Geraldine Echue is Deputy Editor for Advanced Materials at Wiley, based in Tokyo, Japan. She holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Bristol (UK), where her research focused on supramolecular nanomaterials. Before moving into scientific publishing, Geraldine worked for the UK government, supporting the evaluation of research impact for grant allocation. She later conducted postdoctoral research as a Royal Society/JSPS Fellow at the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan. Since joining Wiley in 2022, Geraldine has drawn on her international experience in both research and editorial roles to support authors and advance scientific communication in the physical sciences.