Editorial Board
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Joy Watts, PhD University of Portsmouth, UK
Research website
Twitter: @joyemwatts
Specialisms: Environmental microbiome, Ecology, Biodegradation
SENIOR EDITORS
Karthik Anantharaman, PhD, University of Wisconsin, USA
Research website
Twitter: @KarthikGeomicro
Sections: Environmental viromes, Aquatic environments (marine and freshwater), Extreme environments
Specialisms: Viruses, Phage, Microbial ecology, Sulfur metabolism, Bioinformatics
Tim Dumonceaux, PhD, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada & University of Saskatchewan, Canada
ORCID profile
Twitter: @DumonceauxTim
Sections: Soil, Microbial ecology and biogeography
Specialisms: Microbial ecosystems, Molecular diagnostics, Biofuels
Özge Eyice-Broadbent, PhD, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Research website
Sections: Microbial ecology and biogeography
Specialisms: Microbial ecology, Environmental microbiology, Wastewater
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Agriculture, plant and rhizosphere
Sanjay Antony-Babu, MSc, PhD, Texas A&M University, USA
Twitter: @SantonyB
Sections: Microbial ecology and biogeography, Microbial ecology and biogeography
Specialisms: Hyphosphere, Fungal-bacterial interactions, Phytomicrobiomes
Harsh Bais, PhD, University of Delaware, USA
Tomislav Cernava, PhD, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Twitter: @TomiSci1
Sections: Agriculture, plant and rhizosphere
Specialisms: Plant Microbiome, Plant-Microbe Interactions, Metagenomics
Cecile Gubry-Rangin, PhD, University of Aberdeen, UK
Christina Hazard, PhD, Université de Lyon, France
Research website
ORCID profile
Twitter: @CHazard99
Sections: Agriculture, plant and rhizosphere, Mycology
Specialisms: Soil microbial ecology, Microbial interactions, Mycorrhizal fungi, Viruses, Nitrogen cycle
Jizheng He, PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia
Sections: Agriculture, plant and rhizosphere, Soil
Specialisms: Soil microbiology, Nitrification and denitrification, Microbial processes, Bio-organic fertilizers
Jihyun F. Kim, PhD, Yonsei University, South Korea
Søren J. Sørensen, PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Sections: Agriculture, plant and rhizosphere, Soil
Specialisms: Microbial ecology, Microbiomes, Horizontal gene transfer, Social interactions
Zhong Wei, PhD, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Soil
RNDr Petr Baldrian, PhD, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Research website
Twitter: @baldrianp
Sections: Soil
Specialisms: Soil microbiology, Ecology, Fungi, Forest ecosystems
Haiyan Chu, PhD, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Sections: Soil
Specialisms: Soil microbes, Microbial ecology, Microbial Biogeography
Ye Deng, PhD, RCEES, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Sections: Soil, Microbial ecology and biogeography, Aquatic environments (marine and freshwater)
Specialisms: Metagenomics, Microbial ecology, Envionmental microbiology, Soil microbiome, Sequencing technology
Jocelyne DiRuggiero, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Youzhi Feng, PhD, Institute of Soil Science, China
Specialisms: Soil microbiome, Microbial ecology, Community assembly, Relics microbiome
Cecile Gubry-Rangin, PhD, University of Aberdeen, UK
Jizheng He, PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia
Sections: Agriculture, plant and rhizosphere, Soil
Specialisms: Soil microbiology, Nitrification and denitrification, Microbial processes, Bio-organic fertilizers
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
ORCID profile
Twitter: @UopBioSeq
Sections: Soil, Aquatic environments (marine and freshwater)
Specialisms: Genomics, Genetics, Bioinformatics, Sequencing
Mycology
Karen Dannemiller, PhD, Ohio State University, USA
Vijai Gupta,PhD, Dublin City University, Ireland
Christina Hazard, PhD, Université de Lyon, France
ORCID profile
Twitter: @CHazard99
Sections: Agriculture, plant and rhizosphere, Mycology
