Dr. Richard White joined Nature Publishing Group in 2009 as one of the founding editors of Nature Communications. He handles a wide range of papers in the chemical sciences, managing all aspects of the editorial process. He obtained an MChem in biological chemistry from the University of Leicester and remained there to complete a PhD in organic chemistry, investigating the mechanistic behaviour of azabicyclic molecules and producing analogues of poison-dart frog toxins. Richard also undertook postdoctoral studies in the total synthesis of natural products at the Australian National University in Canberra.