Emma Ganley is Joint Chief Editor of PLOS Biology and she is lead of the PLOS data program. Initially trained as a scientist with a PhD in Molecular Biology from the MRC-LMB in Cambridge followed by postdoctoral research at UC Berkeley, Emma then moved into science publishing initially joining PLOS Biology in 2005. Emma rejoined PLOS in 2010 after she took a position as Executive Editor of the Journal of Cell Biology for three years where she helped develop the JCB DataViewer.