Lei Lei

Associate Partner

China18 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 17 years in scientific research and academic publishing.
  • Authored 60+ articles in prestigious international journals.
  • Expert in editorial management and team leadership.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in academic publishing and scientific research.

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Skills

Core Skills

Team ManagementEditorial

Other Skills

Academic PublishingBiochemistryBiostatisticsCellCell BiologyCommunity EngagementConfocal MicroscopyCross-functional Team LeadershipData AnalysisDigital MediaEditorial DevelopmentGeneticsGlobal Talent AcquisitionImage AnalysisImageJ

About

Lei currently oversees an editorial team of Wiley‘s Advanced Portfolio in Life & Health as well as Eco-Environmental sciences. And she had managed a dozen of journals in Wiley Life Science Portfolio including Global Change Biology, Global Change Biology Bioenergy, Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, Land Degradation and Development, Cell Proliferation, iMeta, iMetaOmics, mLife, Animal Research and One Health, and New Plant Protection etc. With over seventeen years of experience in scientific research and academic publishing, she has authored more than sixty Research Articles, Reviews, Commentaries, and Editorials in various international journals, including Advanced Science, iMeta, Nature Plants, New Phytologist, PNAS, Current Opinion in Plant Biology, The Plant Cell, Molecular Plant, The Arabidopsis Book, Plant Physiology, Advanced Biology, Advanced Genetics, and Modern Agriculture etc. Lei earned her Ph.D. in Plant Biology from Pennsylvania State University, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. She holds dual bachelor's degrees in Biological Sciences and Economics from Peking University. Before joining Wiley, Lei served as a Senior Editor at Nature Plants, primarily based in New York City.

Experience

Wiley

4 roles

Associate Director

Promoted

Feb 2026Present · 1 mo

Global Talent AcquisitionCross-functional Team LeadershipJournalsTeam ManagementEditorial

Senior Manager

Jul 2024Feb 2026 · 1 yr 7 mos

Global Talent AcquisitionCross-functional Team LeadershipTeam MotivationTeam Management

Editor in Chief/Publisher

Promoted

Oct 2023Jun 2024 · 8 mos

Editorial DevelopmentStrategic PlanningCommunity EngagementEditorial

Editorial Manager

Oct 2021Sep 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

Community EngagementDigital MediaTeam ManagementEditorial

Nature research (publishing)

3 roles

Senior Editor

Promoted

Oct 2019Oct 2021 · 2 yrs · Greater New York City Area

Associate Editor

Promoted

Apr 2017Sep 2019 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Greater New York City Area

Assistant Editor

Sep 2016Mar 2017 · 6 mos · Greater New York City Area

Department of biochemistry and molecular biology, penn state university

2 roles

Postdoctoral Fellow

Aug 2015Aug 2016 · 1 yr

  • Lei Lei was a postdoctoral fellow at Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at The Penn State University. She was interested in understanding the mechanism of cellulose biosynthesis, especially the involvement of cytoskeleton in cellulose biosynthesis of plants.

Research Assistant

Aug 2011Aug 2015 · 4 yrs

American society of plant biologists

Member

Sep 2012Dec 2020 · 8 yrs 3 mos

Science & technology education department of beijing municipal bureau of agriculture

Summer Intern

Jul 2009Jul 2009 · 0 mo

Peking-yale joint center for plant molecular genetics and agro-biotechnology

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Sep 2008Jul 2010 · 1 yr 10 mos

Young volunteers association, peking university

Member

Dec 2007Jul 2010 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Student union, peking university

Secretary

Sep 2006Jul 2008 · 1 yr 10 mos

Education

Penn State University

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) — Plant Biology

Jan 2010Jan 2015

Peking University

Bachelor's Degree — Life Sciences

Jan 2006Jan 2010

Peking University

Bachelor's Degree — Economics

Jan 2007Jan 2010

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