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.

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Mohd Noor Norhayati

Dr. Mohd Noor Norhayati is an Associate Professor and Medical lecturer within the Department of Family Medicine at Universiti Sains Malaysia.

She is a Public Health Physician who specializes in Maternal Health. Dr. Norhayati is also a trainer for Cochrane reviews.

Alyson Norman

Lecturer in Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Plymouth. My areas of research include appearance psychology with special reference to disfigurement research, cognitive behavioural therapy and acquired brain injuries. I am also involved in medical research with specific expertise in systematic reviewing.

David B Norman

Odell Fellow in the Natural Sciences at Christ's College Cambridge, University Reader in the Natural Sciences and Curator of Fossil Vertebrates at the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences. Chairman of the Charles Darwin & Galapagos Islands Trust Fund. Associate Editor (and former Editor) of the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Council Member of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.

Darren Norris

Lecturer at the Federal University of Amapá, Brazil. My research interests are broad and are currently focused on the conservation of biodiversity and traditional livelihoods around waterways that traverse political (national and international), cultural and ecological boundaries. I am particularly interested in inter-disciplinary approaches, comprising population and community ecology, population biology, landscape and spatial statistics.

Fabrice Not

I'm a staff researcher at CNRS-Station Biologique de Roscoff (France). As a biological oceanographer, my research interest focus on plankton ecology and evolution using genomics and microscopy approaches.

Lies Notebaert

Dr Lies Notebaert is an Associate Professor at the School of Psychological Science, and Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Research on Emotion. Her research aims to disentangle the complex interactions between cognition, emotion, and behavior, particularly in individuals exposed to adversity. Lies takes a cognitive science approach to study why some individuals are more resilient to adversity than others. She has a particular interest in the role of cognitive flexibility in individuals’ capacity to show adaption to change.

Christopher R Noto

I am a vertebrate paleontologist working on the taphonomy, paleoecology, and functional morphology of Mesozoic vertebrates including dinosaurs, crocodilians, mammals, and birds. I am the principal investigator at the Arlington Archosaur Site with a position of Research Affiliate in the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas.

Houtan Noushmehr

Associate scientist and professor of epigenomics and bioinformatics at the department of neurosurgery and genetics.

Barbara Nowak

Barbara is Professor at the University of Tasmania (UTAS), where she leads Aquatic Animal Health research group. Barbara has her PhD from Sydney University and has been working at UTAS since 1991. Her research interests focus on various aspects of fish health, such as fish parasitology, fish immunology and fish pathology. Barbara has published over 200 papers and supervised more than 30 PhD students. She has received awards for her research and supervision of PhD students.

Francesco Nucera

Dr. Francesco Nucera is Research Fellow within the Pneumology Department of Biomedical, Dental and Morphological and Functional Imaging Sciences (BIOMORF) at the University of
Messina, Italy.

His primary area of expertise is in the specialization in Respiratory Diseases.

Rodrigo Nunes-da-Fonseca

Associate Professor at the Center for Ecology and Socio-Environmental Development of Macaé, (NUPEM), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ-Macaé). Affiliate Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (2017-2021). Scientist of Our State at FAPERJ (2019-nowadays), PhD (2008) and Postdoctoral studies (2009) in Functional Genomics and Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Evo-Devo) at the University of Cologne, Germany.

Published more than 85 articles in specialized journals with more than 3500 citations (Google Scholar-Fator H = 24). He serves as a reviewer for several international journals (NAR, Cell Reports, Dev. Gen Evol, Dev. Biol, FEBS J, Plos One, Gene, among others) particularly in the evolutionary genetics of arthropod development.

Pablo Nuñez Demarco

Dr. Pablo Nunez Demarco is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de la República.

His research skills and expertise include Tectonics, Structural Geology, Field Geology, Sedimentology, Petrography, Geological Processes, Sedimentary Basins, Geological Mapping, Biomechanics and Geology.