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Editor-in-Chief: Xueji Zhang
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Editor-in-chief Shenzhen University, China
Associate Editor Clemson University, USA
Associate Editor California Institute of Technology, USA
Associate Editor City University of Hong Kong
Associate Editor National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
Associate Editor University of Alberta
Associate Editor Imperial College London, UK
Editorial Board Member
University of Cambridge, UK
Editorial board member
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
Silvana Andreescu, Clarkson University, USA
Elena Benito-Peña, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Vipul Bansal, RMIT University, Australia
Jeff Bulte, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
Sabrina Conoci, University of Messina, Italy
Sylvia Daunert, University of Miami, USA
Ambra Giannetti, IFAC - CNR, Italy
Dean Ho, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Wei Huang, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Eva Jakab Toth, Centre for Molecular Biophysics, CNRS, France
Tony James, University of Bath, UK
Suresh Kumar Kailasa, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, India
Mahesh Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, India
XiuJun James Li, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Yingfu Li, McMaster University, Canada
Sierin Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Guozhen Liu, 乐天堂app下载 Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Igor Medintz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Agata Michalska, University of Warsaw, Poland
Elisa Michelini, University of Bologna, Italy
Jwa-Min Nam, Seoul National University, South Korea
Shalini Prasad, University of Texas, USA
Daniel Roxbury, University of Rhode Island, USA
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Raffaele Velotta, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy
Nianqiang (Nick) Wu, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
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Viktoria Titmus, Editorial Production Manager
Angelica-Jane Onyekwere, Assistant Editor
Zareena Saleem, Assistant Editor
Michael Whitelaw, Assistant Editor
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