Damian Pattinson

Damian Pattinson is Executive Director of eLife, a role he has held since January 2020.

He started his career at the BMJ as Scientific Editor on BMJ Clinical Evidence and BMJ Best Practice, before moving to PLOS ONE as Executive Editor, where he oversaw the rapid expansion of the journal, and later as Editorial Director.

He joined Research Square as VP of Publishing Innovation and led the development of the Research Square preprint platform.

He has a PhD in Neuroscience from University College London.