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Role in OLS: OLS-5 project lead
I am a civil engineer with a drive to impact the knowledge sharing through open science.
Role in OLS: OLS-3 project lead
I’m the primary Software Engineer at the DAMP Lab at Boston University, focusing mostly on integration of robotic systems and biological design tools. I enjoy dogs, beer, and fantasy novels.
Role in OLS: OLS-7 project lead / OLS-8 mentor
Graduated on Library Science with work experience in academic libraries and technology. MetaDocencia´s Infrastructure team coordinator. OLS-7 Mentee. Certified instructor by The Carpentries.
Role in OLS: OLS-1 expert / OLS-2 expert
Athina is a neuroscientist, with a background in electrical and computer engineering. Her research combines computational and electrophysiological techniques to study human cognition.
Role in OLS: OLS-3 project lead
Abdul founded two chapters of PyData in Saudi Arabia with a mission to support and grow the community of open source developers in the middle east. He is passionate about enhancing computer science education around the world and especially in the Arabic speaking communities.
Role in OLS: OLS-5 project lead
Abraham is an ecological researcher based at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. He is interested in how climate, fire, and large mammal herbivores shape grassland and savanna ecosystems in space and time. This knowledge is valuable for assessing current ecological theory, guiding successful ecosystem conservation and restoration, and understanding roles of humans in ecosystems.
Role in OLS: OLS-4 mentor
Working on insect genomics/bioinformatics platforms, and regular contributor to the Galaxy-Conda-GMOD-GTN exosystem
Role in OLS: OLS-4 project lead / OLS-5 mentor
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Alan Turing Institute. PhD in Physical Geography, passionate on the development of data-driven approaches and the automation of complex and large data tasks to tackle environmental changes using satellite imagery and geospatial data. Enjoy reading sci-fi books, cycling and coffee roasting.
Role in OLS: OLS-3 expert
I am a freelance science writer and communications trainer, focused on life science communications. I am currently spreading the word about the importance and mystery of microbes living in the Ocean.
Role in OLS: OLS-3 project lead
Self-motivated, Dedicated, Focused
Role in OLS: OLS-2 expert
Alejandra is the Software Engineering Group Leader at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). STFC is part of UK Research and Innovation. Her focus is around software management, which includes supporting the software developmnt process, and data management projects, which include the development of bespoke software systems to manage the experimental data produced by the large scale scientific facilities at STFC. Before joining STFC she was a Research Lecturer at the University of Oxford. Her research interests are around developing models, methods, and software tools for data science and innovative scholarly communication with the aim of enabling Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) data, research reproducibility and aggregation of research results.
Role in OLS: OLS-5 project lead
Innovative, problems solver, community builder and team player, I hold two masters degrees in computer sciences and information systems. I am interested in contributing to solve community issues using ICT including cutting edge technologies such as ML, AI, and IoT.
Role in OLS: OLS-3 project lead
I am a Research Application Manager at The Alan Turing Institute. It’s a new role and one we hope to use to demonstrate how by creating deeper connections between research teams and external stakeholders, the impact of the overall Programme can be significantly improved.
Role in OLS: OLS-1 mentor, expert / OLS-2 mentor, expert / OLS-3 expert
PhD with twenty years working around bioinformatics research, project-management, and training. Currently working as a leadership trainer for postdocs and PIs. For fun I enjoy painting, playing Dungeons and Dragons, and walking my dog.
Role in OLS: OLS-7 mentor
I am a Community Manager for eLife, a nonprofit committed to transforming research communication in part through improvements to research culture. As part of my role, I am responsible for creating and managing programmes and advisory groups to ensure that eLife’s work is driven by its global community, including its early-career researcher community. I am a keen advocate for open science and works to promote equity, diversity and inclusion in research. I am also a former researcher (immunology/virology), I earned a PhD in Immunology from the University New South Wales, Australia, after graduating from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and did a short post-doc before making the switch to eLife.
Role in OLS: OLS-1 mentor, expert / OLS-2 mentor, expert / OLS-4 expert
I am an Experimental Psychologist and Fellow of the SSI at the University of Manchester interested in data visualisations, open science, and reproducible research. I am the University of Manchester Open and Reproducible Research Institutional Lead.