Specialisms: Soil microbial ecology, Microbial interactions, Mycorrhizal fungi, Viruses, Nitrogen cycle
Michael Thomas-Poulsen, PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
ORCID profile
Twitter: @michaeltpoulsen
Sections: Mycology, Extreme environments
Specialisms: Symbiosis, Termites, Social immunity, Metabolomics, Evolution
Microbial ecology and biogeography
Sanjay Antony-Babu, Texas A&M University, USA
Twitter: @SantonyB
Sections: Microbial ecology and biogeography, Microbial ecology and biogeography
Specialisms: Hyphosphere, Fungal-bacterial interactions, Phytomicrobiomes
Ye Deng, PhD, RCEES, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Sections: Soil, Microbial ecology and biogeography, Aquatic environments (marine and freshwater)
Specialisms: Metagenomics, Microbial ecology, Envionmental microbiology, Soil microbiome, Sequencing technology
Bettina Glasl, PhD, University of Vienna, Austria
Tomoyuki Hori, PhD, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
Specialisms: Microbial ecology, Microbial ecophysiology, Applied microbiology, Environmental biotechnology
Dr Ilias Lagkouvardos, Technische Universität München, Germany
Charles Lee, PhD University of Waikato, New Zealand
Specialisms: Microbial Ecology, Microbial Genomics and Metagenomics, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Extreme Ecosystems
Sections: Microbial ecology and biogeography, Extreme environments
Nachiket Marathe, PhD, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
Sections: Microbial ecology and biogeography
Specialisms: Microbial ecology, Environmental microbiology, Antimicrobial resistance, Metagenomics, Functional metagenomics, Horizontal gene transfer
Peiyuan Qian, PhD, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Sections: Microbial ecology and biogeography, Aquatic environments (marine and freshwater)
Specialisms: Marine molecular ecology, Marine natural products, Deep-sea omics, Antifouling compounds, Biofilm, Antibiotics
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
Sections: Microbial Ecology and biogeography
Specialisms: Microbial ecology, N cycle related microbes, soil and plant microbiomes.
Jizhong (Joe) Zhou, PhD, University of Oklahoma, USA
Biodegradation, bioremediation, wastewater, ecotoxicology
Chang-Jun Cha, PhD, Chung-Ang University, South Korea
Sections: Biodegradation, bioremediation, wastewater, ecotoxicology , AMR
Specialisms: Environmental resistome, Biodegradation
Joseph Christie de Oleza, PhD, University of The Balearic Islands, Spain
Twitter: @JCO_lab
Sections: Biodegradation, bioremediation, wastewater, ecotoxicology, Aquatic environments (marine and freshwater)
Specialisms: Marine molecular ecology, microbial interactions, biodegradation
Ulisses Nunes da Rocha, PhD, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research -UFZ, Germany
Carmen Falagan Rodriguez, PhD, University of Exeter, UK
Twitter: @CarmenFalagan
Sections: Biodegradation, bioremediation, wastewater, ecotoxicology
Specialisms: Acidophiles, Biomining, Environmental microbiology, Extreme environments, Bioleaching, Bioremediation
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
Sections: Biodegradation, bioremediation, wastewater, ecotoxicology, Aquatic environments (marine and freshwater)
Specialisms: Harmful algae, Microbial ecology and diversity, Biomonitoring and bioassessment, Plankton community
Tong Zhang, PhD University of Hong Kong, China
AMR
Chang-Jun Cha, PhD, Chung-Ang University, South Korea
Sections: Biodegradation, bioremediation, wastewater, ecotoxicology , AMR
Specialisms: Environmental resistome, Biodegradation
Calvin Lau, PhD, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canada
Sections: AMR
Specialisms: Microbiome, Foodborne microbial hazard
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
ORCID profile
Twitter: @UopBioSeq
Sections: Soil, Aquatic environments (marine and freshwater)
Specialisms: Genomics, Genetics, Bioinformatics, Sequencing
Mina Rho, PhD, Hanyang University, Republic Of Korea
