Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Sensors

Title:

Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Sensors

Location:

Shanghai, Beijing, New York - hybrid model

Closing date:
January 20th, 2026

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We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join the launch team of Nature Sensors as an Associate or Senior Editor. Launching in January, 2026, Nature Sensors will be a multidisciplinary journal at the intersection of applied sciences and engineering, showcasing advancements in sensor technologies, enabling methodologies, and their applications across diverse fields, including environmental monitoring, biomedical diagnostics, wearable and implantable devices, and smart sensing systems for the Internet of Things.

Nature Sensors will connect researchers, industry experts, innovators, policymakers, and the public and publish thought pieces exploring the impact of the ubiquity of sensors, the datafication of society, and other broader challenges and issues in the field. The journal will emphasize real-world, societal applications of sensor technology, publishing original research, reviews, commentary, and opinion pieces across this broad domain. The journal aims to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration by uniting various scientific communities with the shared goal of developing and applying sensor technologies for societal benefit.

• The successful candidate will play an important role in determining the representation of the fields they handle for the journal.
• They will work closely within a small team of editors on all aspects of the editorial process, including manuscript selection, management of the peer review process, commissioning and editing of reviews and comments, and writing for the journal.
• They will have an interest in engaging with topical issues for the sensing community. The interest in engaging with topical issues for the sensing community is essential.
• They will have a broad scientific knowledge and training.
• They will have excellent literary skills and a keen interest in the practice and communication of science are a prerequisite.
• They must be an enthusiastic communicator, have excellent interpersonal skills and be prepared to liaise with their community of researchers through conference attendance and lab visits, virtually and in person.

• The ideal candidate must have a PhD (or equivalent) and preferably postdoctoral experience and should be able to demonstrate a general interest in other areas of sensing research beyond their own. Editorial experience would be…