Editorial Board

Editors-in-Chief

Jacques Ravel, PhD, University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA
Jacques Ravel is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Associate Director for Genomics at the Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. His research program is focused on applying modern genomics technologies and ecological principles to characterize the role and dynamics of the microbial communities inhabiting the human body in health and disease and better define the interactions between the host, the microbes and the environment that drive these ecological systems.

Professor Ravel received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Maryland College Park in Environmental Molecular Microbiology and Ecology and performed his postdoctoral work at the Johns Hopkins University in the Department of Chemistry. Before accepting his current position, Professor Ravel was an Assistant Investigator at the Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) in Rockville, MD.

 

Senior Editors
Greg Amos, PhD, Waltham Petcare Science Institute, UK
Laure Bindels, PhD, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Victor Carrion Bravo, PhD University of Malaga, IHSM-UMA-CSIC, Spain
Univ.-Professor, Dr rer. nat. Thomas Clavel, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Germany
Mahesh Desai, PhD, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg
Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh, PhD, JGI/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Professor Dr Florian Fricke, University of Hohenheim, Germany
Falk Hildebrand, PhD, Quadram Institute, UK
PD Dr Markus Hilty, University of Bern, Switzerland
Sharon Huws, PhD, Queens University Belfast, UK
Purnima Kumar, DDS, PhD University of Michigan, USA
Charles Lee, PhD University of Waikato, New Zealand
Connie Lovejoy, PhD, Université Laval, Canada
Julia Oh, PhD, Jackson Laboratory, USA
Adam Ossowicki, PhD University of Malaga, Spain
Lynn Schriml, PhD, University of Maryland, USA
Yongqi Shao, PhD, Zhejiang University, China
Kevin Theis, PhD, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA
Jens Walter, PhD, University College Cork, Ireland
Joy Watts, PhD University of Portsmouth, UK
Paul Wigley, PhD, University of Liverpool, UK
Ke Yu, PhD, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, China
MeiLing Zhang, PhD East China Normal University, China
Tong Zhang, PhD University of Hong Kong, China
  

Managing Editor
Ian Lidbury, PhD, University of Sheffield, UK

Editors-by-Section

Animal Microbiome

Senior Editors
Sharon Huws, PhD, Queens University Belfast, UK
Paul Wigley, PhD, University of Liverpool, UK
Professor Dr Jana Seifert, University of Hohenheim, Germany
Yongqi Shao, PhD, Zhejiang University, China
MeiLing Zhang, PhD East China Normal University, China