Specialisms: Metagenomic, Microbial genomics, Bioinformatics
John Walshaw, PhD, Fera Science Ltd, UK
Sections: Bioinformatics, software and computational biology
Specialisms: Bioinformatics, Microbiomes, Agri-food, Environment
Built environment and space
Karen Dannemiller, PhD, Ohio State University, USA
Erica Hartmann, PhD, Northwestern University, USA
Lynn Schriml, PhD, University of Maryland, USA
Research website
Twitter: @lschriml
Sections: Built environment and space
Specialisms: Genomic metadata standards, Biomedical ontologies
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
Twitter: @JCO_lab
Sections: Biodegradation, bioremediation, wastewater, ecotoxicology, Aquatic environments (marine and freshwater)
Specialisms: Marine molecular ecology, microbial interactions, biodegradation
Ye Deng, PhD, RCEES, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Sections: Soil, Microbial ecology and biogeography, Aquatic environments (marine and freshwater)
Specialisms: Metagenomics, Microbial ecology, Envionmental microbiology, Soil microbiome, Sequencing technology
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
Twitter: @limeng848
Sections: Aquatic environments (marine and freshwater)
Specialisms: Archaea, Environmental Microbiology, Microbial Ecology, Metagenomics, Microbial Biogeochemistry
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
Twitter: @KasiaPiwosz
Specialisms: Aquatic microbiology, Protists, Microbial communities, Microbial food webs, CARD-FISH, Amplicon sequencing, Experimental food web manipulations
Peiyuan Qian, PhD, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Sections: Microbial ecology and biogeography, Aquatic environments (marine and freshwater)
Specialisms: Marine molecular ecology, Marine natural products, Deep-sea omics, Antifouling compounds, Biofilm, Antibiotics
Daniel Read, PhD, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK
Samuel Robson, PhD, University of Portsmouth, UK
ORCID profile
Twitter: @UopBioSeq
Sections: Soil, Aquatic environments (marine and freshwater)
Specialisms: Genomics, Genetics, Bioinformatics, Sequencing
Chaomin Sun, PhD, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Sections: Aquatic environments (marine and freshwater)
Specialisms: Deep sea, Environment microbes, Uncultured microbes, Marine microbes, Microbial metabolism, Plastic degradation
Jonathan Todd, PhD, University of East Anglia, UK
Sections: Aquatic environments (marine and freshwater)
Specialisms: Microbial ecology and biogeography, Biodegradation, Environmental microbiology, Biogeochemical cycling, Trace gas biology, Marine microbiology, Functional genomics, Microbial metabolism
Kenneth Wasmund, PhD, University of Vienna, Austria
Twitter: @KennethWasmund
Sections: Aquatic environments (marine and freshwater)
Specialisms: Marine sediments genomics ecology
Shuguang Xie, PhD, Peking University, China
Sections: Aquatic environments (marine and freshwater)
Specialisms: Biodegradation or bioremediation of organic pollutants, Microbial ecology in natural and engineered ecosystems
Ting Xu, PhD, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
Jun Yang, PhD, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Sections: Biodegradation, bioremediation, wastewater, ecotoxicology, Aquatic environments (marine and freshwater)
Specialisms: Harmful algae, Microbial ecology and diversity, Biomonitoring and bioassessment, Plankton community
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
Research website
Specialisms: Microbial Ecology, Microbial Genomics and Metagenomics, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Extreme Ecosystems
Sections: Microbial ecology and biogeography, Extreme environments
Michael Thomas-Poulsen, PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Research website
ORCID profile
Twitter: @michaeltpoulsen
Sections: Mycology, Extreme environments
Specialisms: Symbiosis, Termites, Social immunity, Metabolomics, Evolution
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