Ana Pineda, Ph.D., is a scientist, certified yoga instructor, and founder of “I focus and write”, an all-in-one resource to help scientists write their papers, get things done, and have a productive, creative, and happy academic life. She is also an associate editor of the leading Journal of Ecology and a guest researcher on microbe-plant-insect interactions at the Ibero-American Center for Biodiversity at the University of Alicante, Spain.
Her blog, free masterclasses, and online programs combine her passion for a new mindful approach to academic life with more than 15 years of research experience at top European Institutions, such as Wageningen University and the Netherlands Institute of Ecology. Ana’s work has been published in the journal Nature, and she has given talks for Oxford University and the British Ecological Society. Ana now lives on the tropical island of Borneo, where you can find her walking on the beach, doing yoga or eating chicken satay with her husband and two children.