May Copsey, Executive Editor
May is currently the Executive Editor for our flagship journal, Chemical Science. She joined the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2006 as an assistant editor and has worked on a variety of different journals during this time, including Dalton Transactions, CrystEngComm and Journal of Materials Chemistry. She was Executive Editor for our analytical portfolio of journals for four years, before moving to take over the general chemistry portfolio, including Chemical Science, ChemComm and Chemical Society Reviews. She has had the pleasure of leading the editorial team dedicated to Chemical Science since June 2018.
May is a main group chemist at heart, as before joining the RSC she worked for three years as Post-doctoral Research Associate at the University of Calgary after completing a PhD in main group chemistry at the University of Bristol.
She very much enjoys travelling as part of her role and the opportunity this brings to meet authors and scientists and hear about their research. Outside of work, she spends most of her time running around after her two small boys.
Jeremy Allen, Deputy Editor
Jeremy joined the Royal Society of Chemistry in July 2014 as a publishing editor, starting on the journals Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics and Nanoscale. Before moving to his current role, he also worked as a publishing editor on our analytical chemistry portfolio and as a deputy editor on ChemComm and Chemical Society Reviews. Prior to moving to the Royal Society of Chemistry, he completed a PhD at the University of Bath and worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. His research focused on the use of computational chemistry for modelling reactions on surfaces and understanding the defect chemistry of oxide materials.
James Moore, Senior Editor
James is the Senior Editor for Chemical Science and oversees the production elements of the journal. He started at the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2015 as a publishing editor after completing a Master’s degree at the University of Birmingham working on porous materials for radioactive ion remediation. Prior to taking on the senior editor role, James worked on the general chemistry portfolio as first a publishing editor and then as a senior publishing editor, overseeing ChemComm, Chemical Science, ChemSocRev and RSC Advances.
Outside of work James is a keen walker and writer and enjoys visiting museums and the theatre.
Alice Coles-Aldridge, Assistant Editor
Alice joined the Royal Society of Chemistry in July 2018 as a Publishing Editor and has worked on journals across the sustainability, energy and environment portfolios, including Energy & Environmental Science and Green Chemistry. Prior to this, Alice completed an MChem degree at Durham University with an industrial placement at Lucite International. She went on to complete a PhD from the University of St Andrews where her research focused on ceria-based materials for solid oxide fuel cells. In her spare time, Alice enjoys travelling, dancing and going to the theatre.
Carri Cotton, Assistant Editor
Carri joined the Royal Society of Chemistry in July 2016 as a publishing editor on the sustainability journals after completing an MChem degree at the University of Warwick. During her degree, Carri took part in the ERASMUS programme carrying out work on single-molecule magnets under the supervision of Professor Andrea Cornia. Her final year project was with Dr Paul Wilson on self-assembled polymeric nanoparticles for drug delivery. In her spare time, Carri can be found at her allotment growing fruit and vegetables, or in the kitchen trying out new recipes with her produce.
Geraldine Hay, Assistant Editor
Geraldine began working at the Royal Society of Chemistry in July 2018, as a Publishing Editor on the Materials, Interfaces and Engineering portfolio. Before starting work at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Geraldine completed her MChem degree at the University of Edinburgh, where she worked with Dr Stephen Moggach on her Master’s research project, focussing on modifying the properties and selectivity of MOFs by applying pressure. As part of her degree, Geraldine also completed a year abroad at the University of Hong Kong, studying the antibacterial properties of bismuth complexes under the supervision of Professor Hongzhe Sun. Outside of work, Geraldine enjoys travelling, cooking and playing netball.
Alex Metherell, Assistant Editor
Alex joined the Royal Society of Chemistry in September 2017 as a publishing editor, working on our general chemistry portfolio, including ChemComm and RSC Advances. Alex also went on to work on several journals in our analytical portfolio, including Metallomics, Analytical Methods and Analyst, before moving to his current role. Alex completed his MChem degree at the University of Sheffield, working on an inorganic supramolecular project under the supervision of Professor Michael Ward during his final year. He enjoyed it so much that he stayed to complete a PhD and postdoctoral research position within the same group, investigating the host–guest chemistry of self-assembled coordination cages. In his spare time, Alex likes to play and follow sport, read and play guitar.
Emma Radoux, Assistant Editor
Emma joined the Royal Society of Chemistry in April 2018 as a Publishing Editor and worked on journals across the physical, nanoscience and materials portfolios before moving to her current role. Prior to this, Emma obtained an MChem degree in Chemistry from the University of Liverpool with industrial experience at AstraZeneca. She went on to complete a PhD from the University of Cambridge, where her research focused on developing new chiral triazolium and thiazolium salts with H-bonding motifs as organocatalysts. Outside of work Emma enjoys cooking, growing chilli plants and looking after her mischievous cats.
Sarah Sharp, Assistant Editor
Sarah joined the Royal Society of Chemistry in September 2016 as a publishing editor, working on our environment & technology portfolio. Sarah also worked part time on the Organic team, assisting with Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Organic Chemistry Frontiers and Materials Chemistry Frontiers. Sarah completed her MChem degree at the University of Manchester, working on a biocatalysis project under the supervision of Professor Jason Micklefield for her final year. She also completed a research assistant position at the University of Hong Kong, under the guidance of Professor Pauline Chiu, working on the total synthesis of pseudolaric acid B. In her spare time, Sarah likes to travel and experiment with new recipes from around the world.
Karina Webster, Editorial Assistant
Karina joined the Royal Society of Chemistry in August 2017 as a Publishing Assistant in the Customer Services team helping authors submit their work and publishing their articles online. In January 2019 she moved to become an Editorial Assistant in the Inorganic portfolio to work on various journals including Dalton Transactions, CrystEngComm and NJC. Now she focuses on Chemical Science and RSC Advances and enjoys working closely with the Editorial Boards as well as promoting the journals through various commissioning and social media activities.
Karina moved from the Lake District to Cambridge in 2011 to complete her History degree and loves reading, writing and exploring new places.
David Bishop, Publishing Assistant
David joined the Royal Society of Chemistry in May 2017 as a publishing assistant for ChemComm and the wider journals portfolio. As the publishing assistant for Chemical Science he provides support to the assistant editors and authors from submission through to production. He completed an MA in Publishing at the Anglia Ruskin University whilst earning experience in publishing roles with commercial and academic publishers. Outside of work, David enjoys cooking, reading and writing.
