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.
Michel Laurin
Michel Laurin is a Research Scientist at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique). His specialty is the evolution of vertebrates from the Devonian to the Triassic. His current interests include dating the tree of life using paleontological data using new methods, bone microanatomy and paleohistology, biological nomenclature, as well as other problems such as the invasion of land by vertebrates and the origin of extant amphibians. Dr Laurin's work has introduced many innovations in paleontology and paleobiology, notably in the form of various computer programs, mostly developed by his collaborators, some of which can be used to perform paleontological dating of the tree of life or to analyse bone microanatomical data. He has supervised 7 doctoral students so far and has led the team “Squelette des vertébrés” (which included eight tenured scientists, a postdoc, a technician, and six doctoral students) from 2007 to 2008, he has also been the leader of the team "Metazoan Phylogeny and Diversification" since 2014. He is a member of several scientific societies, and has served the ISPN (International Society for Phylogenetic Nomenclature) as both Secretary and President. He served one term as President of the Association Paléontologique Française (APF). He is a frequent reviewer for over 50 journals and currently serves on seven editorial boards, including for the Journal of Evolutionary Biology. In January 2011, he became Chief Editor of the Comptes Rendus Palevol.
Andrew P Lavender
Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University Australia. Dr Lavender completed a BSc and a MSc in Sport Science at Edith Cowan University and PhD at Yokohama City University. He is currently teaching applied research for exercise science and motor control and conducting research in exercise for healthy ageing, exercise induced muscle damage and eccentric training and sport related concussion and sub-concussion.
Patrizia Lavia
Research Director at Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM), CNR, Rome (Italy). Main research interests:
- control of the cell cycle, mitosis, and the mitotic apparatus in human cells
- origins of genetic instability and cancer
- roles of nuclear transport receptors in nuclear organization and cell division
- signalling by GTPases and kinases
- innovative drug design, drugs targeting the cell cycle
-cellular imaging
Keith R Laws
Keith Laws is Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology in the School of Life and Medical Sciences at the University of Hertfordshire. He completed a PhD at the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Member of the Institute of Learning and Teaching and various academic organisations including the Experimental Psychology Society.
Gerard R. Lazo
Geneticist with the Crop Improvement and Genetics Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA, USA.
Claudio R. Lazzari
Professor at the University of Tours and researcher at the Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte. Interested on the study of the behavioural physiology of insects, in particular disease vectors, using an integrative approach. orcid.org/0000-0003-3703-0302
Xavier Le Roux
Senior scientist (DRex) INRAE ; Microbial and ecosystem ecologist . Deputy Director of the Microbial ecology centre of Lyon-Villeurbanne (France) www.ecologiemicrobiennelyon.fr/spip.php?rubrique31
Director of the Research Federation BioEEnViS http://bioenvis.universite-lyon.fr/
Research topics include : response of microbial communities involved in N dynamics (nitrification, denitrification...) to global change factors and disturbances ; and microbial biodiversity-ecosystem functioning/services relationships.
* over 140 articles in peer-reviewed journals; h=54 (WoS) or 64 (GoogleScholar)
* Member of the Academy of Europe www.ae-info.org/ae/User/Le_Roux_Xavier
* See my profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/X_Roux/info
* Former Chair & Coordinator of the European network BiodivERsA www.eurobiodiversa.org
Liana S Leach
I am a psychiatric epidemiologist, and my research primarily investigates the impact of work and parenting transitions on mental health. I am currently a Research Fellow at the Research School of Population Health, at The Australian National University.
Sunhee Lee
Dr. Sunhee Lee received her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona, where she worked in the laboratory of Dr. Christina Kennedy. Her graduate studies and research were focused on the area of plant-microbe interactions. After completing her graduate studies, Dr. Lee trained as a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. William Jacobs's laboratory at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In Dr. Jacob's laboratory, she researched the pathogenicity and immune responses of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and generated and tested live TB vaccine candidates that had been genetically engineered. Dr. Lee moved to Duke University as an Assistant Professor at the Human Vaccine Institute and Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. As an investigator at Duke University, she continued to expand the research field to other host-mycobacterial interactions and their impact on immunogenicity and pathogenicity. Additionally, Dr. Lee's laboratory developed recombinant mycobacteria capable of eliciting strong HIV/SIV-specific immune responses. Currently, Dr. Lee is an Associate professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch, where she has been working to discover and develop new therapeutics and vaccines against M. tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria.
Heedoo Lee
Dr. Heedoo Lee is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Biology and Microbiology at Changwon National University, Changwon, South Korea. His research interests include Immunophysiology, Respiratory disease, Lung injury and inflammation, Extracellular vesicles and Exosomes.
Young Jin Lee
Professor in Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University. Over 25 years of experience with over 80 publications in various fields of mass spectrometry including fundamentals, SIMS, ion mobility instrumentation, and proteomics. Current research interests include MALDI based mass spectrometry imaging of plant metabolites and forensic applications as well as analytical biomass pyrolysis especially with high-resolution mass spectrometry and dopant assisted atmospheric pressure ionization.
Tong Geon Lee
Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Corn, Tomato, Soybean, Wheat-Rye Translocation