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Career advice for researchers at every stage, and programmes that help institutions prepare researchers to become editors.

About

Filipe Veiga de Macedo Almeida

PhD · Senior Editor, Nature Biomedical Engineering

Dr Almeida holds a PhD in Materials Science, with a strong background in nanobiomaterials and Cancer Biology acquired over more than ten years of laboratory experience.

In 2021 Dr Almeida joined the editorial team of Nature Biomedical Engineering, where he developed strong interdisciplinary knowledge. Currently serving as Senior Editor, Dr Almeida has extensive experience in manuscript handling, editorial strategy, team mentorship, and commissioning highly cited research.

That combination of bench science and editorial practice now goes into one aim: helping researchers build sustainable careers, and helping institutions create the conditions in which their people can move into editorial and academic leadership.

Services

Career advice
for researchers

  • One-to-one career guidance for PhD candidates, postdocs and early-career faculty
  • Navigating the PhD, postdoc and faculty transitions: what to do, and what to avoid
  • How editors and peer review work, seen from the inside
  • Talks and open Q&A sessions for research groups and departments

Preparing researchers
to become editors

  • Talks on careers in scientific publishing and communications
  • Advising PIs, department heads and institutional leadership on the conditions that help researchers move into editorial roles
  • Mentorship models and publishing strategy for departments and institutes

Engagements range from an afternoon of one-to-one sessions to multi-day programmes for universities and research institutes, and can be tailored to your group or department.

Conflict of interest — As a Senior Editor at Nature Biomedical Engineering, I do not discuss individual research projects or manuscripts in the course of my consulting work.

Contact

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Whether you are weighing your next career step or planning a programme for your researchers, I would be glad to hear from you.

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