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.
Gamal A El-Hiti
Our research interests are primarily in the development of novel organic synthetic methods, especially ones that are “greener” than traditionally and synthesis of compounds with interesting properties. Particular current research projects involve use of zeolites and solid-supported reagents and catalysts to gain selectivity in organic reactions; lithiation reactions which we have used to devise novel heterocyclic ring syntheses and to introduce selectivity into aromatic and heterocyclic substitution reactions; heterocyclic chemistry; polymeric materials and design and synthesis of novel compounds with interesting chemiluminescent or other photoactive properties. The current research focuses on the chemistry of tear ferning which is a valuable tool in the detection of dryness of eye. We are investigating the dryness of the eye through evaluation of tear osmolarity using the TearLab system and various other techniques. Also, we are investigating the ocular tear film in diabetic and smoker subjects to test the correlation between dryness of the eye and diabetes disease and nicotine.
Gang Huang
I mainly investigate climate dynamics, especially, the mechanism of variability of atmosphere circulation and monsoon systems in East Asia. I have performed a large number of original studies on the observation and simulation of the impacts of Indian Ocean long-term variability on Asia Monsoons, as well as the dynamics of extreme climate, ENSO dynamics and associated decadal climate variability.
Andrew P Grieshop
Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University.
Research interests include the sources and evolution of atmospheric aerosols, characterization of in-use emissions from mobile and stationary combustion sources, linkages between air pollution emissions and climate change, air pollution exposure assessment, technical policy analysis of the environmental impacts of energy systems, and energy and environment in developing countries.
Lakshminarayan M Iyer
I received my PhD in plant virology and pursue problems in evolutionary biology. My primary research contributions and interests are in the fields of protein evolution and classification, genome evolution, protein biochemistry and functional predictions, and organismal biology.
Main areas of research:
* Protein evolution and classification.
Identifying trends in genome evolution.
* Prediction of novel biochemical activities and biological functions of proteins.
* Using comparative sequence and genome analysis to make inferences on organismal biology
* Understanding the forces of evolution that shape protein domain diversity.
Franco Milko Impellizzeri
Prof. Franco Impellizzeri is a professor within the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation at the University of Technology Sydney. He specializes in sport and exercise science and medicine, with extensive experience in applied sport science as both a researcher and practitioner, as well as in orthopedics, focusing on clinical outcome studies and clinimetrics.
Prof. Impellizzeri's research interests span research methodology and diverse areas of exercise science, including training and testing for both high-performance and health-focused outcomes. He has worked with elite Olympic athletes across various disciplines, encompassing both winter and summer sports, and has collaborated with international sports organizations.
Edward R C Hornibrook
Edward Hornibrook is a Professor at The University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus and the current Head of the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences. He is a biogeochemist specializing in stable isotopes with research interests in land-water-atmosphere exchange of trace gases. He employs a range of techniques, including gas and ion chromatography, laser spectroscopy and stable isotope ratio mass spectrometry, to study gases that have the potential to alter Earth’s climate, in particular, methane and carbon dioxide. Key topics are how such gases are produced and consumed in natural and anthropogenic environments, and the rates and mechanisms by which they are exchanged with the atmosphere.
Douglas Pires
Douglas Pires is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Health in the School of Computing and Information Systems at the University of Melbourne. Previously, he was a group leader and researcher in public health at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/Brazil. He was also a postdoctoral researcher fellow at the University of Cambridge and University of Melbourne. He received a PhD in Bioinformatics from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais/Brazil and a BSc in Computer Science, both with highest honours, by the same university. His research interests include: Computational Biology, Translational Bioinformtaics and Machine Learning.
Zachary James Crowley-McHattan
Zac completed his undergraduate (2006), Honors (2007) and Ph.D. (2013) at Southern Cross University and has been a lecturer at SCU since 2012. Zac is broadly interested in investigating the control and learning of motor skills in both functional and sporting contexts. His primary area of research is in neuromuscular changes with ageing and exercise but also has an interest in the potential application of cross-education on neuromuscular adaptations in injury and fatigue.
Sweta Maheshwari
Dr. Sweta Maheshwari's expertise includes enzymology, biochemical and biophysical assay development, enzyme mechanisms, x-ray crystallography, and protein purification using eukaryotic and prokaryotic expression systems.
Charles H Williams
Dr. Charles (Chuck) Williams is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, and is a basic scientist whose research centers on chemical genetics of vertebrate development and early drug discovery. His research functions at the intersection of developmental biology, chemical biology, computational biology, and personalized medicine. Dr. Williams' work includes innovative chemical biologic approaches to study embryonic development as well as developing resources to facilitate academic drug discovery.
His research has made contributions to the emerging field of chemical genetics through the discovery of chemical modulators of several key developmental pathways, including the Eggmanone, a small molecule inhibitor of the Hedgehog pathway. This work revealed novel biological insights and new therapeutic opportunities for targeting cancers downstream of the Smoothened receptor which handles the clinical problem of acquired smoothened resistance in medulloblastoma. In addition, Dr. Williams edited a book covering the latest methods and protocols in chemical biology. He has recently co-founded a start-up around a new technology for targeting glioblastoma.
Dr. Williams received a PhD in cell and developmental biology from Vanderbilt University, where he also received his BS in Molecular and Cellular Biology.
João Graciano Mendonça Filho
I am Bachelor of Geology from the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil (1989), Master of Organic Petrography and Geochemistry (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1993) and PhD in Organic Facies and Geochemistry (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1999). I am Full Professor of the Geology Department of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and coordinator of the Palynofacies and Organic Facies (LAFO) and Petroleum and Environmental Geochemistry (LAGEPA) Laboratories at UFRJ. Currently I occupy the position of Dean of the Mathematical and Natural Sciences Center (CCMN/UFRJ). Besides this, I coordinate the research groups of the Petroleum Geochemistry and Environmental Organic Geochemistry and Palynofacies and Organic Facies at CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development), where I hold the rank of Level 1 Researcher. I work in the areas of Geoscience with special emphasis on Petroleum Geochemistry, Organic Petrology, Palynofacies, Organic Facies, and Environmental Organic Geochemistry.
Andreu Blanco Cartagena
Dr. Andreu Blanco is a Project Officer at Centro Tecnológico del Mar, Fundación CETMAR. His research focus is on environmental and anthropogenic disturbances on marine management and conservation. Dr. Blanco has a strong background on trophic webs, marine protected areas, invasive species and species conservation actions (monitoring, rearing and repopulation).