Role in OLS: OLS-5 project lead
I am a first-year PhD student at the Inorganic Systems Engineering group of TU Delft. In collaboration with an industry partner, I do research in data-driven catalyst discovery.
Role in OLS: OLS-6 project lead
I am a Research Application Manager at the Alan Turing Institute. I work with project teams to adapt research outputs for real-world problem solving.
Role in OLS: OLS-5 project lead / OLS-6 mentor, expert
I am an incoming assistant professor at The University of Amsterdam, working in the field of astrochemistry/astrobiology. I love to teach and my work motto is doing fun stuff with nice people. I talk a lot and cannot properly function without coffee :)
Role in OLS: OLS-5 project lead / OLS-6 mentor, expert
I’m the Community Manager for The Turing Way @ The Alan Turing Institute, and an anthopologist by training. I was previously a Frictionless Data Reproducible Research Fellow at the Open Knowledge Foundation, and am currently a Fellow at the Internet Society. I also co-curate The Re:Source Project, which aims to support labor movements in supply chains through open data. In my past and present roles, I aim to contribute to the open ecosystem, and the research and tools that enable it.
Role in OLS: OLS-8 project lead
Alette Schoon teaches documentary filmmaking at the School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University in Makhanda, South Africa. Before entering academia she worked in educational television. Alette has a PhD in digital media studies and is the organiser of the African DigiMethods conference that aims to share digital and computational research methods and tools with African Media Studies researchers. Alette has published various book chapters and journal articles on digital media in South Africa. Alette enjoys mountain biking and is known among her cycling group as the “downhill queen”.
Role in OLS: OLS-3 expert / OLS-4 mentor, expert / OLS-5 expert
I am working as a Scientific Training Officer at EMBL-EBI and dedicate my work time to developing and designing training in the field of biomedical sciences and bioinformatics. In our training courses we encourage scientists to work according to and advocate the principles of Open Science. I am not a bioinformatician myself, but a chemist / biochemist by education, with several years of experience in scientific research; mainly in the wet lab.
Role in OLS: OLS-2 expert / OLS-3 expert / OLS-4 expert / OLS-5 expert / OLS-8 expert
Role in OLS: OLS-6 expert
aka Laurel! I have experience working as an institutional communicator. Since 2008, I have been in charge of the analysis and planning of comprehensive institutional communication strategies combining digital communication, information systems, and organizations’ voices. I am also a professor at the National University of Córdoba, Argentina.
Role in OLS: OLS-3 project lead / OLS-4 project lead
I am 23 years old and currently working at a sports media company as an editor. I graduated in October 2020 from UCL in MSc Digital Humanities, with a year of experience in journalism. I also have a previous background in history, and I am about to embark on a postgraduate diploma in law, with hopes of pursuing a career at the intersection of law and technology. Also, I’m very keen to help address educational inequity as well as learning more about community building and the open science community!
Role in OLS: OLS-6 project lead
I’m a research software engineer at The University of Manchester and an SSI Fellow. I’m passionate about open science and am always keen on learning more about it!
Role in OLS: OLS-8 project lead
Hi I’m Amber, I am passionate about both human as animal health. Science should be open and accessible for everyone, contributing to a planet full of knowledge, innovations and solutions!
Role in OLS: OLS-7 project lead
I recently obtained a Ph.D. in Education from the Faculty Education and Psychology at ELTE University, Hungary. I am interested in open science, as well as international and comparative higher education.
Role in OLS: OLS-1 project lead / OLS-4 expert
I am a dentist who is passionate in immunology and genomic research. Our group in Thailand is working to expand our research capacity by introducing the single-cell transcriptomics to researchers of different fields. I enjoy bridging people from different expertise and encourage openness and collaboration.
Role in OLS: OLS-5 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-6 mentor, expert / OLS-7 mentor
I am a Colombian biologist (she/her) with a background in Plant Community Ecology, Biodiversity Informatics, and Open and Responsible Science. I am a core member of The Turing Way and a SSI/OLS Fellow 2023
Role in OLS: OLS-4 project lead
My research interests lie in the fields of personalised medicine, optimisation, and data science, and how all these can be used together to improve the availability of targeted treatments at a global scale. I have an MSc in Data Science and have previously worked on various research problems from within the fields of social sciences, law, computer science, and operations research.
