Dr David Peralta studied chemistry, German culture and language at the Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines (BSc Chem 2006, MSc Chem 2009). There, he taught courses in chemistry, science and society while finishing his MSc degree. In 2009, he moved to Germany. In 2015, he earned his Dr. rer. nat. in biosciences/biochemistry from the DKFZ and the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. He joined Wiley in 2014 as an Assistant Editor. He became Managing Editor of ChemMedChem in 2016 and has been its Editor-in-Chief since July 2017.