Bronwyn Wake is an Australian scientist and the editor in chief of

Nature Climate Change ''Nature Climate Change'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Nature Portfolio covering all aspects of research on global warming, the current climate change, especially its effects. It was established in 2011 as the contin ...

Education

Wake has a first class honors degree in Antarctic studies and a PhD in

trace element __NOTOC__ A trace element is a chemical element of a minute quantity, a trace amount, especially used in referring to a micronutrient, but is also used to refer to minor elements in the composition of a rock, or other chemical substance. In nutr ...

biogeochemistry Biogeochemistry is the Branches of science, scientific discipline that involves the study of the chemistry, chemical, physics, physical, geology, geological, and biology, biological processes and reactions that govern the composition of the natu ...

. She undertook postgraduate research at the

University of Tasmania The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth oldest university. Christ College (University of Tasmania), Christ College, one of the unive ...

Career

Wake undertook postdoctoral work at the

University of Southampton The University of Southampton (abbreviated as ''Soton'' in post-nominal letters) is a public university, public research university in Southampton, England. Southampton is a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universit ...

, and at the European Institute for Marine Studies in Brest where she studied trace metals cycling in oceans and their role as micronutrients for

phytoplankton Phytoplankton () are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of ocean and freshwater Aquatic ecosystem, ecosystems. The name comes from the Greek language, Greek words (), meaning 'plant', and (), mea ...

. Wake joined the editorial department of ''

'' in 2012 and became the editor in chief in 2016.

Personal life

Wake is Australian, she moved from there to

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

, before relocating to Scotland.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wake, Bronwyn Living people Academic journal editors Australian women scientists Alumni of the University of Southampton University of Tasmania alumni Academics of the University of Southampton Year of birth missing (living people)