Nonia Pariente, PhD, is since March 2020 Editor in Chief of PLOS Biology, the PLOS flagship journal in the Life Sciences.

Trained as a molecular biologist, following a postdoctoral training in virology she grew into an editorial career ultimately becoming Editor in Chief of two leading scientific journals in the Life Sciences, first Nature Microbiology and since 2020 PLOS Biology. PLOS initially launched as the Public Library of Science is a not-for-profit publisher that has pioneered and continues to transform the Open Access movement.

Nonia Pariente leads a new phase of PLOS Biology, renewing its commitment as a catalyzer for the adoption of Open Science practices while expanding the scope of PLOS Biology to all four corners of the Life Sciences. From the start, her drive has been “to help science advance and to help scientists communicate their stories.