Associate Editors
Kirk Anderson, PhD, USDA-ARS, USA
Hector Arguello-Rodriguez, DVM, Universidad De Leon, Spain
Professor Dr rer. Nat. Amelia Camarinha-Silva, University of Hohenheim, Germany
Congying Chen, PhD, Jiangxi Agricultural University, China
Yanfen Cheng, PhD, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Univ.-Professor, Dr rer. nat. Thomas Clavel, Technische Universität München, Germany
Nicolae Corcionivoschi, PhD, Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute, UK
Florencia Correa-Fiz, PhD, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology, Animal Health Research Center (IRTA-CReSA), Spain
Laura Cox, PhD,  Harvard University, USA
Ellen Decaestecker, PhD, KU Leuven, Belgium
Baichuan Deng, PhD,  South China Agricultural University, China
Ming Fan, PhD, University of Guelph, Canada
Mathilde Gendrin, MSC, PhD, HDR, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane,French Guiana
Leluo Guan, PhD, University of Alberta, Canada
Dr Thomas Hitch,  RWTH University Hospital, Germany
Maozhang He, DVM, Anhui Medical University, China
Dongwei Hou, PhD, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Zhijian Huang, PhD, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Roger Huerlimann, MAppSci, PhD, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Fotini Kokou, PhD, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Won-Jae Lee, PhD, Seoul National University, South Korea
Fuyong Li, PhD, Zhejiang University, China
Zhipeng Li, PhD,  Jilin Agricultural University, China
Nilusha Malmuthuge, PhD, AAFC-Lethbridge, Canada
Shengyong Mao, PhD, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Diego Morgavi, PhD, INRA, France
Orla O'Sullivan, PhD, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ireland
Linda Oyama, PhD, Queen's University Belfast, UK
Tansol Park, Ph.D., Chung-Ang University, Republic of Korea
Benjamin Parker, PhD, University of Tennessee, USA
Milka Popova, INRAE, France
Kasie Raymann, PhD, University of North Carolina Greensboro, USA
Ivan Rychlik, PhD, Veterinary Research Institute, Czech Republic
Huazhe Si, PhD, Jilin Agricultural University, China
Pallavi Singh, Ph. D., Northern Illinois University, USA
Tim Snelling, MSc, PhD, Harper Adams University, UK
Hui-Zeng Sun, PhD, Zhejiang University, China
Ilma Tapio, PhD, Luke Natural Resources Institute, Finland
Michael Thomas-Poulsen, PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Donald Walker, PhD, Middle Tennessee State University, USA
Haifeng Wang, Dr.,Zhejiang University, China
Yaping Wang, PhD, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Ben Willing, PhD, University of Alberta, Canada
Zhongtang Yu, PhD, Ohio State University, USA
Caijun Zhao, PhD, Jilin University, China
Jiangchao Zhao, PhD, University of Arkansas, USA
Dr rer. nat. Hao Zheng, China Agricultural University, China


Built Environment Microbiome

Senior Editor
Lynn Schriml, PhD, University of Maryland, USA

Associate Editors
Karen Dannemiller, PhD, Ohio State University, USA
Erica Hartmann, PhD, Northwestern University, USA

 

Cancer and the Microbiome

Associate Editors
Professor Dr John Baines, Kiel University, Germany
Professor Dr Med. Sebastian Zeißig, University of Dresden, Germany

Computer Science/Bioinformatics

Senior Editor
Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh, PhD, JGI/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Falk Hildebrand, PhD, Quadram Institute, UK

Associate Editors
Alexander Alekseyenko, PhD, New York University School of Medicine, USA
Leo Lahti, PhD, University of Turku, Finland
John Parkinson,PhD, University of Toronto, Canada
Todd Treangen, PhD, Rice University, USA
Yuzhen Ye, PhD, Indiana University, USA


Environmental/Agricultural Microbiome

Senior Editors
Dr Victor Carrion Bravo, PhD University of Malaga, IHSM-UMA-CSIC, Spain
Charles Lee, PhD University of Waikato, New Zealand
Connie Lovejoy, PhD, Université Laval, Canada
Adam Ossowicki, PhD University of Malaga, Spain
Joy Watts, PhD University of Portsmouth, UK
Tong Zhang, PhD University of Hong Kong, China

Associate Editors
Karthik Anantharaman, PhD, University of Wisconsin, USA
Harsh Bais, PhD, University of Delaware, USA
RNDr Petr Baldrian, PhD, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Tomislav Cernava, PhD, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Chang-Jun Cha, PhD, Chung-Ang University, South Korea
Joseph Christie de Oleza, PhD, University of The Balearic Islands, Spain
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
Tim Dumonceaux, PhD, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada & University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Carmen Falagan Rodriguez, PhD, University of Exeter, UK
Bettina Glasl, PhD, University of Vienna, Austria
Cecile Gubry-Rangin, PhD, University of Aberdeen, UK
Vijai Gupta,PhD, Dublin City University, Ireland
Christina Hazard, PhD, Université de Lyon, France
Jizheng He, PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia
Zhili He, PhD, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Jihyun F. Kim, PhD, Yonsei University, South Korea
Deepak Kumaresan, PhD, Queens University Belfast, UK
Dr Ilias Lagkouvardos, Technische Universität München, Germany
Calvin Lau, PhD, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canada
Meng Li, PhD, Shenzhen University, China
Wenjun Li, PhD, Sun Yat-sen University, China
PD Dr Werner Liesack, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany
Nachiket Marathe, PhD, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
Andrew Millard, PhD, University of Leicester, UK
Gerard Muyzer, PhD, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sean Norman, PhD, University of South Carolina, USA
Ulisses Nunes da Rocha, PhD, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research -UFZ, Germany
Orla O'Sullivan, PhD, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ireland
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
Søren J. Sørensen, PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Rebecca Stumpf, PhD, University of Illinois, USA
Chaomin Sun, PhD, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Jonathan Todd, PhD, University of East Anglia, UK
Michael Thomas-Poulsen, PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
John Walshaw, PhD, Fera Science Ltd, UK
Kenneth Wasmund, PhD, University of Vienna, Austria
Zhong Wei, PhD, Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Shuguang Xie, PhD, Peking University, China
Jun Yang, PhD, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Yu-Zhong Zhang, PhD, Shandong University, China
Jizhong (Joe) Zhou, PhD, University of Oklahoma, USA


