Dr. Jeffrey Robens is Lead Trainer and Senior Editorial Development Manager at Nature Portfolio and is responsible for conducting the Nature Research Academies—training workshops to improve publication output worldwide. He has strong scientific qualifications with 20 years of academic experience and numerous publications and awards. He received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and then worked at premier research institutes in Singapore and Japan. Since leaving academia in 2012, he has conducted over 500 days of academic training workshops worldwide to help researchers improve their publication quality and impact.