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This webinar brings together editors from across the Nature Portfolio journals featured in the Engineering for Life project.
Engineering for Life is a transformative journal collection that highlights how engineering principles and innovations are being applied to address some of the world’s most complex and urgent challenges. Spanning human health, environmental protection, sustainable and clean energy systems, and intelligent systems, the collection showcases research that benefits from connection across disciplines.
In this session, editors will present a series of spotlight talks introducing their journals and key research directions for an hour, followed by an optional 30 minute interdisciplinary panel discussion and live Q&A.
- Gain a clear overview of the Engineering for Life journal portfolio
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Explore the breadth of interdisciplinary engineering research
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Build insight to inform collection development and researcher support
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Discover how different engineering disciplines connect to address shared challenges
Our Speakers
Rita Leones
Senior Editor, Nature Reviews Clean Technology
Rita Leones joined Nature Reviews Clean Technology in 2024. She earned her PhD from the University of Minho and completed a postdoc at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, focusing on polymer electrolytes and lithium‑ion batteries. She previously worked as a Journal Launch Specialist at Frontiers.
Silvia Conti
Senior Editor, Nature Sensors
Silvia Conti holds a PhD in Bioengineering and Robotics from the University of Genova and completed postdoctoral research across Italy and Spain, including at the Italian Institute of Technology. Her work focused on organic and two‑dimensional electronic devices for wearable and biosensing applications. She joined Springer Nature in 2023 and became Senior Editor at Nature Sensors in August 2025.
Rita Strack
Chief Editor, Nature Biomedical Engineering
Rita Strack earned her PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Chicago, where she engineered fluorescent protein variants. She completed postdoctoral research at Weill Cornell Medical College developing RNA imaging reporters. A senior editor at Nature Methods from 2014, she was appointed Chief Editor of Nature Biomedical Engineering in August 2025. Her interests include imaging, spatial biology, chemical biology, and machine learning.
Christine-Maria Horejs
Chief Editor, Nature Reviews Bioengineering
Christine‑Maria Horejs joined Springer Nature in 2017, previously serving as editor at Nature Reviews Materials and Nature Nanotechnology. She became Chief Editor of Nature Reviews Materials in 2021 and of Nature Reviews Bioengineering in 2022. She holds an MSci and PhD in nanobiotechnology from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, and conducted postdoctoral research at Imperial College London and the Karolinska Institute on biomaterials and cell–material interactions.
Rachel Pei Chin Won
Chief Editor, Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering
Rachel Pei Chin Won holds engineering degrees from universities in Malaysia and Singapore and a PhD from Aston University, UK, in microwave photonics and nonlinear optics. She began her editorial career in 2006 as a Founding Editor of Nature Photonics, later serving as its Chief and International Editor. She was appointed Chief Editor of Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering in July 2025 and is a Fellow of OPTICA and SPIE.