Springer Nature Staff
From the Editors

Video: A career path from researcher to professional editor

Dr. Laura Zoppi discusses her transition from active researcher to her new role as a professional editor at Nature Communications.

Published in Chemistry

Go to the profile of Samantha Zimbler
Samantha Zimbler
Video: A career path from researcher to professional editor
Like
Go to the profile of Ruth Milne
Go to the profile of Guang Feng

Share this post

Choose a social network to share with, or copy the URL to share elsewhere

Share with...

...or copy the link

This is a representation of how your post may appear on social media. The actual post will vary between social networks

We asked editor Dr. Laura Zoppi about her background in computational chemistry and computational physics and her transition from independent researcher to a career in scientific publishing:


Learn more about all of the editors at Nature Communications by visiting: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/about/editors

Go to the profile of Samantha Zimbler
Samantha Zimbler

Please sign in or register for FREE

If you are a registered user on Research Communities by Springer Nature, please sign in

Sign In Register

Follow the Topic

Chemistry
Physical Sciences > Chemistry

Related Collections

With collections, you can get published faster and increase your visibility.

Smart Materials for Bioengineering and Biomedicine

In this cross-journal Collection at Nature Communications, Communications Biology, Communications Engineering, Communications Materials, Communications Medicine and Scientific Reports, we welcome submissions focusing on various aspects, from mechanistic understanding to clinical translation, of smart materials for applications in bioengineering and biomedicine, such as, drug delivery, biosensing, bioimaging and tissue engineering.

Publishing Model: Open Access

Deadline: Sep 30, 2025

Explore this collection

Health in Africa

We aim to promote high-quality research that advances our understanding of health issues in Africa, and advocates for better healthcare on the continent in line with the UN’s SDGs.

Publishing Model: Open Access

Deadline: Dec 31, 2025

Explore this collection

Recommended Content

Cookies

We use cookies to ensure the functionality of our website, to personalize content and advertising, to provide social media features, and to analyze our traffic. If you allow us to do so, we also inform our social media, advertising and analysis partners about your use of our website. You can decide for yourself which categories you want to deny or allow. Please note that based on your settings not all functionalities of the site are available.

Further information can be found in our privacy policy.

Cookie Control

Customise your preferences for any tracking technology

The following allows you to customize your consent preferences for any tracking technology used to help us achieve the features and activities described below. To learn more about how these trackers help us and how they work, refer to the cookie policy. You may review and change your preferences at any time.

See the full cookie policy See the full privacy policy
More information

These trackers are used for activities that are strictly necessary to operate or deliver the service you requested from us and, therefore, do not require you to consent.

More information

These trackers help us to deliver personalized marketing content and to operate, serve and track ads.

More information

These trackers help us to deliver personalized marketing content to you based on your behaviour and to operate, serve and track social advertising.

More information

These trackers help us to measure traffic and analyze your behaviour with the goal of improving our service.

More information

These trackers help us to provide a personalized user experience by improving the quality of your preference management options, and by enabling the interaction with external networks and platforms.