Gastrointestinal Microbiome

Senior Editors
Laure Bindels, PhD, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Univ.-Professor, Dr rer. nat. Thomas Clavel, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Germany
Mahesh Desai, PhD, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg
Professor Dr Florian Fricke, University of Hohenheim, Germany
Jens Walter, PhD, University College Cork, Ireland

Associate Editor
Katherine Amato, PhD, Northwestern University, USA
Professor John Baines, PhD, Kiel University, Germany
Shai Bel, PhD, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Benoit Chassaing, PhD, Institut Pasteur, France
Wei-Hua Chen, PhD, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Gerard Clarke, PhD, University of Cork, Ireland
Laura Cox, PhD,  Harvard University, USA
Danilo Ercolini, PhD, University of Naples, Italy
Lucie Etienne- Mesmin, PhD, University of Clermont Auvergne, France
Alessio Fasano, MD, Harvard University, USA
Univ Professor Dr  med univ Gregor Gorkiewicz, MD, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Emma Hamilton Williams, PhD, University of Queensland, Australia
Scott Handley, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine, USA
Robert Hettich, PhD, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Niall Hyland, Ph.D. (Lond.), HonFBPhS, University College Cork, Ireland
Ana Maria Izcue, PhD, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Germany
Jihyun F. Kim, PhD, Yonsei University, South Korea
Nicolas Lapaque, PhD, INRA, France
Martin Larsen, PhD, Sorbonne, France
Professor Dr Sarah Lebeer, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Eric Martens, PhD, University of Michigan, USA
Sören Ocvirk, PhD, German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE), Germany
Siobhain O’Mahony, PhD, University College cork, Ireland
Orla O'Sullivan, PhD, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ireland
Henrik Munch Roager, PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark         
Sebastian Schmidt, PhD, University of Cork, Ireland
Lisa Stinson, PhD, University of Western Australia, Australia
Professor Dr Till Strowig, PhD, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Germany
Michael Thomas-Poulsen, PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Ana Valdes,  PhD, University of Nottingham, UK
PD Dr Sc Marius Vital, Hannover Medical School, Germany
John Walshaw, PhD, Fera Science Ltd, UK
Professor Dr Med Sebastian Zeißig, MD, University of Dresden, Germany

Immunology and the Microbiome

Associate Editors
Grace Aldrovandi, MD, University of California-Los Angeles, USA
Shai Bel, PhD, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Benoit Chassaing, PhD, INSERM, France
Nicolas Lapaque, PhD, INRA, France
Professor Dr Till Strowig, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Germany
  
 

Metabolomics

Associate Editors
Simon Cameron, PhD, Imperial College, UK
Robert Hettich, PhD, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Jonathan Swann, PhD, Imperial College London, UK


Metaproteomics

Associate Editor
Robert Hettich, PhD, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA


Nutrition and the Microbiome (including probiotics/prebiotics)