Role in OLS: OLS-7 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-2 mentor / OLS-3 mentor / OLS-6 project lead
Anelda is the founder of Talarify, a South Africa-based consultancy working with researchers and postgraduates to help grow digital, computational, and open science literacy. She has a formal background in bioinformatics, but spend most of her time working in interdisciplinary teams these days. Main projects currently: 1) afrimapr, funded by Wellcome Open Research, where the team is working with data science communities in Africa and beyond to help make African data more accessible via the development of R building blocks; and 2) ESCALATOR - growing an inclusive and active community of practice in Digital Humanities and Computational Social Sciences in South Africa.
Role in OLS: OLS-1 expert / OLS-2 expert / OLS-3 expert
Software Sustainability Institute’s training lead. Over the past 5 years committed to ongoing improvement of research software practice through training and community engagement work. Driving the trends in training for researchers and scientists in computational and data analysis skills forward and helping develop new training curricula.
Role in OLS: OLS-7 project lead / OLS-8 expert
Data manager in a national research infrastructure for the social sciences, PhDone in Sociology, mostly knitting in my free time
Role in OLS: OLS-2 mentor, expert
Anita Bröllochs is the Head of Outreach at protocols.io. She studied Life Science Engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen, Germany and her background is on optical clearing of skeletal muscle for multiphoton microscopy. Anita has a passion for open science and is also the host of a science podcast called ‘Minor Tweak, Major Impact’ which is aiming to shine a spotlight on method development.
Role in OLS: OLS-2 mentor
Anjali is the Thematic Lead on AI, Justice and Human Rights at the Alan Turing Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (UK), including projects on data science/AI to combat modern slavery and other exploitative crimes (and co-organiser of Code 8.7), statistics and the law, and bias measures/fairness methods in algorithms in justice. She is also an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Statistics & Data Science and faculty affiliate in the Block Centre for Technology and Society at Carnegie Mellon University.
Role in OLS: OLS-1 expert / OLS-3 mentor, expert
Anna is a Research Software Engineer (RSE) at the University of Sheffield with a background in Marine Macroecology and research software development in R. She is part of a team of RSEs working to help researchers build more robust analysis pipelines and software, promote best practice in research programming and digital resource management and facilitate the shift to more open, transparent and collaborative research culture. She is also an editor for rOpenSci, a 2019 Software Sustainability Institute Fellow and a member of the ReproHack core team. Overall, her passion lies in helping researchers and the research community as a whole make better use of the real workhorses of research, code and data, and in spreading the word about the joys of R.
Role in OLS: OLS-3 project lead
I am driven to engage with communities to foster an appreciation and connection for both intangible and tangible culture. Growing up in a small town, I learned what a gift it is to connect with people from another way of life; OLS makes that possible.
Role in OLS: OLS-7 project lead
I’m a chronobiology and sleep reasearcher with a passion for outdoor light and sports. I mainly focus on applied field studies which includes interventions and evaluation studies. I encourage open and reproducible science practices and work towards more sustainability also in research.
Role in OLS: OLS-1 expert
Anne currently works at Oswald Cruz foundation with the development of a bottom up open data policy. She is also part of a research group dedicated to open science themes, especially social innovations.
Role in OLS: OLS-4 mentor, expert / OLS-5 mentor
Anne is an experienced Research Software Engineer. She is developing training materials and teaching basic-to-advanced research computing skills to students, researchers, Research Software Engineers from all disciplines to advance FAIRness of Software management and development practices so that research groups can collaboratively develop, review, discuss, test, share and reuse their codes.
Role in OLS: OLS-5 mentor, expert / OLS-6 mentor
I’m a recovering academic, with a strong interest in all elements of the data life cycle, from data collection and data analytics, to data curation and good data management practices, and I love figuring out data pipelines and workflows. I believe strongly in open science and open data, and promoting good practices for reproducible research. I have strong interests in capacity development, community building, and mentorship, and have worked in a variety of industries and academic institutes worldwide, and have research and work experience in many different scientific fields including ecology, biology, marine and terrestrial sciences, invasion biology, polar science, and climate change.
