Editors
Our in-house editors are PhD-level scientists with research experience. All in-house editors work full-time for the journal to oversee the review process, handle manuscripts as primary editors, liaise with our Editorial Board Members and enforce journal policy. Editors also engage in other activities on behalf of the journal, such as attending and organizing conferences and meeting with scientists at their institutions.
In-house editors work closely with our Editorial Board Members to ensure that all manuscripts are subject to the same editorial standards and journal policies.
Chief Editor: John Plummer, PhD, Springer Nature, UK
John received MEng and PhD degrees from the University of Sheffield, followed by postdoctoral work at Imperial College London. His research focused on structure-mechanical property relationships in metals, glasses and ceramics. John joined Nature Portfolio as an editor for Nature Communications in 2013 followed by editorial positions at Nature Materials and the Nature Partner Journals, where he oversaw journals in the physical, life and social sciences. In August 2019 he became the launch Chief Editor for Communications Materials. John is based in the London office.
Senior Editor: Aldo Isidori, PhD, Springer Nature, UK
Aldo received his PhD in condensed matter physics from the University of Rome and then held post-doctoral positions at the Goethe University of Frankfurt, Royal Holloway University of London, and the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA). His areas of interest include strongly correlated materials, such as transition metal and organic high temperature superconductors, quantum phase transitions, magnetic and topological order of matter, and superconducting heterostructures. He studied these systems using both theoretical and experimental approaches. Aldo joined Communications Materials in February 2020 and is based in the London office.
Associate Editor: Meltem Yanilmaz, PhD, Springer Nature USA
Meltem received her PhD in Fiber and Polymer Science from North Carolina State University and then held postdoctoral and faculty positions at North Carolina State University and Istanbul Technical University. Her research focused on energy materials, batteries, supercapacitors, nanomaterials, polymers, and carbon composites. Meltem joined Communications Materials in November 2025 and is based in the New York office.
