About the Editors
Like the other Nature titles, Nature Immunology 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: Jamie D K Wilson, D.Phil, Springer Nature, USA
Jamie initially read Biological Sciences at the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK and then completed his D.Phil. at the Institute of Molecular Medicine at Oxford University, Oxford, UK under Andrew McMichael, focusing on the host's immune response to HIV and EBV infection. After leaving Oxford University, Jamie joined the immunology team of Frances Gotch at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Imperial College, London. He continued to work on HIV during his post-doc, turning his attention to the immune responses of long term nonprogressors. Jamie joined the staff of Nature Immunology prior to its launch in 2000.
Senior Editor: Laurie Dempsey, Ph.D, Springer Nature, USA
Laurie received a B.S. in microbiology at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI, USA). She earned her Ph.D. with David Dubnau at New York University (New York, NY, USA), examining DNA replication and recombination, and subsequently studied protein-DNA interactions with Nick Cozzarelli (University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA) and Saleem Khan (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA). Recombination interests led to studies in immunoglobulin class switching with Nancy Maizels (Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA). After a stint as assistant professor at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN, USA) looking into mechanisms of organ rejection, she finally left the Eppendorfs behind in 2001 to become an editor for Nature Immunology.
Senior Editor: Ioana Staicu, Ph.D, Springer Nature, USA
Ioana received a B.S. degree in biology at 'Al. I.Cuza' University (Iasi, Romania). She did her doctoral work under the supervision of H.P. Tony at Wurzbug University (Wurzburg, Germany), where she investigated aspects of transcriptional regulation and signal transduction of the B cell marker CD23. Her postdoctoral work in the laboratory of C. Guidos (University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada) focused on investigating the function of Notch during the early stages of T cell development. Ioana joined the staff of Nature Immunology in 2009.
Senior Editor: Nick Bernard, Ph.D, Springer Nature, UK
Nick holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classics and Archaeology from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and a PhD in Biochemistry and Immunology from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, cosupervised by Luke O'Neill and Kingston Mills. He spent 6 years working at the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia, in the laboratories of Steve Nutt, Axel Kallies, Diana Hansen and Louis Schofield. Nick joined Springer Nature in 2013, working first for Nature Reviews Rheumatology as an Associate Editor and more recently as locum Chief Editor. He then spent a number of years as a Senior Editor for Nature Communications. Now with Nature Immunology, Nick handles all content, but is particularly focused on autoimmunity and cancer immunology. Nick is based in the London Office.
Senior Editor: Stephanie Houston, Ph.D, Springer Nature, USA
Stephanie received a B.S in Immunology and Pharmacology from the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, UK). This was followed by a PhD in Immunology from the University of Glasgow (Glasgow, UK) under the supervision of Simon Milling studying migratory dendritic cells in the intestine. She pursued postdoctoral work with Mark Travis at the University of Manchester (Manchester, UK) investigating integrin αvβ8-mediated TGFβ activation by T cells. She started her editorial career at the Journal of Experimental Medicine in 2018 and joined Nature Immunology in 2022.
Stephanie.houston@us.nature.com
Senior Editor: Paula Jáuregui, Ph.D, Springer Nature, Spain
Paula studied Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Navarre, Spain and a Master in Biotechnology at the Public University of Navarre, Spain. She completed her PhD training under Drs. Damián de Andrés and Ramsés Reina at a CSIC center in Pamplona, Spain, where she studied restriction factors against lentiviruses. During that period, she spent six months in Dr. Greg Towers’ laboratory at the University College London (UCL). After obtaining her PhD, she conducted postdoctoral research at the laboratory of Dr. Nathaniel Landau at New York University, where she studied HIV accessory proteins and restriction factors. Then, she moved to Innsbruck, Austria to join the laboratory of Dr. Doris Wilflingseder to study the role of innate immunity in HIV pathogenesis. Paula started her editorial career in 2019 at Nature Microbiology. After a year, she joined the PLOS Biology team to handle microbiology and immunology. Paula joined Nature Microbiology and Nature Immunology in January 2024 and is based in the Madrid office.
paula.jauregui.1@springernature.com
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