Reviewer Board

Members of the reviewer board are selected from all JoF reviewers for regularly providing timely high quality reports on submitted manuscripts. Responsibilities of reviewers are available here.

Members

Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, S875 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Interests: opportunistic infections; candida; yeasts; Candida albicans; bloodstream infections; genetic diversity

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III Division of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, 20157 Milan, Italy
Interests: histoplasmosis; Histoplasma capsulatum; Histoplasma duboisii; HIV; immunocompromise; progressive disseminated histoplasmosis; diagnosis; pneumococcal disease; pneumococcal vaccine; vaccine hesitancy
Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Interests: mycotoxins; antioxidants; bioactive compounds; mass spectrometry; polyphenols; carotenoids

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Cibles Thérapeutiques et Conception de Médicaments (CiTCoM), UMR 8038, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
Interests: filamentous fungi; fungal network; secondary metabolites; nitrogen-containing metabolites; biological activity; metabolomic
Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: fungicide resistance; molecular basis; non-target site; plant pathogens; Fusarium; maize stem rot
Division of Immunology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Interests: mycology; Cryptococcus neoformans; cryptococcosis; meningoencephalitis; central nervous system; fungal dissemination; microglia; monocytes; macrophages; T cells; cytokines; host-pathogen interaction

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Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Seropédica 23890-000, Brazil
Interests: enzyme; bioreactor; biochemistry; nutrient bioavailability; raw material; antioxidant compounds; biocatalysis; lipase; oleochemical synthesis; esterification; transesterification; sustainability; cost-effectiveness; biodiesel production
1. Parasitology-Mycology Department, Hôpital Saint-Louis Paris, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75010 Paris, France
2. Immunology of Fungal Infection, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris Cité, 75015 Paris, France
Interests: Aspergillus; innate anti-fungal immunity; diagnosis of fungal diseases; molecular mycology; dermatophytes; antifungal resistance
Department of Pathogenic Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
Interests: human fungal pathogens; Cryptococcus neoformans; metal homeostasis; drug resistance; fungal pathogenicity evolution; antifungal therapy; antifungal activity; drug delivery systems

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Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA
Interests: cytochrome P450; membrane proteins; biocatalysis; biotransformation; fungal biotechnology; fungal metabolism; fungal genetics and genomics; recombinant protein expression and purification in yeast or fungi; xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes; brain; neurological health; neurochemistry; neurodegeneration; neurological disorders; neuropathological biomarkers

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Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil
Interests: fungal taxonomy; fungal species; diversity
Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Interests: CRISPR/Cas; genome editing; genetic engineering; gene expression regulation; proteolysis; proteasome; LncRNA; yeast; Bacillus; space microbiology; stress response; oxidative stress; heat shock; wood biodeterioration; Aspergillus niger; cellulase activity; Coniophora puteana; extremotolerant fungi; FTIR; lignin degradation; wood-decaying fungi
Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Interests: CRISPR/Cas; genome editing; genetic engineering; gene expression regulation; proteolysis; proteasome; LncRNA; yeast; Bacillus; space microbiology; stress response; oxidative stress; heat shock; oleaginous yeasts; fatty acids; triacylglycerols; carbon source; food oil
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Interests: mycorrhizal symbiosis; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; genetics; rhizosphere; plant physiology; holobiont; holobiont chronobiology; co-evolution; ecology; heavy metal; drought stress; microplastics; biofertilizer; biopesticide; soil health; symbiosis

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College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: protein crystallization; protein-DNA interaction; structure based drug/pesticides design; structure based immune receptor design; β-caryophyllene; phytopathogenic fungi; Magnaporthe oryzae; antifungal activity

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Medical Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
Interests: medical mycology; fungal pathogenesis; fungal virulence; pathogen-host interaction; ubiquitin-proteasome system; autophagy; Cryptococcus neoformans; signaling pathways; morphological development; pathogenicity

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Department of Biochemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Akademicka Street 19, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
Interests: fungal metabolites; natural fungal protease inhibitors; laccase; Cerrena unicolor; medicinal mushroom
Department of Entomology and Nematology, Plant Protection Institute, ARO, The Volcani Center, HaMaccabim Road 68, Rishon LeZion 7528809, Israel
Interests: insect parasitic nematode; entomopathogenic fungi; abiotic stress; biotic stress; immunity
Department of Agricultural, Forestry and Food Sciences, University of Turin, Torino, Italy
Interests: molecular and cellular; bacteria/fungi/plants interactions; plant microbiome; secondary metabolites; cytochromes P450 enzymes; plants; fruit quality
Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Bulevar cara Lazara 1, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Interests: biological control; biofuels; bioprocess modelling; optimization of bioprocesses; waste utillization; essential oil; microencapsulation; antimicrobial activity; antioxidant potential; enzyme inhibition; biotechnology; food industry wastewater; Trichoderma harzianum; maize ear disease; mycotoxins; Fusarium graminearum; Aspergillus flavus
1. Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut Branch, Assiut 71524, Egypt
2. Colin Ratledge Center for Microbial Lipids, School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China
Interests: applied microbiology; mycology; secondary metabolites; microbial lipids; fermentation; biotechnology; Fusarium equiseti; Pancratium maritimum L.; LC-MS/MS; anti-inflammatory; nitric oxide synthase; molecular docking; secondary metabolites; antimicrobial
School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing, Kingston University London, London, UK
Interests: rot fungi; manganese peroxidase; biocatalytic; biosynthetic

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University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-853, Brazil
Interests: invasive fusariosis in patients with hematologic diseases; aspergillosis; mucormycosis; candidiasis; COVID-19
Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 01246-903, Brazil
Interests: infectious disease; pathology; immunology; fungal infections; dermatology
School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ 08205, USA
Interests: genomics; gene expression; mycotoxins; host-pathogen interaction; transmission; Penicillium; volatile organic compounds; chromatography-mass spectrometry; structure and functionality; postharvest disease; CRISPR-Cas9; RNA interference; sustainable control

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Laboratory of Fungal Biochemistry, V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 197022, Russia
Interests: cultural studies-investigation of morphology, physiology and biochemistry of Agaricomycetes from different taxonomical and ecological groups for scientific and practical purposes; study of biological activity of mushrooms, mainly proteolytic and oxidative enzymes, antifungal and antivirus activities, medicinal mushrooms; conservation of macromycetes ex situ; isolation and cultivation of basidiomycetes strains; culture collection management; microbial resources information management and utilization; experience in isolation of basidiomycetes cultures, mating study, fruiting of basidiomycetes in culture, maintaining of fungal cultures in culture collection, management of the culture collection database
Department of Genetics, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, USP, Ribeirão Preto 14049-900, SP, Brazil
Interests: molecular; genetics; dermatophytes; oxidative stress; transcription factors; Trichophyton rubrum; hydrogen peroxide; dermatophytosis; pathogenic fungi; fungal virulence
CESAM, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: mycology; systematics; taxonomy; diaporthe phylogeny; chemotyping; mycotoxins; bioactive compounds
CIIMAR-Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal
Interests: molecular biology; Pathogens; phylogeny; oomycetes

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Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Hemostaseology, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Interests: natural killer cell; antifungal host immunity; T cell
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