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.
Robson F de Souza
Assistant Professor at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Past Visiting Fellow Researcher at the National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, MD/USA; Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Sao Paulo.
Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez
Professor of Reproductive Biology at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of the Centre of Biomedical Resources at the University of Linköping, Sweden. DVM, MSc, PhD; Professor of Reproductive Biotechnology, SLU 1991, Founding Diplomate of the European College of Animal Reproduction (ECAR, 1999). Editor-in-Chief of Reproduction in Domestic Animals (Wiley-Blackwell, 2000).
Jiyang Yu
Dr. Jiyang Yu's research is focused on systems biology, systems immunology, single-cell systems biology, immuno-oncology, translational oncology and functional genomics. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Zhejiang University, China. In 2008-2012, he was trained in Dr. Andrea Califano’s laboratory at Columbia University and earned his PhD degree in Biomedical Informatics.
Noriko F Hiroi
Noriko Hiroi is Assistant Professor of the Department of Biosciences and Informatics, Keio University. She started to develop her career in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and currently works in Systems Biology and Quantitative Biology area. Her research interest includes in vivo oriented modelling, molecular mechanisms of higher-functions of central nerve systems, microfluidics technology and optical technologies and informatics for bioimaging.
Edsel B Ing
Edsel Ing MD, FRCSC, MPH, CPH, MIAD is a Professor at the University of Toronto and Surgeon at Michael Garron Hospital.
Clinical & Research interests: Eyelid/Orbital diseases (oculoplastics), Strabismus surgery & Neuro-ophthalmology
MPH & GCSRT: Harvard
CEduHP: Hopkins
MD & Residency: U Toronto
Fellowships: Mayo Clinic, Wills Eye, Allegheny General
PhD Candidate (May 2020): Kingston U
Masters of International Affairs: United Nations ITR & U Catalonia
Section Editor: Can J Ophthalmology, Can J Diagnosis, Medscape Ophthalmology
Keisuke Yusa
Chief, Laboratory for Virus Safety, Division of Biological Chemistry & Biologicals, National Institute of Health Sciences
Pia H Moisander
Dr. Pia Moisander is a marine microbial ecologist and a Professor at the Department of Biology and the Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Her primary research focus is on the marine nitrogen fixation, microbiomes, biofilms, and microbial community assembly.
Louise Willemen
Department of Natural Resources, Faculty of Geo-Information and Earth Observation, of University of Twente, the Netherlands.PhD in spatial modelling from Wageningen University, the Netherlands.Worked before @ Bioversity International in Colombia, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Italy, Cornell University in the USA.Current roles: Coordinating Lead Author of the Land Degradation and Restoration assessment of IPBES, Chair of the Steering Committee of Ecosystem Services Partnership, and editorial work for several journals. Ecosystem services and rural development researcher. Current research includes RS-based ecosystem service mapping and monitoring, impact assessments of integrated restoration, and prioritization of investments in land degradation neutrality actions.
Alejandro V Villarino
Assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. Specialist in cytokine biology and STAT signaling.
M. Pilar Francino
M. P. Francino studied Biology at the National University of Mexico and obtained her Ph.D. at the University of Rochester (New York), working on analyses of rates and patterns of DNA sequence evolution in bacteria and primates. She conducted postdoctoral research in bacterial genetics as an EMBO Fellow at the University of Paris. After that, she served as a Research Scientist at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) for five years, and was Head of the JGI Evolutionary Genomics Program from 2007 to 2009. Since 2009, she is a Senior Scientist at the Genomics and Health Department of FISABIO-Public Health in Valencia, and has been Head of the Department since 2012. Her current research focuses on the metagenomic analysis of human microbiome communities, in particular on understanding the development of the gut microbiota in infants. Work in her group analyzes the taxonomic composition, coding capabilities and gene expression patterns of the gut microbial community at different stages during infancy, as well as the relationships of these features with infant health. In addition, she is also interested in understanding the forces that shape the structure, organization and evolution of genomes. In previous and current work, she has addressed genome and molecular evolution subjects at different scales, ranging from the impact of mutational biases during DNA sequence evolution, to the evolution of new genes and their regulatory regions and the coevolution of different genomic traits.
Tong Geon Lee
Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Corn, Tomato, Soybean, Wheat-Rye Translocation
Mark M Smits
Lector (lecturer) at HAS University of Applied Sciences in the fields of biology, soil science and data analysis. Previously worked as postdoc at Hasselt University, Lund University and University of Sheffield. PhD in soil science and geology at Wageningen University.