Magdalena Skipper, PhD, D.Sc. (h.c) is Editor in Chief of Nature, one of the oldest world’s leading multidisciplinary science journals. Elected in 2018, she is the first woman editor-in-chief in 150 years of the magazine. She is also Chief Editorial Adviser for Nature Portfolio.

A British-Polish geneticist, she started her editorial career at Nature Reviews Genetics, and has taken several roles at the Nature Partner Journals and at open access journal Nature Communications. Participating in the Agenda 2021 of the World Economic Forum in Davos in the debate on the consequences of the crisis from Covid-19, she stressed the need to improve science communication and scientific literacy, which according to her includes three aspects. The first is the knowledge of scientific fact; the second is the understanding of the scientific method, which implies that science is a constantly evolving process; the third is that science affects every aspect of real life.

She presides over the jury for the Nature Award for Mentoring in Science and the Nature Award for Inspiring Women in Science. She is a Fellow of the International Science Council.