Associate Editors
Katherine Amato, PhD, Northwestern University, USA
Benoit Chassaing, PhD, INSERM, France
María Carmen Collado Amores, PhD, CSIC, Spain
Wendy Russell, PhD, University of Aberdeen, UK
Lisa Stinson, PhD, University of Western Australia, Australia
Ben Willing, PhD, University of Alberta, Canada

Oral Microbiome

Senior Editor
Purnima Kumar, DDS, PhD University of Michigan, USA

Associate Editors
Simon Cameron, PhD, Imperial College, UK
Thuy Do, PhD, University of Leeds, UK
Vincent Richards, PhD, Clemson University, UK
Graham P Stafford, PhD, University of Sheffield, UK

Respiratory Microbiome

Senior Editor
PD Dr Markus Hilty, University of Bern, Switzerland

Associate Editors
Simon Cameron, PhD, Imperial College, UK
Elodie Ghedin, PhD, New York University, USA
Barbara Methe, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Orla O'Sullivan, PhD, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ireland
Chris van der Gast, DPhil, Northumbria University, UK

 

Skin Microbiome

Senior Editor
Julia Oh, PhD, Jackson Laboratory, USA

Associate Editors
Elizabeth Grice, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Huiying Li, PhD, UCLA, USA

 

Urogenital Microbiome

Senior Editor
Kevin Theis, PhD, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA

Associate Editors
Lisa Karstens, Ohio State University, USA
Cindy Liu, MD, MPH, PhD. George Washington University, USA
Lindi Masson, PhD, Burnet Institute, Australia
Matt Payne, PhD, University of Western Australia
Mariya Petrova, PhD, MiP Consultancy, Belgium
Sujatha Srinivasan, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA
Rebecca Stumpf, PhD, University of Illinois, USA
Alan Wolfe, PhD, Loyola University of Chicago, USA


Viral Metagenomics

Associate Editors
Grace Aldrovandi, MD, University of California-Los Angeles, USA
Scott Handley, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine, USA
Andrew Millard, PhD, University of Leicester, UK
Noriko Cassman, PhD, University Jena, Gemany

Founding/ Former Editors-in-Chief
Elizabeth Wellington, PhD, University of Warwick, UK
Eric Wommack, PhD, University of Delaware, USA
 

Editorial Board (non-manuscript handling)
Eric Allen, PhD, University of California, San Diego, USA
Florent E Angly, PhD, University of Queensland, Australia
Martin J Blaser, MD, Rutgters University, USA
Elhanan Borenstein, PhD, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Eoin Brodie, PhD, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, USA
Barbara Campbell, PhD, Clemson University, USA
Craig Cary, PhD, University of Delaware, USA
Frans de Bruijn, PhD, LIPM, INRA, France
Dusko D Ehrlich, PhD, Kings College London, UK
Pierre-Edouard Fournier, MD, PhD, Marseille University Hospital, France
Jed Fuhrman, PhD, University of Southern California, USA
Dirk Gevers, PhD, Janssen Human Microbiome Institute, USA
Jack Gilbert, PhD University of California, San Diego, USA
Greg Gloor, PhD University of Western Ontaria, Canada
Karla Heidelberg, PhD, University of Southern California, USA
Philip Hugenholtz, PhD, Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, Australia
Curtis Huttenhower, PhD, Harvard University, USA
Janet Jansson, PhD, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
David Kirchman, PhD University of Delaware, USA
Rob Knight, PhD, University of California at San Diego, USA
Nikos Kyrpides, PhD, Joint Genome Institute, USA
Huilin Li, PhD, New York University, USA
Julian Marchesi, PhD, Cardiff University, UK
Julia Maresca, PhD University of Delaware, USA
Margaret McFall-Ngai, PhD, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA
Trina D McMahon, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA
Folker Meyer, PhD, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Emmanuel Mongodin, PhD, University of Maryland, USA
Joseph Petrosino, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
University Professor Dr Martin Polz, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Jeroen Raes, PhD, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Belgium
Gail Rosen, PhD, Drexel University, USA
Thomas Schmidt, MS, PhD, University of Michigan, USA
Dr rer. nat. Dr habil. Stephan Schuster, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Julie Segre, PhD, National Institutes of Health, USA
Frank Stewart, PhD, Georgia Tech University, USA
Susannah Tringe, PhD, DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA
Eric Triplett, PhD, University of Florida, USA
Jun Wang, PhD, Beijing Genomics Institute, China
Eric Wommack, PhD, University of Delaware, USA
Cathy Wu, PhD, University of Delaware, USA
Shibu Yooseph, PhD, University of Central Florida, USA
Vincent Young, MD, PhD, University of Michigan, USA

