Alumni of our Editorial Board
We thank our past Editorial Board Members for their help and support for Communications Chemistry.
Claudia Bonfio
orcid.org/0000-0003-4160-1163
Research interests: Prebiotic chemistry, primitive cells, origins of life, membrane biophysics
Dr Claudia Bonfio served on the Editorial Board from 2023 to 2026, whilst working at University of Strasbourg, France
Francesca Grisoni
orcid.org/0000-0001-8552-6615
Research interests: Developing novel artificial intelligence methods for drug discovery, at the interface between computation and experimental validation in the wet-lab.
Dr Francesca Grisoni served on the Editorial Board from 2023 to 2025, whilst working at Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Chris Y. Li
orcid.org/0000-0002-9559-7051
Research interests: Developing electroanalytical techniques to study chemical mechanisms in electrocatalysis reactions, and reactor design for energy storage and environmental applications.
Prof Chris Li served on the Editorial Board from 2023 to 2025, whilst working at University at Buffalo, USA.
Jun Lu
Dr Jun Lu served on the Editorial Board from 2018 to 2026, whilst working at Zhejiang University, China.
Katrin Erath-Dulitz
orcid.org/0000-0003-0489-6038
Research interests: Study of chemical reactions in a regime dominated by quantum effects in order to understand fundamental reaction mechanisms as well as chemical evolution in space.
Dr Katrin Erath-Dulitz served on the Editorial Board from 2023 to 2025, whilst working at Universität Innsbruck, Austria.
Kui Yu
orcid.org/0000-0003-0349-2680
Research interests: Fundamental understanding of the synthesis-structure-property relationship of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots.
Prof Kui Yu served on the Editorial Board from 2021 to 2024, whilst working at Sichuan University, China.
Nathalie Katsonis
orcid.org/0000-0003-1054-6544
Research interests: Design and synthesis of active (supra)-molecular systems and materials.
Prof Nathalie Katsonis served on the Editorial Board from 2018 to 2024, whilst working at University of Twente, and later University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Jeff Chan
orcid.org/0000-0003-4139-4379
Research interests: Chemical biology of metal ions, aging, and reactive aldehyde species. New chemical reactions for analyte sensing. Targeted drug delivery.
Prof Jeff Chan served on the Editorial Board from 2022 to 2024, whilst working at University of Illinois, Urbana, USA.
Yanli Zhao
orcid.org/0000-0002-9231-8360
Research interests: Nanomedicine, drug delivery, nanomaterials, bioimaging, metal-organic frameworks, heterogeneous catalysis, porous materials.
Prof Yanli Zhao served on the Editorial Board from 2018 to 2024, whilst working at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Hind Al-Abadleh
orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-0646
Research interests: Atmospheric aerosol chemistry, air quality, geochemistry, and environmental remediation using nanomaterials.
Prof Hind Al-Abadleh served on the Editorial Board from 2022 to 2024, whilst working at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.
Jennifer Bridwell-Raab
orcid.org/0000-0002-7437-6217
Research interests: Bioinorganic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Structural Biology, Enzymology, Metalloproteins, Metallocofactors, Natural Products, Biocatalysis, Protein Engineering, Enzyme Mechanisms.
Dr Jennifer Bridwell-Rabb served on the Editorial Board from 2021 to 2024, whilst working at the University of Michigan, USA.
Aloysius Soon
orcid.org/0000-0002-6273-9324
Research interests: Theoretical surface/interface chemistry; Computational solid-state chemistry of materials; Design and simulations of heterogeneous catalysts for green energy production.
Prof Aloysius Soon served on the Editorial Board from 2023 to 2024, whilst working at Yonsei University, Republic of Korea.
María Escudero-Escribano
orcid.org/0000-0002-6432-3015
Research interests: Tailored electrochemical interfaces for renewable energy conversion, and electrosynthesis of green fuels and value-added chemicals.
Dr María Escudero-Escribano served on the Editorial Board from 2020 to 2023, whilst working at University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and later Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Spain.
Carolina Horta Andrade
orcid.org/0000-0003-0101-1492
Research interests: Computer-aided and artificial intelligence-oriented drug design, aiming at discovering new drug candidates for neglected and emerging diseases. Development and application of AI tools and QSAR models for the prediction of toxicity properties of chemical compounds.
Dr Carolina Horta Andrade served on the Editorial Board from 2020 to 2022, whilst working at Federal University of Goiás, Brazil.
Ratmir Derda
orcid.org/0000-0003-1365-6570
Research interests: Genetically-encoded chemistry; late-stage modifications of peptides; proteins and bacteriophages; ligand discovery; chemistry and information; molecular recognition; glycans and glycan-binding proteins.
Dr Ratmir Derda served on the Editorial Board from 2021 to 2022, whilst working at University of Alberta, Canada.
Akane Kawamura
orcid.org/0000-0003-1169-5082
Research interests: Chemical biology approaches to understanding the molecular mechanisms of epigenetic regulation. This includes biochemical and mechanistic studies on enzymes involved in histone modifications, and the development of chemical probes targeting these enzymes.
Dr Akane Kawamura served on the Editorial Board from 2018 to 2020, whilst working at University of Oxford, UK and later Newcastle University, UK.
