Editorial Board
About the Editors
Editors in Chief
Josh Neufeld
Jillian Petersen
Jillian Petersen is Associate Professor in the Division of Microbial Ecology at the University of Vienna. The focus of her research group is on understanding host-microbe-environment interactions using a range of techniques from molecular biology and chemical imaging to biogeochemistry and aquarium culture. Although her experience has mainly been in marine research, her core interest is symbiosis in any habitat, and the group also runs projects on terrestrial symbioses. Dr. Petersen has supported ISME in several roles, including as member of the International Board and founder of the Early Career Scientist Committee. She is a member of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Board of the Austrian Science Fund. Dr. Petersen is fascinated by the rapid evolution of scientific publishing practices in recent years, and is convinced that society-led journals such as The ISME Journal have a key role to play in shaping the future of science communication.
Lisa Stein
Dr. Lisa Y. Stein is a Professor of Environmental Microbiology at the University of Alberta. She co-leads a research team between the faculties of Science and Engineering that aims to convert fugitive greenhouse gas emissions into value-added products using the power of microbial diversity. She is also an expert on the nitrogen cycle and works with local vertical agriculture companies to improve plant growth and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by manipulating microbes in their system. Dr. Stein is a passionate advocate for scientific literacy and has joined others around the world to bring the rich science of microbiology into elementary and secondary curricula. She is among the authors of the “Microbiologists’ Warning Consensus Statement,” published in 2019, which proclaims that microorganisms are so critical to achieving an environmentally sustainable future that ignoring them risks the fate of humanity. Dr. Stein is a regular volunteer with Rapid Fire Theatre in her community and believes that the ability to improvise is the secret to excellence as an educator and communicator.
Editor in Chief, Reviews and Perspectives
Thulani Makhalanyane
Thulani Makhalanyane is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and The School for Data Science and Computational Thinking at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Dr. Makhalanyane’s work has focused on understanding the ecology and evolution of microbial communities in extreme environments. His lab has also focused on exploring African microbiomes and antimicrobial resistance at local, regional, and global scales. He currently serves ISME in several capacities, including as a member of the Executive Advisory Board, the International Board, and as Program Director of the Ambassador Program. As a supporter and advocate of scientific societies, Thulani has served on several editorial boards. He believes in the transformative power of scientific societies, and the need to communicate microbial ecology to society.
Senior Editors
Petr Baldrian, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Ye Deng, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Joanne Emerson, University of California, USA
Karoline Faust, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium
Sara Hallin, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Trinity Hamilton, University of Minnesota, USA
David Johnson, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland
Britt Koskella, University of California, USA
Ákos Kovács, Leiden University, Netherlands
Richard Lamont, University of Louisville, USA
Karen Lloyd, University of Southern California, USA
Michael Manefield, University of New South Wales, Australia
Graeme Nicol, University of Lyon, France
Takuro Nunoura, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology, Japan
Valéria Oliveira, University of Campinas, Brazil
Amy Pruden, Virginia Tech, USA
Jean-Baptiste Raina, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Frederik Schulz, DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA
Frank Stewart, Montana State University, USA
Susannah Tringe, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Daniel Vaulot, Sorbonne Université, France
Editorial Board
Francisco Dini Andreote, Penn State University, USA
Nana Ankrah, SUNY Plattsburgh, USA
Burak Avcı, Aarhus University, Denmark
Erik Bakkeren, University of Oxford, UK
David Baltrus, University of Arizona, USA
Anna Bazzicalupo, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK
Hans Bernstein, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
Stefan Bertilsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Sweden
Jennifer Biddle, University of Delaware, USA
Tess Brewer, Ludwig Maximillians University Munich, Germany
Angus Buckling, University of Exeter, UK
Xiuzhu Dong, Institute of Microbiology, China
Christina Dorador, University of Antofagasta, Chile
Sharon Doty, University of Washington, USA
Leo Eberl, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Manuel Ferrer, Spanish National Research Council, Spain
Paolina Garbeva, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Netherlands
Stefan Geisen, Wageningen University, Netherlands
Pedro Gómez, Spanish National Research Council, Spain
Chris Greening, Monash University, Australia
Robert Griffiths, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, UK
Lauren Hale, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, USA
Kim Handley, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Brandon Hassett, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
Janet Jansson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
Konstantinos Konstantinidis, Georgia Tech and Emory University, USA
Rolf Kümmerli, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Eiko Kuramae, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Netherlands
Leo Lahti, University of Turku, Finland
Jay Lennon, Indiana University, USA
Senjie Lin, University of Connecticut, USA
Ramiro Logares, Spanish National Research Council, Spain
Allison Lopatkin, University of Rochester, USA
Derek Lovley, University of Massachusetts, USA
Derek Lundberg , Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Haiwei Luo, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Willm Martens-Habbena, University of Florida, USA
Adam Martiny, University of California, Irvine, USA
James McKinlay, Indiana University, USA
Rainer Meckenstock, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Mario Muscarella, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
Maarja Opik, University of Tartu, Estonia
William Orsi, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Mamoru Oshiki, Hokkaido University, Japan
Cathy Pfister, University of Chicago, USA
Jo Philips, Aarhus University, Denmark
Yu Pi, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Claudia Pogoreutz, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, France
Zoe Pratte, Montana State University, USA
Shelbi Russell, University of California Santa Cruz, USA
Alyson Santoro, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Thomas Schmidt, University of Michigan, USA
Yuji Sekiguchi, Biomedical Research Institute, Japan
Steven Singer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Alfred Spormann, Stanford University, USA
Hideyuki Tamaki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
Osvaldo Ulloa, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
Philippe Vandenkoornhuyse, CNRS Université de Rennes, France
Stavros Veresoglou, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Irene Wagner-Dobler, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
Nina Wale, Michigan State University, USA
Hu Wan, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Jianjun Wang, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, China
Yinzhao Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Edze Westra, University of Exeter, UK
Steven Wilhelm, University of Tennessee, USA
Meiying Xu, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China
Tong Zhang, The University of Hong Kong, China
