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.
Matthew McCurry
Dr Matthew McCurry is a vertebrate palaeontologist and functional morphologist. His work focuses on understanding the behaviour, ecology and evolution of extinct species using the fossil record. Matthew incorporates fieldwork, descriptive palaeontology, comparative anatomy, 3D scanning and cutting-edge biomechanical simulations to discover new fossil species and gain new insights into how they once lived. He began working at the Australian Museum Research Institute and UNSW in 2017. Prior to this Matthew held fellowships at Monash University and The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. He possesses an honours degree from The University of Newcastle and a PhD from Monash University.
Ian R McDonald
BSc (Hons) University of Ulster, PhD Liverpool University. Postdoc and NERC Advanced Research Fellow at Warwick University. I have been at the University of Waikato since 2004 and was promoted to Professor in 2018. My research has focused on the microbial ecology of methane oxidation, Antarctica and geothermal environments in New Zealand. In Antarctica we are studying the drivers of microbial diversity in Dry Valley soils, geothermal environments (Mts Erebus, Melbourne and Rittmann), and terrestrial meltwater ponds. Currently ‘The 1000 Spring project’ is determining drivers of microbial diversity in NZ geothermal environments. I have organized several NZ and international conferences, I am currently the Chief Officer of SCAR Life Sciences.
Robert H McDonald
Robert H. McDonald is Dean of University Libraries and Professor of Library Administration. He is responsible for leading the Boulder campus library system in fulfilling their mission to inspire learning, research, and discovery by connecting knowledge, information, and people.
His expertise and interests include teaching and learning technologies that enable libraries to better support researchers at all levels, open source software development, scholarly communications, and new model publishing. Robert has also been an active proponent of diversity initiatives in libraries throughout his career and is committed to creating library spaces that are welcoming, diverse and inclusive for all of our Library users.
Alan G McElligott
Dr. Alan McElligott is an Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour and Welfare at the Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong. He received his BSc from University College Cork, PhD from University College Dublin, and postdoctoral training at the University of Zurich. After serving as faculty member at the University of Nottingham, Queen Mary University of London and the University of Roehampton, he joined City University of Hong Kong in 2020. Dr. McElligott's main research areas include animal behaviour and cognition, animal welfare, and vocal communication.
Seabird McKeon
Biodiversity Scientist, Evolutionary Ecologist, Marine Biologist, Natural Historian.
Rachel McMullan
Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow using C. elegans genetics to understand how animals respond to infection. In particular the cross talk between nervous and immune systems that coordinates behavioural and cellular responses to infection. Member of the Genetics society and British Society for Cell Biology.
Alberto Megías-Robles
Dr. Alberto Megías Robles is an Associate Professor at the Department of Basic Psychology of the University of Málaga. He received his PhD from the Experimental Psychology and Neurosciences program at the University of Granada. Dr. Megías-Robles' research career has mainly been developed in the Department of Basic Psychology at University of Malaga and in the Mind, Brain, and Behavioural Research Centre at University of Granada. Moreover, he has carried out research stays in other institutions such as the University College London, University of Helsinki, and University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Poland).
He has focused his research on the study of the interaction of emotion and cognition in decision-making processes from a psychology and cognitive neuroscience perspective. His research interests include emotion (particularly emotional abilities), risk and aggressive behaviour and traffic psychology.
Michal Mego
Dr. Michal Mego is an Associate Professor at the 2nd Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, National Cancer Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia. He is also a Head of the Translational Research Unit, National Cancer Institute, Bratislava. Dr. Mego's research interests include Circulating tumor cells, Breast Cancer and Testicular cancer.
Muhammad Aamer Mehmood
Dr. Muhammad Aamer Mehmood is a Professor of Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology at Government College University Faisalabad, a Distinguished Expert, and Visiting Professor of Industrial Biotechnology at Sichuan University of Science & Engineering. He is a recipient of several national/international awards/funding. He is serving as an Editor of several reputed journals.
Shivam Mehta
Dr. Mehta has expertise in the biology of orthodontic tooth movement, mini-screw assisted rapid palatal expansion, Artificial Intelligence in dentistry and a passion for improving the health and wellbeing of Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Dr. Mehta is thankful to the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation (AAOF), Northeastern Society of Orthodontists (NESO), National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) for supporting his research with more than 4 grants. He works as an Assistant Professor at Marquette University School of Dentistry, American Dental Association (ADA) Standard’s Committee - Represents the interests of United States regarding dental and orthodontic materials as an active member of ADA Standards Committee on Dental Products (SCDP)/Standards Committee on Dental Informatics (SCDI); Secretary American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Postgraduate Application Support Service Advisory Council; Northeastern Society of Orthodontists (NESO) Annual Planning Committee and moderator for scientific sessions; Past core-member of President’s Council on Race and Diversity.
Christof D Meile
Professor In the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of Georgia, with expertise in reactive transport modeling, early diagenesis, land-ocean interactions and redox dynamics; PhD Utrecht University, The Netherlands; MS Georgia Institute of Technology, USA; BS Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), Switzerland