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.
Bruno Lomonte
Professor at the Instituto Clodomiro Picado, University of Costa Rica (ICP-UCR). Member of the Costa Rican National Academy of Sciences and of the International Society on Toxinology, Coordinator of the Proteomics Lab at the ICP-UCR. His research has focused on snake venoms, particularly on myotoxic phospholipases A2, and on antivenoms.
Enza Lonardo
I obtained my Bachelor in 2003 in Plant Biotechnology at University of Naples Federico II under the supervision of Dr. Roberto Defez at IGB.
In 2008, I obtained my PhD at University of Naples Federico II under the supervision of Dr. Gabriella Minchiotti at IGB working on Cripto signaling in embryonic stem cells.
In 2009 I moved to Madrid where I started my first postdoc in Christopher Heeschen lab at CNIO where I was working on TGF-beta in pancreatic cancer.
In 2012 I moved to Barcelona at IRB as Senior Postdoc in Eduard Batlle lab working on TGF-beta signaling in colorectal cancer.
Since February 2017 I joined the IGB as Group Leader to study the tumor-stroma crosstalk mediated by TGF-beta in gastrointestinal cancer (pancreatic and colorectal).
Patrizia Longone
Team Leader of the Molecular Neurobiology Unit, Experimental Neurology, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
Adjunct Professor of Physiology for the Graduate Course of Nursing and the Graduate Course of Speech Therapy, University of “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy.
Antonella Loperfido
Dr. Loperfido graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Siena and subsequently specialized in Otolaryngology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart - Gemelli Hospital in Rome. She works at the largest tertiary public hospital in Rome: San Camillo Forlanini Hospital. She has received specific training in rhinology, with special focus on innovative medical treatment with biological drugs for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps at La Sapienza University in Rome.
Dr. Loperfido is a member of the Italian Society of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (SIOeChCF), she is the author of several publications on national and international journals, she is particular active as reviewer and she is currently serving as editorial board member in multiple scientific journals.
Raquel López-Antoñanzas
Raquel López-Antoñanzas is a CNRS researcher at the Institut des sciences de l'évolution (University of Montpellier). In 2004, she received her PhD from the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris (France). She works on the evolution of micromammals with a special focus on those from the Cenozoic of the Old World.
Ann E. Loraine
I am a Professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics at UNC Charlotte.
Stefano Lorenzetti
Dr. Stefano Lorenzetti is a Senior Scientist within the Department of Food Safety, Nutrition and Veterinary Public Health at the Italian National Institute of Health.
His current main interests are on the development of both in vitro tools and functional biomarkers to screen the endocrine disrupting effects of environmental and dietary contaminants.
Marcelo G Lorenzo
Graduated in Biological Science - University of Buenos Aires (1991), Ph.D. in Science - University of Buenos Aires (1997). Developed postdoctoral experience in CPqRR-FIOCRUZ (1999-2002) and Swedish Agricultural University (2009-2011). Associate researcher (between 2002-2006) and senior researcher of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (since then). Main experience in Insect Physiology (emphasis on Behavioral Physiology), acting on the following topics: behavior, pheromones, kairomones, electrophysiology, functional genomics of sensory processes, triatomines, culicids, development of baits and traps for vector control. More than 60 papers published on diverse topics related to insect neuroethology. His research group studies the sensory ecology of disease vectors using a multidisciplinary approach. Research by the group takes advantage of techniques ranging from neurobiology to analytical chemistry, molecular biology and behavior. Editorial board member of PLOS ONE, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Physiological Entomology and Neotropical Entomology. Current Vice-President of Latin American Association of Chemical Ecology and recently elected councilor of the International Society of Chemical Ecology.
Julien Louis
Dr Julien Louis is Reader in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology at Liverpool John Moores University (UK). Julien is also Associate Researcher at the French Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance (INSEP, Paris), and member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Sport Science, Journal of Sport Sciences, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, PlosOne, and Nutrients. Julien's research focuses on training, nutrition and recovery strategies for optimising sport performance, with an emphasis on elite sport. Julien is also interested in the effects of ageing on sport performance with masters athletes at the centre of his research. In parallel to his academic roles, Julien regularly works as Consultant Nutritionist in Elite sport. He is the current performance Nutritionist of AG2R-Citroen professional cycling team, and previous appointments include Liverpool Football Club, Lille Football Club, the French Football Federation, and many Olympic sports.
Mohamed Lounis
Dr Mohamed Lounis is a Lecturer at the Department of Agroveterinary Sciences, University of Ziane Achour Djelfa, Algeria. He completed his PhD in veterinary epidemiology from the University of Blida in 2018.
His research broadly concentrates on human and animal epidemiology. More precisely, he began his research on animal colibacillosis including calf and avian colibacillosis with Escherichia coli genotyping and phenotyping and antibiotic resistance. Later, he conducted multiple studies related to the epidemiology of COVID-19 in Algeria and in Arabic countries. These works were mainly based on modeling the propagation of the disease and the attitudes toward COVID-19 and its vaccines.
Dr. Lounis is also working on a One health approach through different surveys about multiple animal and public health threats including drug use and antibiotic resistance, infectious diseases including HPV infections, AIDS, monkeypox, viral hepatitis (A-E) and other zoonotic diseases including bacterial (tuberculosis, brucellosis...), parasitic (echinococcosis, leishmaniasis…) and viral (rabies, arboviroses…) diseases. He is also working on the epidemiology of non transmissible diseases including cancer, diabetes, hypertension..