 

Trusted Reviewers
Wael Adil, PhD, Al-Nahrain University, Iraq
Suad Yousif Aldorkee Aldorkee, PhD, Alkitab University, Iraq
Khaled Altabtbaei, PhD, University of Alberta, Canada
Yacine Amar, PhD, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Andressa Rodrigues Amaral, MD, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Eric Armstrong, PhD, University of Toronto, Canada
Veysel Bay, PhD, Ege University, Turkey
Jacob W Bledsoe, PhD, University of Idaho, USA
Rachel Bleich, PhD, Appalachian State University, USA
Freida Anne Blostein, PhD, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, USA
Erica Bonazzi, PhD, Université Paris Cité, France
Hayden Brochu, PhD, Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, USA
Connor Brown, PhD, Virginia Tech, USA
Joel Brown, PhD, Cornell University, New York
Daniele Bruno, PhD, University of Insubria, Italy
Martina Cardoni, PhD, Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Spain
Cristina Casto-Rebollo, PhD, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Carrie Cowardin, PhD, University of Virginia, USA
Simon Paul Daniels, PhD, Royal Agricultural University, UK
Gobinda Dey, PhD, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Adiphol Dilokpimol, PhD, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
Esben Østergaard Eriksen, PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Priscila Fregulia, PhD, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, USA
Osiel Silva Gonçalves, PhD, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil
Francisco González-Serrano, MD, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Vesna Grujčić, PhD, Stockholm University, Sweden
Jorge Gutierrez-Merino, PhD, University of Surrey, UK
Arti Hansda, PhD, Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited University, India
Yasmeen A. Hasanien, PhD, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Egypt
Rahul Kamidi, PhD, Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute, India
Marcel Talla Kouete, PhD, University of Florida, USA
Eileen Kröber, PhD, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany
Richa Kumari, PhD, University of Washington, USA
Victor Lobanov, PhD, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Michael Christopher Macey, PhD, The Open University, UK
Bonita McCuaig, PhD, Chiba University, Japan
Erez Mills, PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Maria Monteiro, PhD, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Tamir Ofek, PhD, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Israel
Lummy Maria Oliveira Monteiro, PhD, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Daniela Osorio Rodriguez, PhD, University of Southern California, USA
Sonia Renzi, PhD, University of Florence, Italy
Sérgio Domingos Cardoso Rocha, MD, PhD, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
Sana Romdhane, PhD, Laboratoire CNRS Unité de Recherche Agroécologie, France
Shamik Roy, PhD, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Kuleshwar Prasad Sahu, PhD, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India
Mathilde Scheifler, PhD, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Belgium
Chandni Sidhu, PhD, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany
Sripoorna Somasundaram, PhD, The Ohio State University, USA
Yang Song, PhD, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Nada Stankovic, PhD, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Stefanos I Testempasis, PhD, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Romualdus Nugraha Catur Utomo, PhD, University Hospital Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany
Miguel Uyaguari, PhD, University of Manitoba, Canada 
Tereza Veselska, PhD, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Yazhoz Wang, PhD, Northwest A&F University, China
Nuria M Wentzien, PhD, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Spain
Annie G West, PhD, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Hanyi Zhu, PhD, Hainan University, China