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Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering @natrevelectreng.nature.com · Jul 29

Have you read our July 2025 issue?

It features solar-powered #electricvehicles and #hydrogen for sustainable #energy systems, low-dimensional low-symmetric #semiconductors for polarization-sensitive #photodetection and 2D #Bi2O2Se for future #electronics 💡

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Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering - Volume 2 Issue 7, July 2025

Thanks to high mobility, suitable bandgap, native high-k oxide, and compatibility with industrial process, two-dimensional bismuth oxyselenide (2D Bi2O2Se)...

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Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · Jun 26

I'm not but my colleagues Amos Martinez from Nature Materials and Nina from Nature Reviews Physics are in Munich :) catch them if you can.

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Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · Jun 23

If you haven't seen this recruitment news...

@natrevelectreng.nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com @springernature.com is hiring an Associate/Senior Editor. The closing date is 1 Jul. Please DM me if you have any questions 💡 🤗

Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · Jun 13

My first task is to hire an Associate/Senior Editor for @natrevelectreng.nature.com. Would you be interested in joining me to shape the journal? Pls DM me if you have any questions💡Apply by 1 Jul.
@natureportfolio.nature.com @springernature.com
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Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering

Job title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering Location: Shanghai or New York – hybrid working model Closing date: 1st July 2025 About Springer Nature Group Springer Natu...

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Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · Jun 13

My first task is to hire an Associate/Senior Editor for @natrevelectreng.nature.com. Would you be interested in joining me to shape the journal? Pls DM me if you have any questions💡Apply by 1 Jul.
@natureportfolio.nature.com @springernature.com
springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering

Job title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering Location: Shanghai or New York – hybrid working model Closing date: 1st July 2025 About Springer Nature Group Springer Natu...

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Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thank you, John 😘

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Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · Jun 12

That's very true 🍷🧐💡 thank you for your nice words, Hamid!

Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · Jun 12

Celebrating my 19 years with @natphoton.nature.com
today,I'd like to share that I'll be the ChiefEditor of
@natrevelectreng.nature.com from 1Jul🥳It's been an incredible journey w Oliver @davidpile.bsky.social Noriaki,Giampaolo &the amazing #photonics community.Your ongoing support is much needed💡

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Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · Jun 1

You could have asked the editor to delay its publication by one day 😚

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Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · May 30

If you haven't done so already, today is the last day for the application for this Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature 😀
Please encourage your female colleagues to apply too 💃🏻 🤗 💡
#WomeninSTEM #WomeninTechnology @natureportfolio.nature.com @springernature.com @natphoton.nature.com

Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · May 29

I am honoured to serve as a judge for the prestigious Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature 2026 @springernature.com
The aim of this award is to recognize and celebrate the remarkable women spearheading advancements in technology💃💡#WomeninSTEM
Deadline: 30 May 2025 womenintechnology.sony.com

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Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · May 29

I am honoured to serve as a judge for the prestigious Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature 2026 @springernature.com
The aim of this award is to recognize and celebrate the remarkable women spearheading advancements in technology💃💡#WomeninSTEM
Deadline: 30 May 2025 womenintechnology.sony.com

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Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · May 29

Making data transparent is an important step in closing the gender gap in peer review! #WomeninSTEM #DEI @natphoton.nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com

Springer Nature @springernature.com · May 28

Why does gender diversity in publishing matter? Because it leads to better science.
Sowmya Swaminathan & Marios Karouzos explore the gender gap in peer review at Nature Portfolio in our latest Springboard blog. 🔗 go.sn.pub/o2mewb
#DEI #WomenInSTEM

New Springboard blog: Understanding the gender gap in peer review at Nature Portfolio journals

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Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · May 29

Hanging out with a very nice crowd of people during Surface Plasmon #Photonics #SPP11 last week in Tokyo! Look forward to seeing you soon again, before Lausanne for #SPP12 hopefully 🤗 💡

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Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · Mar 28

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence is transforming peer review — and many scientists are worried.
Are you? 💡

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AI is transforming peer review — and many scientists are worried

Artificial intelligence software is increasingly involved in reviewing papers, provoking interest and unease.

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Nature Photonics @natphoton.nature.com · Mar 26

New article online: Intrinsic optical bistability of photon avalanching nanocrystals.

go.nature.com/3DSOmUC

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Nature Photonics @natphoton.nature.com · Mar 26

New article online: Ultrafast nano-imaging of dark excitons.

go.nature.com/3Y1J2oK

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Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · Mar 9

13°C for #CambridgeHalfMarathon today🌞🏃‍♀️ we are spoiled 💃🥳

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Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · Mar 8

Happy International Women's Day 💐💃🎊💡 #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2025

Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Mar 8

To mark International Women’s Day, six award-winning female scientists told Nature about the women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others. #WomenInStem 🧪

Behind every great woman in science, there’s another great woman in science

To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others.

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Nature Photonics @natphoton.nature.com · Mar 1

New #OpenAccess article online: Terawatt-attosecond hard X-ray free-electron laser at high repetition rate demonstrated at European XFEL.

go.nature.com/4i5uP27

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Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · Feb 20

Oh I missed you both 🥺 where are you?

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Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · Feb 4

#NobelPrize laureates Anne L'Huillier talks about watching the quantum world with ultrashort light pulses, when William Phillips brings us to the incredible past, amazing present & magnificent future of quantum mechanics 💡 #IYQ2025 @unesco.org

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Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · Feb 4

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Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · Feb 4

Yes I remember that talk by William Philips too 💥 and he has just given a talk on the past, present and future of quantum mechanics... Without any explosion this time 😉

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Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · Feb 4

Talking about AI for quantum science at the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology #IYQ2025

International Year of Artificial Intelligence 2035? 🤔 #AI

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · Feb 4

Convincing the UN to proclaim an international year is a long and difficult process and the nation of Ghana was the main player in proposing the resolution to the General Assembly. Ghanian government representative now speaking!

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Rachel Won @rachelpcwon.bsky.social · Feb 3

Hello Paris!
Here I am for the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025's opening ceremony in @unesco.org 4-5 Feb💡#IYQ2025 #quantum #optics
@naturephotonics.bsky.social

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