STM People

Chris has worked at the interface of editorial and technology in the STM industry for almost 30 years. After spells with Current Science, Elsevier, BioMed Central, Springer Nature, Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation, and Emerald, Chris is now Director of Product Solutions at Cactus Communications. He has a particular interest in research integrity and peer review processes,...

Kevin Serpanchy is Chief Commercial Officer at Proofig AI, the leading image integrity platform for publishers, research integrity officers and research institutions around the world.  Proofig AI has screened more than 400,000 manuscripts for over 1,200 research institutions and now offers Octym which conducts more than 25 integrity checks in a manuscript review. He works...

Monica is Policy Director at Cambridge University Press, where she leads work on the Press’ policies related to open research, transparency, responsible research assessment, and other public policy positions. She serves on the board of directors at NISO and COUNTER Metrics. Her career has spanned roles across UK and US research libraries, Google Scholar, and...

Sarah Elaine Eaton, PhD, is a professor and research chair at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada and an Honorary Professor, Deakin University, Australia. Dr. Eaton is the Director of the Postplagiarism Research Lab, and she has received awards of excellence including the Tracey Bretag Academic Integrity Prize (2025), the European Network...

Dr. Tim Tait-Jamieson serves as the Head of Publication Ethics at MDPI. In this role, he leads the development of MDPI’s global ethics strategies, the implementation of ethics policies and processes, and the promotion of a culture of integrity. Tim holds both an MSc and a PhD in Geography from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Sue Hodgson is VP, Strategic Partnerships at Cashmere, the content infrastructure company that lets publishers license, monitor, and monetize their catalogues inside AI systems. A former executive at Elsevier, Thieme, and Perlego, she is passionate about driving growth in publishing through new channels, models, and technology partnerships.

Dr Sabuj Bhattacharyya is a Scientist and Research Ethics and Integrity Officer at Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (BRIC-inStem), Bengaluru, India, where he leads initiatives to promote responsible research practices, transparency, and publication integrity. He has an interdisciplinary background in wild biology, population genomics, and research ethics, with doctoral and postdoctoral training...

Greta Sharpe is a Senior Research Integrity Specialist with the Springer Nature Research Integrity Group, focusing on image and data irregularities in published articles. Greta has a background in biophysics and neuroscience; she completed her PhD in Biological Sciences at the University of Warwick in 2018, where she stayed as a postdoctoral researcher until she...

Suresh Kumar N.P. heads the Publishing Solutions and Transition team at Integra. Integra is a content services and technology company that works with academic, education and professional publishers worldwide. Its team of more than 3,000+ people supports journal and book production, peer review, accessibility, content development, and AI-enabled publishing tools. In his solutioning role, Suresh...

Alice Darlington is a Research Integrity Investigator working in Elsevier’s Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics (RI&PE) Centre of Expertise. Upon completion of her Master of Arts in History at the University of Manchester, Alice started working as an Assistant Editor and quickly developed a passion for research integrity. She then joined the RI&PE team in...