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.
Mariano A Coscarella
Dr. Mariano Coscarella is a Senior Researcher at the National Council of Research of Argentina and Professor of Conservation Ecology at the Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco.
His skills and expertise include Conservation Biology, Fish Ecology, Marine Ecology, Conservation, Marine Mammals, Wildlife Conservation, Behavioral Ecology, Animal Behavior, Wildlife Ecology and Wildlife Biology.
Dimitri de Araujo Costa
Dr. Dimitri Costa is a Biologist, PhD Researcher (Permanent Professor) of Núcleo de Ecologia Aquática e Pesca da Amazônia (NEAP).
He is also affiliated with the following:.
Post-Graduate Programme in Aquatic Ecology and Fisheries (PPGEAP), Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Belém, Pará, Brazil.
GIBI - Group for Integrated Biological Investigation, Centre for Advanced Biodiversity Studies (CEABio).
Researcher at the CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Portugal
More information about Dr Costa's professional background can be found here:
http://lattes.cnpq.br/7509693462303861
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5399-2483
Leticia Costa-Lotufo
Dr. Costa-Lotufo is a full professor at the Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo. Her lab is focused on the discovery of new anticancer compounds from Brazilian marine biodiversity and studies on their mechanisms of action. She coordinate a multidisciplinary project to access marine microorganisms diversity and biotechnological potential along the Brazilian coast and islands. Dr. Costa-Lotufo’s activities include the supervision of undergraduate and graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. She has published book chapters, review articles and more than 230 articles in peer-reviewed journals. On 2010, Dr. Costa-Lotufo was nominated as a young scientist of the Brazilian Academy of Science (2010-2014).
Federica Costantini
Dr. Federica Costantini is a marine ecologist and associate professor at the University of Bologna, Italy.
Her primary research includes biodiversity conservation and resource management using integrative tools based on morphology and genetics.
Robert Costanza
Professor of Ecological Economics, University College London, Institute for Global Prosperity, Senior Fellow, Stockholm Resilience Center, Stockholm, Sweden; Affiliate Fellow, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont; deTao Master of Ecological Economics, deTao Masters Academy, Shanghai China
Victor S Coswig
Dr. Victor Coswig has a bachelor's degree, a Master's degree and a PhD in Physical Education from the Superior School of Physical Education of the Federal University of Pelotas (Pelotas, Brazil). He is currently Adjunct Professor and Researcher at the Physical Education and Sports Institute of the Federal University of Ceará (Fortaleza, Brazil), where he is investigating topic related to sports medicine and training.
His current research focuses on acute and chronic responses to exercise, training and sports practice, mainly, but not exclusive to combat sports performance.
Sue Cotterill
Reader in the Molecular Cell Sciences Research Centre, St Georges University London (SGUL). Studies DNA replication and chromatin structure mainly using Drosophila Melanogaster as a model system.
George M. Coupland
Director of the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany. Recipient of several honours, the most recent being election to the National Academy, USA in 2012.
Vincent Courdavault
Associate Professor at the University of Tours, studying plant specialized metabolism with a particular emphasize on monoterpene indole alkaloids. I'm using transcriptomics, functional genomics tools to elucidate biosynthetic pathways. My resarch interests also include the transfert of plant pathways in heterologous organisms ubcluding the budding yeast.
Richard M Cowling
Professor of Plant Palaeoscience. Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) and founding member of the Academy of Sciences of South Africa. Former President of the International Society of Mediterranean Ecologists and former Editor-in-Chief of Conservation Letters.
Cathy M Craig
A graduate of Edinburgh University (MA and PhD; Psychology), Professor Cathy Craig worked for 8 years as a lecturer at the Sports Science Faculty, at the University of Aix-Marseille, France. In 2005 she joined Psychology at Queen’s as a senior lecturer in visual perception and was promoted to professor in 2010. She is now the Head of School of Psychology and the Director of the Movement Innovation Lab .
Joseph M Craine
Craine received his BS from The Ohio State University and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 2000. He has co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications and a book with Princeton University Press, The Resource Strategies of Wild Plants. He has worked on a variety of topics from plant traits to soil organic matter dynamics to bison performance to nutrient limitation of plant growth. Since 2014 he has helped lead a private company Jonah Ventures.