Rachel Won
@rachelpcwon.bsky.social
Editor of Nature Photonics. Based in London.
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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💡
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💡
Reposted by Rachel Won
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 💡
www.nature.com/natrevelectr...
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 💡
www.nature.com/natrevelectr...
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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July 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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 💡
www.nature.com/natrevelectr...
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 💡
www.nature.com/natrevelectr...
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 💡 🤗
@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 💡 🤗
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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June 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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 💡 🤗
@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 💡 🤗
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...
@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...
springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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...
@natureportfolio.nature.com @springernature.com
springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
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💡
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💡
June 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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💡
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💡
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
Please encourage your female colleagues to apply too 💃🏻 🤗 💡
#WomeninSTEM #WomeninTechnology @natureportfolio.nature.com @springernature.com @natphoton.nature.com
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
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
womenintechnology.sony.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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
Please encourage your female colleagues to apply too 💃🏻 🤗 💡
#WomeninSTEM #WomeninTechnology @natureportfolio.nature.com @springernature.com @natphoton.nature.com
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
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
womenintechnology.sony.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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
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
Making data transparent is an important step in closing the gender gap in peer review! #WomeninSTEM #DEI @natphoton.nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com
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
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
May 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Making data transparent is an important step in closing the gender gap in peer review! #WomeninSTEM #DEI @natphoton.nature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com
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 🤗 💡
May 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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 🤗 💡
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence is transforming peer review — and many scientists are worried.
Are you? 💡
@nature @natureportfolio
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Are you? 💡
@nature @natureportfolio
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
AI is transforming peer review — and many scientists are worried
Artificial intelligence software is increasingly involved in reviewing papers, provoking interest and unease.
www.nature.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence is transforming peer review — and many scientists are worried.
Are you? 💡
@nature @natureportfolio
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Are you? 💡
@nature @natureportfolio
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Rachel Won
New article online: Intrinsic optical bistability of photon avalanching nanocrystals.
go.nature.com/3DSOmUC
go.nature.com/3DSOmUC
March 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
New article online: Intrinsic optical bistability of photon avalanching nanocrystals.
go.nature.com/3DSOmUC
go.nature.com/3DSOmUC
Reposted by Rachel Won
March 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
13°C for #CambridgeHalfMarathon today🌞🏃♀️ we are spoiled 💃🥳
March 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
13°C for #CambridgeHalfMarathon today🌞🏃♀️ we are spoiled 💃🥳
Happy International Women's Day 💐💃🎊💡 #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2025
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.
go.nature.com
March 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Happy International Women's Day 💐💃🎊💡 #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2025
Reposted by Rachel Won
New #OpenAccess article online: Terawatt-attosecond hard X-ray free-electron laser at high repetition rate demonstrated at European XFEL.
go.nature.com/4i5uP27
go.nature.com/4i5uP27
March 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
New #OpenAccess article online: Terawatt-attosecond hard X-ray free-electron laser at high repetition rate demonstrated at European XFEL.
go.nature.com/4i5uP27
go.nature.com/4i5uP27
#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
February 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#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
Reposted by Rachel Won
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!
February 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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!
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
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
February 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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
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
Meeting up #WomeninOptics #PhotonicsWest @spie.org Sile NIC Chormaic, Clara Saraceno, Giulia Tagliabue, @rachelgrange.bsky.social, Andrea Redondo-Blanco, @drarmani.bsky.social, @astchalyan.bsky.social and Sona Hosseini 💃🎉🎊🥳💃
February 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Meeting up #WomeninOptics #PhotonicsWest @spie.org Sile NIC Chormaic, Clara Saraceno, Giulia Tagliabue, @rachelgrange.bsky.social, Andrea Redondo-Blanco, @drarmani.bsky.social, @astchalyan.bsky.social and Sona Hosseini 💃🎉🎊🥳💃
Reposted by Rachel Won
Announcement! The Opening Ceremony of the International Year of Quantum Science & Technology on 4-5 February is being broadcast live. Programme PDF here: articles.unesco.org/sites/defaul... More info here: www.unesco.org/en/articles/... Webcast link here: webcast.unesco.org/events/2025-...
February 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Announcement! The Opening Ceremony of the International Year of Quantum Science & Technology on 4-5 February is being broadcast live. Programme PDF here: articles.unesco.org/sites/defaul... More info here: www.unesco.org/en/articles/... Webcast link here: webcast.unesco.org/events/2025-...
Visit my interview with Sir Peter Knight where he talks about quantum research and technologies in the UK, and his role in the @unesco.org #IYQ2025 💡 @naturephotonics.bsky.social
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rdcu.be/d72A6
It’s big quantum time
Nature Photonics - Sir Peter Knight, described as "one of the UK’s most influential scientists and leaders of scientific policy" by his peers, tells Nature Photonics about the many...
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February 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Visit my interview with Sir Peter Knight where he talks about quantum research and technologies in the UK, and his role in the @unesco.org #IYQ2025 💡 @naturephotonics.bsky.social
rdcu.be/d72A6
rdcu.be/d72A6
A Celebration of Women in Optics #CelebrateWiO #WomeninSTEM - what a great event by @spie.org @jesswadereports.bsky.social and Lia Li at Photonics West 💃🎉👏
And we want more please 🤗 @naturephotonics.bsky.social
And we want more please 🤗 @naturephotonics.bsky.social
“Raising awareness is not enough. We need to take action, and this starts with educating ourselves and others.”
Rachel Won, International Editor at @naturephotonics.bsky.social, gives a lightning talk titled, “Too Few Women Authors.”
#WomenInSTEM #CelebrateWiO
@rachelpcwon.bsky.social
Rachel Won, International Editor at @naturephotonics.bsky.social, gives a lightning talk titled, “Too Few Women Authors.”
#WomenInSTEM #CelebrateWiO
@rachelpcwon.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
A Celebration of Women in Optics #CelebrateWiO #WomeninSTEM - what a great event by @spie.org @jesswadereports.bsky.social and Lia Li at Photonics West 💃🎉👏
And we want more please 🤗 @naturephotonics.bsky.social
And we want more please 🤗 @naturephotonics.bsky.social
2025 Conference on Education and Training in Optics & Photonics (ETOP) to be held 19-22 May 2025 in Glasgow. Don't wait, submit your papers before 27 Jan 👩💻🧑💻💡
mailchi.mp/ieee.org/rem...
#ETOP2025
mailchi.mp/ieee.org/rem...
#ETOP2025
[Deadline Approaching: Call for Papers and Workshops] 2025 IEEE Conference on Education and Training in Optics & Photonics (ETOP)
Paper & Proposal Submission Deadline:
27 January 2025
mailchi.mp
January 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
2025 Conference on Education and Training in Optics & Photonics (ETOP) to be held 19-22 May 2025 in Glasgow. Don't wait, submit your papers before 27 Jan 👩💻🧑💻💡
mailchi.mp/ieee.org/rem...
#ETOP2025
mailchi.mp/ieee.org/rem...
#ETOP2025
Get ready for the world's largest photonics technologies event!
Review the outstanding lineup of plenary speakers, and make plans to attend the free #PhotonicsWest Exhibition.
See you in San Francisco, 25-30 January 2025.💡
spie.org/conferences-...
Review the outstanding lineup of plenary speakers, and make plans to attend the free #PhotonicsWest Exhibition.
See you in San Francisco, 25-30 January 2025.💡
spie.org/conferences-...
January 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Happy 2025 to everyone 🎉🥳🎊🎈💡
January 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Happy 2025 to everyone 🎉🥳🎊🎈💡