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Maren Ruminski
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Education: BSc, Universit di Roma, La Sapienza; PhD, University of Tbingen; postdoctoral work, The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, Cambridge.
f.cesari#nature.com*
Areas of responsibility include: cellular & mitochondrial metabolism, organismal metabolism, environmental microbial metabolism, cardiovascular biology, physiology &therapy.
Education: BSc, Saint Louis University; PhD, Washington University in St. Louis; postdoctoral work, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics.
george.caputa#nature.com*
Areas of responsibility include: neurodegeneration, ageing, general physiology.
Education: BSc and MSc, Free University Amsterdam; PhD, Netherlands Cancer Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
t.heemels#nature.com*
Areas of responsibility include: chemical biology, ion channel biology, GPCRs, origin of life biochemistry.
Education: MSci, University of Bristol; PhD, University of Manchester; postdoctoral work, University of Manchester and University of Bristol.
bryden.lebailly#nature.com*
Areas of responsibility include: RNA metabolism, membrane transport, enzymology, photosynthesis, synthetic biology.
Education: Diploma, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitt Jena; PhD, Biology, Freie Universitt Berlin; postdoctoral work, Max-Delbruck-Centrum fr Molekulare Medizin and Leibniz-Institut fr Molekulare Pharmakologie Berlin.
florian.ullrich#nature.com*
Areas of responsibility include: transcription, chromatin, epigenetics, signal transduction.
Education: BSc, Clinical Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine; PhD, Cell Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine; postdoctoral work, University of California Los Angeles.
jie.wang#nature.com*
Areas of responsibility include: ecology, conservation biology, food systems, sustainability.
Education: BSc and PhD, University of York; postdoctoral work, Australian National University and University of York.
a.armstrong#nature.com*
Areas of responsibility include: basic ecology, environmental microbiology.
Education: Diploma, Biology, and PhD, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; postdoctoral work Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Rheinland-Pflzische Technische Universitt Kaiserslautern Landau.
kleopatra.leontidou#nature.com*
Areas of responsibility include: biomedical engineering, materials and devices.
Education: PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Universit degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata; postdoctoral fellows at Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Fudan University; visiting researcher, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
liqian.wang#nature.com*
Areas of responsibility include: energy and electrocatalysis.
Education: PhD, materials science and engineering, University Paul Sabatier and Drexel University; Associate professorship, Jilin University; Assistant professorship, energy storage, University College London.
yohan.dallagnese#nature.com*
Areas of responsibility include: organic and biological chemistry.
Education: MSci, University of Bristol; PhD, University of Manchester; post-doctoral work Universities of Manchester and Bristol.
bryden.lebailly#nature.com*
Areas of responsibility include: materials science.
Education: MEng biomaterials and tissue Engineering, Imperial College London; PhD metallurgy and X-ray imaging, Imperial College London; postdoctoral work, Imperial College London.
Kristina.Kareh#nature.com*
Areas of responsibility include: pure and applied physics.
Education: MA physics, Universit degli Studi di Milano; PhD theoretical quantum physics, University of Freiburg.
federico.levi#nature.com*
Areas of responsibility include: condensed matter and solid-state physics.
Education: MA nanostructure technology, Universitt Wrzburg; PhD solid state physics, Universit Paris-Sud; postdoctoral work, University of Luxembourg
tobias.roedel#nature.com*
Areas of responsibility include: astronomy, planetary science and physics.
Education: PhD, astronomy, Stony Brook University; postdoctoral fellowships at New Mexico Tech and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy; assistant professorship University of Nevada at Las Vegas; research associate position, University of Maryland.
l.sage#us.nature.com*
Areas of responsibility include: computing, robotics and computational sciences.
Education: BA theoretical physics, Trinity College Dublin; PhD computational neuroscience, University of Edinburgh; postdoctoral work, Imperial College London
yann.sweeney#nature.com*
Areas of responsibility include: geology, geophysics, and geochemistry of the solid Earth and terrestrial planets.
