STM People

Erica Kimmerling, PhD, is at the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) as the Senior Director for their Future of Science Strategies. Most recently she was the Assistant Director for Community Driven Health at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Her health outcomes portfolio included rare diseases, cancer prevention, participatory biomedical innovation,...

Prof. Josep M. Garrell is former Rector of Ramon Llull University (Universitat Ramon Llull), Spain. He was elected EUA President in 2023, having served on the Association’s Board since 2019. In 2012, Professor Garrell was appointed Rector of Ramon Llull University, where he went on to serve a second four-year term in (2016-2020) and a...

Jean-Christophe (JC) Mauduit is an Associate Professor of Science Diplomacy at University College London, Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy. He holds a PhD in Astrophysics from the Paris Observatory and a Master’s in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Boston. He was previously a Research Scholar...

Lara A. Campbell, PhD – Founder, Petrichor Scientific Consulting Lara Campbell is a science and technology strategist with a track record of shaping national initiatives that drive innovation and impact. She previously served in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where she led President Biden’s Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and...

Jane Smith is the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Programme Manager at the Institute of Physics (IOP), seconded to IOP Publishing as the Inclusion & Wellbeing Partner. Jane is an EDI professional with a wealth of experience in leading strategic EDI initiatives and providing expertise within Higher Education, professional bodies, scholarly publishing, and the charity...

Guillaume Cabanac is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Toulouse, France. He holds a research chair at the Institut Universitaire de France titled “Decontamination of the scientific literature.” Cabanac develops the Problematic Paper Screener that contributes to the identification, reporting, and retraction of algorithmically generated and fraudulent papers. He is an investigator on the ERC...

Hua He, M.D., Mphil Dr. He received her medical training in Xiangya Medical School, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China. She worked as a resident in the Department of Geriatrics, Southwest Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. In 2002, she went to Hong Kong and completed her M.Phil thesis research in gastric and...

Dr Jenny Foster leads the Journals Publishing Program at CSIRO Publishing, a not-for-profit science publisher owned by CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, based in Australia.  Jenny has over 30 years’ experience in scholarly communications and oversees a portfolio of 31 journals managed by more than 700 editors. Responsible for journal strategy, operations, and...

Vice President, Marketing & Communications, Paradigm Publishing Services I joined Paradigm, which is the publishing services division of De Gruyter Brill in April 2025 to work on marketing, internal and external communications and branding and bring together teams at Sciendo, Ubiquity and the University Press Library. My previous job in publishing was at Taylor &...

Stefan Tochev is the Chief Executive Officer of MDPI, having joined the company in 2020. He holds a BA Honours in Sociology from the University of Guelph (Canada) and a Post-Diploma in Marketing Management from George Brown College (Canada). With over a decade of experience as a Project Manager and Research Consultant for global market...