About the Editors
Like the other Nature titles, Nature Energy has no external editorial board. Instead, all editorial decisions are made by a dedicated team of professional editors, with relevant research and editorial backgrounds.
Chief Editor: Changjun Zhang, PhD, Springer Nature, UK
Changjun, widely known as Alex, joined Nature Research in April 2013 as an editor for Nature Communications, where he handled a broad spectrum of manuscripts spanning materials chemistry and energy research. In August 2015, he became part of the Nature Energy launch team, primarily focusing on energy storage fields. Alex received his PhD in surface catalysis from Queen’s University Belfast and later pursued postdoctoral work at the University of Cambridge, expanding into energy production and storage. He has been Chief Editor since April 2024 and is based in the London office.
Senior Editor: James Gallagher, PhD, Springer Nature, UK
James arrived at Nature Energy in September 2015. After receiving an MSc in Natural Sciences (Chemistry) from the University of Cambridge, he moved to the University of Liverpool for his PhD, where he developed high-throughput screens to evaluate Fischer-Tropsch catalysts for the production of liquid fuels from syngas. During his postdoctoral work at Argonne National Laboratory he used synchrotron X-ray techniques to study new catalysts for energy applications, with a focus on biomass and alkane transformations. James is based in the London office.
Senior Editor: Silvana Lakeman, PhD, Springer Nature, Germany
Silvana joined the Nature Portfolio in March 2021 as an editor for Nature Communications, where she handled a wide range of topics in the environmental social sciences, including energy, climate change, policy, governance and economics. In November 2022 she joined Nature Energy, where she handles social science, economics and policy content. Silvana received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Bremen, where her research focused on environmental governance and disaster displacement. Previously, she has worked in NGOs and in a consulting capacity on environmental migration and EU energy policy. Silvana is based in the Berlin office.
Senior Editor: Giulia Tregnago, PhD, Springer Nature, UK
Giulia joined Nature Energy in May 2018. She received her BSc in Materials Science and MSc in Chemistry from Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy. Her postgraduate Master in Materials for Energy took her to Solaronix, Switzerland, where she worked on dye-sensitized solar cells. She later obtained her PhD in Physics from University College London where she studied the photophysics of organic semiconductors and their application in light-emitting diodes. She then took up a position as project manager within a Horizon 2020 European Training Network on organic materials for photonics and optoelectronics. Giulia is based in the London office.
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