About the Editors

Chief Editor:  Alexa (Alex) McKay, PhD, Springer Nature, USA, ORCID (she/her/hers)

Alex obtained her PhD from the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia, where she conducted research in the fields of animal behavior, animal physiology, and disease ecology.  Alex's editorial career began in 2016 at Nature Communications, where she handled ecology and zoology papers. In 2020 she moved to Nature Ecology & Evolution where she was responsible for areas of basic ecology including biogeography, community ecology, theoretical ecology, microbial ecology, and disease ecology. She worked briefly at Nature Reviews Earth & Environment where she commissioned and edited environmental science, ecosystem ecology, and biogeochemistry Review articles. She also served an Advisory Editor assisting the launch of a Nature partner journal, npj Biodiversity, from 2021 to 2023. In January 2024, Alex became Chief Editor leading the launch of Nature Reviews Biodiversity. She is based in the New York City office.

Email Alex: alexa.mckay@us.nature.com