Role in OLS: OLS-2 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-3 project lead
Currently a biochemistry student and very much interested in the field of data science and bioinformatics. Very keen to meet amazing people of same interest.
Role in OLS: OLS-3 project lead
I am a bioinformatician, with background in molecular/cell biology, working in the Bioinformatics Unit at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Oeiras, Portugal.
Role in OLS: OLS-8 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-4 project lead
I am a nanobiologist doing a PhD in volume electron microscopy. I like microscopy, cell biology and data science. My hobbies are guitar playing, music, swimming and reading.
Role in OLS: OLS-6 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-7 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-8 project lead
I am a neuroscience researcher. I investigate how the human brain creates meaning through language and music, and through audition and vision. For my research, I use neuroimaging techniques such as Magnetoencephalography or functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. I am passionate about science outreach and SciArt, and I am interested in facilitating connections between scientists and artists. I am the current director of the Imagine Science Symbiosis Initiative and a Resident Scholar at the SAi Resident Collective. I love growing plants, (citi-)biking around NYC, and discovering new cafes.
Role in OLS: OLS-2 mentor, expert / OLS-3 expert / OLS-4 mentor, expert / OLS-5 mentor / OLS-6 mentor, expert / OLS-7 mentor / OLS-8 mentor
Arielle has spent her career to date working in research-adjacent fields, starting with a stint at open access publisher PLOS, where she learnt the importance (and challenges) of open science, code, and data. Currently the Research Project Manager on the Tools, Practices & Systems programme at The Alan Turing Institute, she was a CSCCE Community Engagement Fellow in 2019 and continues to be actively involved in the community. She is a contributor to the Turing Way project.
Role in OLS: OLS-3 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-3 project lead
A student and innovator from rural India.
Role in OLS: OLS-5 project lead
I’m a junior student pursuing a Bachelors’s in Computer science studies. I am a Data Science and machine learning enthusiast. I like to travel , read, dance and listen to taylor’s music:)
Role in OLS: OLS-4 project lead
From age seven, Caitlin knew she was going to be a scientist. A trained researcher, she’s held roles in product, people, and program management at a number of technology organizations. A lifelong volunteer, she’s engaged with Central Florida’s nonprofit community and the organizer of the Orlando Lady Developers Meetup. Caitlin holds a BSIE and a PhD from the University of Miami.
Role in OLS: OLS-5 project lead
I am a Training Officer at the Alan Turing Institute and a digital history researcher at the New College of the Humanities. I’m interested in historical mythmaking and misinformation.
Role in OLS: OLS-5 project lead
Hi - I’m Ayesha and I’m interested in pedagogy and education; community building and forming meaningful connections; and personal development and growth. I also love cycling - (on-the-road, semi-competitive, all-the-gear-no-idea kind of cycling), good food and a gripping crime drama series!
Role in OLS: OLS-7 project lead
Ayomide is a Medical Laboratory Scientist working in the department of Medical Laboratory Science of Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria. He holds a Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science Degree from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria. With 5 years of experience working as a Laboratory Scientist and 2 years exploring bioinformatics, he has developed an interest in using bioinformatics to study the genetic basis of non-communicable diseases. Notable bioinformatics training he has participated in include Introduction to bioinformatics and African Genomic Medicine Training Initiative organized by H3ABionet. He looks forward to being a bioinformatics trainer in the nearest future.
Role in OLS: OLS-5 project lead
For fun: I am very into catch and release fly-fishing and fly tying as well as other outdoor activities. I also do a number of crafts at varying degrees of success! Academically: I am nearing submission of my joint Ph.D. between North West University and Oslo University. I research sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) in the context of barriers to trade in the South African red-meat industry with particular focus on the past and ongoing challenges that have arisen with the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the country. I have followed a mixed methodology approach which includes qualitative research by means of semi structured interviews and quantitative research by means of a content analysis entirely applied through R programming. I am Zimbabwean born, but call Johannesburg (South Africa) home at the moment.
Role in OLS: OLS-7 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-5 project lead / OLS-6 project lead
Umar Ahmad is currently the Head, Department of Anatomy at Bauchi State University, Nigeria. He is also a founder and CEO of BioSeq, a bioinformatics company that translates omics data into informative knowledge by providing quality high-throughput sequencing (NGS) data analysis. His work in basic and translational research is focused on developing targeted therapy for human bladder cancer, colon and lung cancers with primary focus on genomics (WGS, WES) and transcriptomics (RNA-Seq, scRNA-Seq, Microarray) data integration to investigate the regulatory pathways that drive tumour recurrence and progression. Additionally, Umar works in an international team of scholarly professionals at AfricArXiv - the pan-African Open Access portal – towards increased discoverability of African research output. His role involves facilitating manuscript submission moderation and quality assurance as well as representing AfricArXiv at international meetings, events and webinars. At the Science Communication Hub Nigeria, he supports a team that provides mentorship, implements training and community building for the next generation of Nigerian scientists. Umar is a fellow of Accelerating Science and Publication in Biology (ASAPbio), a mentee and a member in The Carpentries community and a member of Open Bioinformatics Foundation. He is also the current Regional Coordinator (North East) of the Nigerian Bioinformatics and Genomics Network (NBGN). Moreover, Umar maintains a community of scientists who are passionate about bioinformatics in a slack workspace called Bioinformatics Hub to facilitate sharing of bioinformatics knowledge in Nigeria. (Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14ayo1wHRpDvF-L5yHaBHyEqXW29EqEApfCtf3F3xiq4/edit?usp=sharing)
Role in OLS: OLS-2 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-2 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-2 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-3 project lead / OLS-4 project lead / OLS-5 mentor / OLS-6 mentor, expert / OLS-7 mentor
Batool is a computational biologist affiliated with both KAIMRC in Saudi Arabia and the University of Liverpool in the UK. As an advocate for Open Science and its role in improving scientific and economic outputs in the Middle east, Batool established an Open Science Community in Saudi Arabia (OSCSA). OSCSA aims to create significant value towards Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, which focus on enhancing knowledge and improving equal access to education in the Kingdom
Role in OLS: OLS-8 mentor
I am a PhD student in bioarchaeology focusing on the applicability of dental calculus in paleodiet research . I am also a data steward and an advocate for Open Science.
Role in OLS: OLS-2 expert / OLS-3 mentor, expert / OLS-4 mentor, expert
I’m a research consultant and social scientist and I support researchers in developing mixed methods and qualitative research skills. I also run a peer support group called Open Post Academics (OPA) where we encourage those with a PhD to share their skills and knowledge outside of the academy.
Role in OLS: OLS-2 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-2 project lead / OLS-3 expert / OLS-5 mentor / OLS-7 project lead
Scientific Project Manager working in the project AI4Life (https://ai4life.eurobioimaging.eu/) with strong interest in outreach and community building.
Role in OLS:
Director of Learning and Technology
OLS-1 organizer / OLS-2 expert, organizer / OLS-3 mentor, expert, organizer / OLS-4 mentor, expert, organizer / OLS-5 organizer / OLS-6 organizer / OLS-7 organizer / OLS-8 organizer / OLS-9-CATALYST organizer / OLS-9-DRA organizer
Bérénice is a bioinformatician (post-doc in the Freiburg Galaxy Team), analyzing biological data and developing tools for data analysis, mainly via Galaxy. In her current role, she also serves as a deputy training coordinator for ELIXIR Germany (de.NBI). Bérénice is passionate about training and education. She founded and co-leads the Galaxy Training Material project, and regularly giving talks and workshops on topics like data analysis, and tool development. She is also a founder of Street Science Community, a citizen science and outreach program.
Role in OLS:
Finance manager
OLS-8 mentor
I’m a Psychology PhD student in the Centre for Identity and Intergroup Relations at Queen’s University Belfast, where I research conspiracy theory beliefs about gender equality. I’m also a Community Development Manager for the Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (FORRT).
Role in OLS: OLS-1 mentor, expert / OLS-2 expert
Björn is working in the European Galaxy team and tries to help make science open wherever he can. He is an expert in the topics related to Container, Conda, Galaxy, Python, reproducible research, and training.
Role in OLS: OLS-1 expert
Bhuvana is a gender gap and Mixed Reality researcher trying to unfold the ethics of technology in a more humane way. Her expertise are in Gender gap, Mozilla technologies and Wikimedia projects.
Role in OLS: OLS-1 project lead / OLS-7 mentor
Role in OLS: OLS-5 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-4 project lead
I am a UX (User Experience) designer whose practice centers on using service design methods to inclusively design digital experiences. My research focuses on collaborative methods of designing services for complex systems, allowing me to combine a passion for opening access to STEM with critical and decolonial approaches to design.
Role in OLS: OLS-7 project lead
I’m an omnivert who loves to have fun and adventure. I do anything that counts as fun to me be it books, movies or music; it comes in season. I love to learn from all the aforementioned as much as I can and do like giving back in the little way I can. Also, I’m a friendly person. I don’t really know how to keep up conversation though
Role in OLS: OLS-8 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-2 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-1 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-7 project lead
Aditi is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Exeter, in the department of Politics (Q-Step). Her research interest includes studying the impacts of online misogyny, and its subjectivity, understanding the differences in perception of certain comments/posts on social platforms, and using all this knowledge to measure and detect hate speeches towards women with the help of natural language processing (NLP). Using her research and background, Aditi is passionate about contributing to creating a safer and equal digital space for women.
Role in OLS: OLS-2 project lead / OLS-6 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-6 project lead / OLS-7 mentor
Role in OLS: OLS-1 project lead / OLS-2 mentor / OLS-3 mentor / OLS-4 mentor, expert
Bruno is a Brazilian ecologist working on a more collaborative and open science.
Role in OLS: OLS-7 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-4 project lead / OLS-5 mentor
Role in OLS: OLS-2 expert / OLS-3 mentor, expert
Melissa is the Training and Communications Officer with Australian BioCommons. She previously worked at EMBL-EBI and has extensive experience in developing, organising, delivering and running face-to-face and online workshops and webinars. She has a PhD in Molecular Parasitology and has worked as a Scientific Curator through which first became interested in open science practices. Some of the open-science related projects that she has been involved in include applying FAIR principles to training materials and showing researchers how they can get the most out of their data by teaching best practice in data management and the FAIR principles.
Role in OLS: OLS-3 expert
Carlos did his PhD in computer science, and has been working in different areas of application ever since. He likes learning about the different areas of research where digital technology can open up new areas of research. In his words - In every project I have been involved, I have always learned something new, and I love that feeling of discovering new things.
Role in OLS: OLS-4 project lead / OLS-5 project lead
I am a Research Data Scientist at the Alan Turing Institute. An experimental psychologist by training, I moved to the research engineering group to be part of research projects that are more focussed on being open and reproducible!
Role in OLS: OLS-3 project lead / OLS-4 expert
I divide my time between data analysis to understand the smallest components of matter, instrumentation R&D, and science and education capacity building programs to build the next generation of scientists in Latin America. I am an advocate for virtual research and learning communities as a way to strengthen scientific connections between Europe and Latin America.
Role in OLS: OLS-5 project lead
I am a cheerful person, and the last year I have to learned to have more patience to deal with various situations in my life I have been able to count on the support of my friends
Role in OLS:
Executive Assistant (contract)
Role in OLS: OLS-7 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-7 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-7 project lead / OLS-8 expert
I am a Ph.D candidate in Engineering Sciences, focusing on Soil Sciences. I work at the Soil Biophysics Laboratory at the University, were we investigate soil processes with an applied point of view.
Role in OLS: OLS-1 project lead / OLS-2 expert / OLS-5 expert
I’ve been promoting open science since 2018 (formalised with OLS-1!), and in 2020 I moved to a research support role to implement behaviour change towards the adoption of open science and reproducibility practices at our Centre (https://www.win.ox.ac.uk). I care a lot about inclusivity and being a positive role model in my interactions and leadership.
Role in OLS: OLS-6 project lead
I’m a PhD student in environmental psychology with a passion to make science accessible to as many people as possible. The first step in this journey is through open science practices which is why I’m part of the core team at Agape focusing on creating a community of practice in which open science is normal practice for PhDs and other students or academics.
Role in OLS: OLS-4 project lead
I am a Lecturer in Language Education at the University of York in the UK, where I study second language processing and acquisition. My research explores what individual cognitive differences can tell us about the mechanisms underlying second language learning, and how these mechanisms interact with the language environment.
I also work to make research in education and the language sciences open and accessible to all through my work with EROS, IRIS and OASIS.
IRIS (https://iris-database.org) is a collection of instruments, materials, stimuli, and data coding and analysis tools used for research into second languages, including second and foreign language learning, multilingualism, language education, language use and processing.
The OASIS initiative (https://oasis-database.org) is establishing a systematic and sustainable culture of providing open, accessible summaries of research in the language sciences.
EROS (https://osf.io/qwurf/) is an Open Research working group within the Department of Education at York who advocate for more inclusive, open and reproducible research.
Role in OLS: OLS-5 project lead
I am an early career researcher with a deep interest in past plant technology and responsible research. My research aims at identifying plant fibre remains preserved in archaeological contexts and in museum collections. For this, I combine micro (comparative anatomy, phytoliths) and macro studies (plant morphology and indigenous/local knowledge) with data gathered from experimental archaeology
Role in OLS: OLS-3 project lead / OLS-4 mentor
Carly is a Senior Technician at the University of Western Australia, responsible for managing the archaeology laboratories, field safety, and equipment. She specialises in faunal analysis (zooarchaeology), and is passionate about connecting people with place and environment.
Role in OLS: OLS-6 expert
Chelle is an advocate for open science, open source software, and inclusivity. As a physical oceanographer focused on remote sensing, she has worked for over 25 years on retrievals of ocean temperature from space and using that data to understand how the ocean impacts our lives.
Role in OLS: OLS-3 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-1 project lead / OLS-2 expert
Role in OLS: OLS-2 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-1 project lead / OLS-2 expert / OLS-3 expert
Project Officer and Technical lead in neuroscience software and infrastructure to accelerate and open neuroinformatics research workflows, based at the Montreal Neurological Institute. Mentor for Google Summer of Code and Season of Docs, and past participant in OLS program.
Role in OLS: OLS-4 project lead
I’m a biologist working with physicists in songbird neuroscience. I really like doing ephys experiments, data analysis and building stuff for the lab.
I am a volunteer in open science initiatives since I am passionate about teaching people new tools to help solve their problems and encouraging others to learn.
I love doing outreach on bioacoustics and sound visualization, and also enjoy everything DIY, baking and playing the oboe in orchestra.
Role in OLS: OLS-7 project lead
I’m excited to be in the program. I believe the experience here will expose me to greater knowledge and research collaboration opportunities.
Role in OLS: OLS-8 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-3 project lead / OLS-5 project lead
Archaeobotanist and ethnoarchaeologist interested in dryland agriculture
Role in OLS: OLS-7 project lead
I’m an astronomer, science writer and communicator. I care for humans, the arts, planet Earth, social justice, scientific literacy and random stuff in the Universe. Ah, and I’m from the south of Italy!
Role in OLS: OLS-5 project lead / OLS-7 mentor
I am a Mathematician and hold a Ph.D. in Cybernetics, currently working as a NeuroAI researcher to develop brain-augmented AI systems. I have been involved with several open sources (e.g. Linux software development community of Turkey) and open science (Brainhack, OHBM, OLS) communities and worked on various projects for the dissemination, training, and management of open science/source projects and communities. I developed guidelines and educational materials and organized many events and training courses to train government and military officials, students, and scientific researchers. I love creating means to bring community members with diverse backgrounds and expertise.
Role in OLS: OLS-2 project lead / OLS-4 expert
I studied psychology in my undergraduate degree (University of Queensland, Australia) and cognitive neuroscience in my postgraduate degree (Queensland Brain Institute, Australia). Throughout my PhD, I became increasingly disillusioned at the state of academia – particularly the scholarly publishing system – and decided I would rather devote my career to reforming academia than pursuing my research interests (which include consciousness, meditation, attention, and prediction). To this end, I joined IGDORE and founded Project Free Our Knowledge, a conditional pledge platform that seeks to increase the adoption of open and reproducible research practices through collective action.
