STM People

Kayla Dos Santos is a Senior Acquisitions Editor at Elsevier and has been responsible for the Electronic. Magnetic and Optical Materials Science & Engineering books portfolio for the past 6 years. She began her career in publishing 11 years ago as an Editorial Assistant at the health science textbook publisher Jones & Bartlett Learning. At...

Samuel Goodchild is a Publisher at Springer Nature working within the Open Access journals group out of Heidelberg, Germany. Sam started his publishing career at Springer Nature in 2018, working on books and journals in Earth Science, having worked in a number of varied professions from engineering geology to teaching. He advises on, guides and...

Shuai Yan is STM China Consultant since November 2021. In his role, Shuai will support STM’s policy and advocacy work across China. Shuai worked in the Journal Publishing Department of Beijing Forestry University from 1985 to 2011, starting as an assistant editor and working up to the director of the Department. From 2011 to 2017...

Teodoro Pulvirenti, PhD Senior Director, Global Editorial Strategy, ACS Publications (https://www.linkedin.com/in/teodoro-pulvirenti-2b264129/). Teodoro (Teo) oversees the portfolio of ACS Journals, which includes more than 80 titles covering diverse fields of chemistry and related sciences, and is responsible for the portfolio development and strategy. He is also responsible for the ACS Partner Publishing strategy in the US...

Bernd Pulverer, Ph.D. Chief Editor | EMBO Reports Head | Scientific Publications Following undergraduate studies in Cambridge, Bernd received his PhD in 1992 from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, London. He carried out postdoctoral research at the Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle and at the University of Innsbruck. Bernd was...

Leslie Lansman joined Springer Nature as their Global Permissions Manager in 2019.  She oversees the licensing of all book and journal permissions across all SN imprints. Before joining SN, Leslie pursued a PhD in copyright law at Queen Mary University CCLS, as well as leading several copyright policy initiatives in conjunction with the Intellectual Property...

Dana Compton, CAE, ENV SP is Managing Director and Publisher for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In this role, she oversees all publishing operations for ASCE’s 35 peer-reviewed research journals, as well as its conference proceedings, books/e-books, and standards product lines. She also heads the newly expanded, fully dedicated ASCE standards development office....

Susie Winter is Vice President, Communications at Springer Nature. Susie joined Springer Nature from the Publishers Association, the trade association for the publishing industry in the UK where, as Director of Policy and Communications, she was responsible for developing and leading the PA’s work across the policy agenda as well as promoting the contribution made...

Rachel Martin is a communications expert working in a small team managing the external relations related to the wider publishing and information industry.  Since joining Elsevier in 2010, she has held various marketing and communications positions with a focus on policy and advocacy. Additionally, she has worked as a strategic communication advisor on industry initiatives...

Lucy Derges is Manager of Research and joined STM in December 2020.  She coordinates research projects that deliver data analysis, resources and reports that inform STM’s work and stakeholders in our sector. She also monitors the industry for developments and gathers research to support global advocacy work.  She holds a bachelor’s degree in International Politics,...