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.
Jyrki Ahveninen
Dr. Jyrki Ahveninen is Associate Professor of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology. His work focuses on neuroimaging of human auditory system, auditory working memory and higher-order auditory cognition using techniques including fMRI, MEG/EEG and TMS/EEG.
Fabrizio Bianchi
I graduated at the University of Milan and obtained my PhD (Molecular and Cell Biology) degree while working at the FIRC Institute for Molecular Oncology (Milan, Italy) and then at Oxford University (Oxford, UK). I worked as postdoctoral fellow in Pier Paolo Di Fiore’s lab at IFOM, Milan, and then at the Program of Molecular Medicine of the European Institute of Oncology (Milan, Italy). Since 2016, I am the Head of the Cancer Biomarkers Unit at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine (ISBReMIT) at Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza-IRCCS. I have several years of research experience in the field of cancer genomics and biomarkers development, particularly in the field of circulating miRNAs, cancer gene expression profile and computational biology. I have contributed to the identification of a serum circulating miRNA-signature for early detection of lung cancer, which was patented and transferred to a SME. I am an inventor in international patents regarding diagnostic and prognostic tools for lung cancer screening (US8747867B2; US20150057159A1; US20160068913A1). I am an active member of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR), the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) and the Italian Society for Cancer Research (SIC) where I hold the position of secretary and member of director board.
Giorgio Vacchiano
MA and PhD in forestry at University of Turin. Assistant professor in forest management and planning at University of Milan
Xinlei Ge
Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, specialized in atmospheric chemistry (in particular aerosol characterization and air pollution), environmental chemistry, chemical thermodynamics, solid waste ultilization etc. He has published more than 100 SCI paper in the field of environmental science, with >50 of them being the first or corresponding authors, with a total ISI citation over 2000 times.
Ariel J Blocker
2011-2017: Reader in Microbiology, Schools of Cellular & Molecular Medicine and Biochemistry, University of Bristol
2007-2011: as above, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology
2001-2007: Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford: Guy Newton Senior Research Fellow
1997-2000 : Institute Pasteur, Paris: Postdoctoral fellow
1996 : EMBL, Heidelberg: Postdoctoral fellow
1991-1995 : EMBL, Heidelberg: PhD in Cell Biology
1988-1991 : University College, London: B. Sc. in Genetics, 1st class
Maria del Mar Jimenez-Gasco
Associate Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology at The Pennsylvania State University. Ph.D. in Crop Protection (2001) from the University of Córdoba, Spain. M. Eng. in Agricultural Sciences and Engineering (1997)
Research interests: population genetics, phylogenetics, population biology of plant-associated microorganisms,ecology of soilborne fungi (Verticillium dahliae and Fusarium oxysporum), emergence and evolution of plant pathogenicity and virulence.
Richard A. Schneider
Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; Director, Laboratory for Developmental and Evolutionary Skeletal Biology. BA, Hampshire College; MSc and PhD, Duke University.
Valerie C Doyere
CNRS Director of Research. PhD in Neuroscience, University of Paris 6 (France). CNRS tenured researcher since 1993. HDR in 2007. Team leader since 2010. Head of Cognitive & Network Neuroscience Department of Paris-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience (France). Associate editor or review editor for several on-line access journals.
Lia Fernandes
Associate Professor - University of Porto (UP)
UP Researcher, in charge of the Mental Health unit for the Gerontology and Geriatrics PhD Program - Centro Hospitalar São João / Faculty of Medicine, UP
Teaching also General Practice, Nursing, Psychology and Social Education in several Universities
Medical Doctor, Senior Graduate Assistant of Psychiatry in CHSJ and Family Therapist
Portuguese Association of Gerontopsychiatry/APG (President 2010-13); International Psychogeriatric Association/IPA (Board of Directors 2011-14 and Expert Advisory Council since 2014); Dementia Cerebral Aging Group Study/GEECD (Board of Directors 2008-10); Portuguese Society for Geriatrics and Gerontology/SPGG (Scientific Board since 2012); Portuguese Society of Family Therapy/SPTF (National Board 1997-00 and 2000-03); International Family Therapy Association/IFTA (Board of Directors 2009-12 and 2012-15).
Lee Chuen Ng
Dr. Lee Cheung Ng is an Associate Professor within the School of Food Science and Technology at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. She obtained her Ph.D in Plant Pathology from Universiti Putra Malaya in 2012 and her M.Sc in Bio-industry from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2004. Dr. Ng's research interests include Plant Pathology and Agriculture Microbiology.
Mark E Hahn
Mark Hahn is a Senior Scientist and past Chair (2011-2016) of the Biology Department at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, MA, USA. He also is a Project Leader in the Boston University Superfund Research Program and the Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health. Hahn received his PhD in Environmental Toxicology from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He conducted postdoctoral research at WHOI before being appointed to the scientific staff in 1992. Dr. Hahn’s research foci include: molecular mechanisms of developmental toxicity following exposure to chemicals found in the marine environment; evolution of transcription factors (e.g. AHR, NRF2, nuclear receptors) involved in the response to chemicals; mechanisms of adaptation and evolved resistance to chemicals in fish following long-term chemical exposure, and microplastics in the marine environment. Dr. Hahn is author or co-author of ~175 papers in peer-reviewed journals and books. Dr. Hahn has trained graduate and undergraduate students and postdocs has taught several courses in the WHOI/Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Joint Graduate Program in Oceanography and Oceanographic Engineering and he has served as Chair of the Joint Committee on Biological Oceanography of the WHOI/MIT Joint Program and as Education Coordinator for the WHOI Biology Department.
Jari K Haukka
8/2009 -present Senior Lecturer, University of Helsinki
4/2011 - 1/2017 Chief Science Officer, Chair of the Board, EPID Research Oy
4/2010 - present Member of National Subcommittee on Medical Research Ethics
4/2010 - 3/2011 Chief Executive Officer, EPID Research Oy
10/1988 - 11/2016 Senior Scientist, The National Institute of Health and Welfare, Finland
5/2008 - 5/2009 Scientist, Team leader, International Agency for Researcher on Cancer (WHO/IARC), Lyon France
1/2008 - 8/2008 Professor of biometry, University of Tampere
2006 - 2007 Senior Scientist, National Institute of Public Health, Finland
2005 Team Leader, Epidemiologist, Geneos Oy
2003 - 2005 Head, Finnish Information Centre for Register Research
1999 - 2003 Senior Scientist, National Institute of Public Health
1988 - 1999 Senior Scientist, Statistician, National Institute of Public Health
1985 - 1988 Soil Biologist, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Jokioinen
1985 - 1986 Programmer, MTT Agrifood Research Finland