Editorial Board

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Joy Watts, PhD University of Portsmouth, UK

SENIOR EDITORS
Karthik Anantharaman, PhD, University of Wisconsin, USA
Tim Dumonceaux, PhD, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada & University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Özge Eyice-Broadbent, PhD, Queen Mary University of London, UK

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Agriculture, plant and rhizosphere
Sanjay Antony-Babu, MSc, PhD, Texas A&M University, USA
Harsh Bais, PhD, University of Delaware, USA
Tomislav Cernava, PhD, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Cecile Gubry-Rangin, PhD, University of Aberdeen, UK
Christina Hazard, PhD, Université de Lyon, France
Jizheng He, PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia
Jihyun F. Kim, PhD, Yonsei University, South Korea
Søren J. Sørensen, PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Zhong Wei, PhD, Nanjing Agricultural University, China

Soil
RNDr Petr Baldrian, PhD, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Haiyan Chu, PhD, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Ye Deng, PhD, RCEES, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Jocelyne DiRuggiero, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Youzhi  Feng, PhD, Institute of Soil Science, China
Cecile Gubry-Rangin, PhD, University of Aberdeen, UK
Jizheng He, PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia
Zhili He, PhD, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Deepak Kumaresan, PhD, Queens University Belfast, UK
PD Dr Werner Liesack, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany
Ulisses Nunes da Rocha, PhD, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research -UFZ, Germany
Samuel Robson, PhD, University of Portsmouth, UK

Mycology
Karen Dannemiller, PhD, Ohio State University, USA
Vijai Gupta,PhD, Dublin City University, Ireland
Christina Hazard, PhD, Université de Lyon, France
Michael Thomas-Poulsen, PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Microbial ecology and biogeography 
Sanjay Antony-Babu, Texas A&M University, USA 
Ye Deng, PhD, RCEES, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 
Bettina Glasl, PhD, University of Vienna, Austria
Tomoyuki Hori, PhD, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
Dr Ilias Lagkouvardos, Technische Universität München, Germany
Charles Lee, PhD University of Waikato, New Zealand
Nachiket Marathe, PhD, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
Peiyuan Qian, PhD, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Daniel Read, PhD, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK
Ting Xu, PhD, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
Limei Zhang, PhD, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Science, China
Jizhong (Joe) Zhou, PhD, University of Oklahoma, USA

Biodegradation, bioremediation, wastewater, ecotoxicology 
Chang-Jun Cha, PhD, Chung-Ang University, South Korea
Joseph Christie de Oleza, PhD, University of The Balearic Islands, Spain
Carmen Falagan Rodriguez, PhD, University of Exeter, UK
Ulisses Nunes da Rocha, PhD, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research -UFZ, Germany
Angela Sherry, PhD, Northumbria University, UK
Vanessa Varaljay, PhD, Ohio State University, USA
Jun Yang, PhD, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Tong Zhang, PhD University of Hong Kong, China

AMR 
Chang-Jun Cha, PhD, Chung-Ang University, South Korea
Calvin Lau, PhD, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canada
Tong Zhang, PhD University of Hong Kong, China

Anaerobic digestion, methanogens, bioreactors, biotechnology and food microbiology 
Vijai Gupta,PhD, Dublin City University, Ireland
Orla O'Sullivan, PhD, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ireland

Bioinformatics, software and computational biology 
Dr Ilias Lagkouvardos, Technische Universität München, Germany
Samuel Robson, PhD, University of Portsmouth, UK
Mina Rho, PhD, Hanyang University, Republic Of Korea
John Walshaw, PhD, Fera Science Ltd, UK

Built environment and space
Karen Dannemiller, PhD, Ohio State University, USA
Erica Hartmann, PhD, Northwestern University, USA
Lynn Schriml, PhD, University of Maryland, USA

Environmental viromes
Andrew Millard, PhD, University of Leicester, UK

Aquatic environments (marine and freshwater)
Joseph Christie de Oleza, PhD, University of The Balearic Islands, Spain
Ye Deng, PhD, RCEES, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Zhili He, PhD, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Ellie Jameson, PhD, University of Bangor, UK
Deepak Kumaresan, PhD, Queens University Belfast, UK
Meng Li, PhD, Shenzhen University, China
Wenjun Li, PhD, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Andrew Millard, PhD, University of Leicester, UK
Gerard Muyzer, PhD, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sean Norman, PhD, University of South Carolina, USA
Kasia Piwosz, PhD, National Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Poland
Peiyuan Qian, PhD, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Daniel Read, PhD, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK
Samuel Robson, PhD, University of Portsmouth, UK
Chaomin Sun, PhD, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Jonathan Todd, PhD, University of East Anglia, UK
Kenneth Wasmund, PhD, University of Vienna, Austria
Shuguang Xie, PhD, Peking University, China
Ting Xu, PhD, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
Jun Yang, PhD, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Yu-Zhong Zhang, PhD, Shandong University, China

Extreme environments
Jocelyne DiRuggiero, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Zhili He, PhD, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Deepak Kumaresan, PhD, Queens University Belfast, UK
Charles Lee, PhD University of Waikato, New Zealand
Michael Thomas-Poulsen, PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark