analysis
Krystyna Dąbrowska
Affiliation: Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland (Bacteriophage Laboratory).Position: professor.
Current field of interest: non-bactericidal effects of phages in mammals; i.e. phage molecular biology tools for studies of phage impact on immunological system and other physiological aspects in mammals.
Wei Xu
Dr. Wei Xu received his Ph.D. in Biostatistics from University of Toronto. He is currently a scientist and principle biostatistician in Princess Margaret Hospital on clinical research of cancer diseases. He is a faculty member at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Medical Statistics and Informatics. Dr. Xu's research interests are statistical genetics and clinical trial design and analysis. He is the author or co-author of over 100 publications in peer-review journals.