Anke Sparmann, PhD, is a scientific editor and writer. She has been a scientific writer at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA based Infection Research in Würzburg, Germany, since 2021. Additionally, she works as a scientific editor at Life Science Editors.

Fascinated by the molecular basis of life, she earned her Ph.D. in Molecular Microbiology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA. Her postdoctoral research at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) in Amsterdam focused on chromatin dynamics in neural stem cell di! erentiation. Transitioning from academia, she began her editorial career at The EMBO Journal. After a short stay at Nature Communications, she became a senior editor at Nature Structural & Molecular Biology in 2014. Acknowledged for her expertise in science communication, scientific writing, and publishing, she provides crucial support to researchers in grant applications, manuscript preparation, and the publication process.