Robert T. Knight, PhD

Co-Chief Editor

Robert (“Bob”) is a neurologist and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience (UC Berkeley) as well as Neurology and Neurosurgery (UC San Francisco). He holds numerous scientific awards, including the 2013 Distinguished Career Contribution Award from the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. He was the founding Editor who initially proposed the idea of Frontiers for Young Minds, and worked with Frontiers since 2013 to make it a reality. He continues to lead and support new partners for the project.

Idan Segev, PhD

Co-Chief Editor

Idan is the David & Inez Myers Professor in Computational Neuroscience and former director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Neural Computation (ICNC) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he received his PhD in neurobiology. Idan is the Chief Editor of Frontiers in Neuroscience, the world’s most cited neuroscience journal. He joined FYM to launch the Hebrew journal and leads a small Israel-based supporting team. He initiated the flagship Nobel Collection for FYM, read by nearly 3M people.

Laura Henderson, MPhil, MA

Head of Program

Laura has 2 decades’ experience in scholarly publishing, joining Frontiers in 2016 to lead the growth of its young journal programs. For FYM she focuses on strategically expanding and sharing this unique and wonderful journal for everyone worldwide. After two Masters degrees at Cambridge University, Laura worked in major academic presses prior to Frontiers and now serves as a certified ALPSP Mentor and Education Committee Member, training and coaching others in the industry on best practices.

Ayelet Vardi, PhD

Journal Manager

Ayelet holds an MSc in Immunology and a PhD in Neuroscience, both from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. She leads the FYM journal, develops key new partnerships with science organizations, and coordinates the team and all journal activities. She is also the in-house coordinator of FYM's Hebrew activities and publications, liaising with external staff at the Bloomfield Science Museum and with Prof. Segev as a leader of the Hebrew journal.

Federica de Quagliatti

English Specialist

Federica works on the English-language publications of Frontiers for Young Minds. She holds a Master’s degree in Publishing Media from Oxford Brookes University and has built her career in children’s publishing, complemented by experience in Frontiers’ journal launch teams. She leads the recruitment of the journal’s Specialty Chief Editors, represents the journal at international events such as the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, and develops collaborations with strategic partners to expand the journal’s global reach and impact.

Danning Ma

China Coordinator

Danning coordinates activities in the key market of China, overseeing Chinese-language publications and working with regional partners to support outreach and collaboration. She also manages Collections in the main English journal. Trained as a professional simultaneous interpreter (MA in Translation and Interpreting), she previously worked at a leading Chinese university coordinating national-level projects, leading translation initiatives—particularly in Traditional Chinese Medicine—and managing international affairs. She also lectured on Chinese and Western cultural studies and translation.