​Dr. Elsa Couderc is an Associate Editor at Nature Energy. After receiving a MSc in Physics from the École Normale Supérieure de Paris and Paris 6, she obtained a PhD in material science from the CEA and Université de Grenoble, and spent time at the University of Denver. Her postdoctoral work took her to the University of Southern California and to the University of Cambridge, where she studied organic and hybrid photovoltaics. During that time, she was a writing volunteer for the MRS Bulletin. She joined Nature Research in June 2015 as an editor for Nature Communications, where she handled manuscripts in diverse areas of applied physics. In November 2016, she joined Nature Energy, where she coordinates content in various areas relating to renewable energy.