Role in OLS: OLS-2 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-2 project lead / OLS-3 expert
I’m a color vision researcher and open science advocate.
Role in OLS: OLS-3 project lead / OLS-6 mentor
I am a budding scientist, interested in host-parasite interactions. I am open to continuous learning, and passionate about improving the health of man and animals.
Role in OLS: OLS-5 project lead
Medical student Associate editor of the Journal of the scientific society of medical students of the Universidad Mayor de San Simón “Revista Científica Ciencia Médica” Junior Researcher Auxiliary of the journal of the faculty of medicine of the Universidad Mayor de San Simón
Role in OLS: OLS-7 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-1 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-7 project lead
Daniel Chan received his MSc in microbiology during the course of his PhD candidacy in S. Aureus infectious disease models using skin organoids. He has been a research technician for many years in multiple fields including cellulostic ethanol production, protein crystallography, prefrontal cortex development and heat shock proteins. He also worked as a medical editor, fact checking pharmaceutical ads in an agency. The common set of skills underlying his practice are molecular biology, non-hierarchical community participation, and scientific inquiry which he is committed to employ in support of radical communities rooted in justice and scholarship.
Role in OLS: OLS-5 project lead
I am a senior Bioengineering student at UTEC in Peru. I have been part of research projects involving synthetic biology and biomaterials. With knowledge of bioinformatics and analysis programs. I enjoy sharing science and technology to students through my participation in open programs like volunteers and organizations that promotes research and curiosity.
Role in OLS: OLS-1 mentor, expert / OLS-2 expert
Daniela is a Neuroscientist with a passion for open, equitable, and transparent scholarship. She is a former Mozilla Fellow, and she now leads a project called PREreview to empower researchers to engage with each other and review preprints.
Role in OLS: OLS-4 expert
Role in OLS: OLS-2 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-1 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-8 project lead
Role in OLS: OLS-5 mentor, expert / OLS-6 expert
Deepak works as a Scientific Coordinator for the Swiss Personalized Health Network at SIB. He is highly passionate about being part of projects that are interdisciplinary in nature, and work on building tools and infrastructures that can serve the wider life sciences community.
Role in OLS: OLS-2 mentor / OLS-4 mentor, expert
I am an Assistant Professor at Penn State University and I have been part of the Galaxy team for 5 years. I work on genomics and epigenetic and develop workflows and tutorials.
Role in OLS: OLS-1 expert / OLS-2 expert / OLS-3 expert
Demitra Ellina is the Editorial Community Manager at F1000Research. She is a strong advocate of Open Research and engages with the research community to raise awareness of the F1000Research publishing platforms.
Role in OLS: OLS-8 project lead
Am Daniel, a graduate of Biochemistry with major interest in using bioinformatics softwares to gain insight into intricacy of biological data, by leveraging on open source ecosystem
Role in OLS: OLS-7 project lead / OLS-8 mentor, expert
I have a genetic engineer background and i work now as a data steward. Helping to write data management guidelines for researchers.
Role in OLS: OLS-8 project lead
Enthusiastic about science discovery.
Role in OLS: OLS-3 project lead
Natural product researcher who focus on drugs discovery
Role in OLS: OLS-4 project lead / OLS-5 mentor / OLS-6 mentor / OLS-7 mentor / OLS-8 mentor
I am a researcher and graduate teaching assistant at the University of Buenos Aires. I design nanomaterials to solve problems, recently using machine learning to guide and optimize the process.
Role in OLS: OLS-3 mentor / OLS-4 mentor, expert / OLS-6 expert
Physicist turned bioinformatician turned data scientist. Recently finished a PhD analysis yeast transcriptomics. Now, working at EPCC developing use cases for analysing sensitive medical/demographic data sets with safe haven computing environments.
Role in OLS: OLS-6 project lead
Jennifer Ding is a Research Application Manager at The Alan Turing Institute. Her research interests are in AI ethics and privacy by design