Education: BSc, geophysics, Texas A&M University; PhD, geophysics, University of Washington; postdoctoral fellowships at Utrecht University, and Carnegie Institution of Washington DC.
j.vandecar#nature.com*
Areas of responsibility include: biogeochemical cycles, geomorphology, atmospheric chemistry and environmental science.
Education: BSc chemistry and environmental chemistry, University of Wales; MPhil and PhD, atmospheric chemistry, University of Cambridge; research fellowship, University of Cambridge.
j.mossinger#nature.com*
Celeste joined Nature in 2014 after working at New Scientist and has master's and undergraduate degrees in chemistry from the University of Oxford and a post-graduate diploma in journalism from City University of London. She leads Nature's news and features teams.
celeste.biever#nature.com*
Nicky oversees news coverage of the Asia-Pacific region. She joined Nature in 2017, having previously worked as a science journalist at Nature Index, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She has degrees in science (physiology) and journalism.
nicky.phillips#nature.com*
Sara oversees news coverage of the Asia-Pacific region. She joined Nature in 2016, as part of the Nature Partnerships and Custom Media team. She has degrees in science (zoology), arts, and science communication. She has previously worked at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 360info and Cosmos Magazine.
sara.phillips#nature.com*
Helen has been writing and editing articles for Nature for more than 20 years, including 5 years leading the team as Chief Magazine Editor. She won Editor of the Year at the Association of British Science Writers awards in 2022 and currently edits content across the magazine. She has a degree in natural sciences from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in genetics. She writes her own articles and books, as well as teaching science writing at University College London.
h.pearson#nature.com*
Emma joined Nature in 2019. Before that she was a reporter and editor at Chemistry World, covering research, publishing, science policy and reviews. Emma has a degree in biological sciences from the University of Oxford.
Traci joined Nature in 2017. She studied cell biology at Amherst College and science journalism at the University of California, Santa Cruz. During a stint as a daily newspaper reporter, she covered everything from NASA to terrorist attacks to pop stars. She now edits news stories and the Research Highlights section featuring research from all disciplines of science.
Richard joined Nature in 2008 after stints at The Chronicle of Higher Education and Science News magazine. He commissions and edits features mainly in Earth and planetary science, physical science, evolution and ecology.
r.monastersky#us.nature.com*
Brendan joined Nature in April 2009 after freelancing for the magazine for two years editing features and commentaries. He edits features across the life sciences, with a particular emphasis on diversity and social justice.
b.maher#us.nature.com*
Kerri joined Nature in 2006 as an intern in the newly minted podcast department. She has a degree in human sciences and an MSc in neuroscience from the University of Oxford, as well as an MSc in science communication from Imperial College London. Her specialisms are biology, neuroscience, psychology and the social sciences.
k.smith#nature.com*
Max joined Nature in 2021. Previously, Max wrote for Quanta Magazine, The Scientist, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and The Public's Radio. He studied cognitive neuroscience at Brown University. He covers biology and neuroscience and US science policy, particularly the NIH and FDA.
max.kozlov#us.nature.com*
Heidi writes about biology and the social sciences, and has a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. Heidi has written for The Oregonian, edited for the Berkeley Science Review, and freelanced for a few other publications. Particular interests include medicine, CRISPR, cancer, plants, GM organisms, translational and clinical research, patents and COVID-19 drugs.
h.ledford#us.nature.com*
Carissa covers biomedical sciences, biodiversity and the environment. She trained as a journalist at New Scientist before becoming a freelance science reporter. Her writing has appeared in New Scientist, Live Science and The Scientist. She holds a PhD in Cancer Immunology from Cardiff University.
Since 1999, Quirin has written for Nature about science and related policy in Germany, the European Union, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. He is particularly interested in climate, oceanography, fisheries and the Earth sciences. He graduated in geography, statistics and economics from the University of Munich.
q.schiermeier#nature.com*
Jeff covers environmental science and public policy, including climate change and the associated issues of energy, economics and global development. He joined Nature in 2007 after stints at Congressional Quarterly and a Knight science journalism fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Originally from Wyoming, he cut his teeth at daily newspapers in the West, including the Santa Fe New Mexican.
j.tollefson#us.nature.com*