STM People

Deirdre Black is Head of Science and the Sustainability Strategy Lead at the Royal Society of Chemistry.  Her role includes using insights on global trends in science to inform strategy and develop programmes.  She has variously led the RSC’s policy, scientific programmes and international engagement teams. Exploring the interfaces between science, digitisation and the UN...

Olivia Nippe is a Senior Publishing Ethics Expert working in Elsevier’s Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics (RI&PE) Centre of Expertise. Upon completion of her PhD in Life Sciences at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom in 2019, Olivia joined Elsevier as an Associate Scientific Editor, quickly developing a passion for research integrity, and joined the...

Donna Okubo serves as STM’s Community Engagement Consultant. Donna works closely with a diverse range of stakeholder groups across the STM universe, including STM members, funders, allied organizations, and partners. Her charge is to enhance our community by listening, learning, and discovering new ways to collaborate and advance trusted research together. Donna brings with her...

Dr Coromoto Power Febres is the Research and Integrity Manager at Sage Publishing; a role that consists of advising on complex cases, improving global policies and practices, and leading and developing the team. Before working in publishing, Coro pursued a career in research. After completing a PhD in Political Science at University College London, Coro...

Luigi Longobardi is Director of Publishing Ethics & Conduct at IEEE. Luigi leads IEEE’s work in implementing policies for integrity and ethics in IEEE conference proceedings and journals portfolio. At IEEE, Luigi works with diverse teams of research integrity, operations, technology, and subject matter experts to resolve integrity and ethics concerns, incorporate best practices in...

Kathleen Hines currently serves as a managing editor in the editorial division of J&J-Wiley. She has a doctorate in educational leadership and policy, an MA in English, and ten years of editing and consulting experience. She is honored to serve on the STM ECPC and is also a member of Women of Wiley (WoW), Wiley’s...

Melody (Zhuxin) Zhang is the Publisher at Wiley, managing a portfolio of scientific journals in the health sciences field. Her role involves spearheading the launch of new open access journals in close collaboration with influential local societies, hospitals and universities. She holds degrees from Renmin University of China and the Chinese University of Hong Kong...

After working in an academic library providing access services and supervising student workers for four years, AnaMaria pivoted to publishing. Since this move, she’s been working at De Gruyter, within their Publisher Partner Program. When AnaMaria started at De Gruyter in 2017, the Publisher Partner team only had one full-time member on the team; the...

Laura Bolte has been working in publishing since joining J&J Editorial as a Production Assistant in 2017. Prior to working in publishing, she was a Technical Writer and Communications Specialist at the NC Department of Revenue. Since joining J&J, Laura has worked in a variety of production and editorial roles, starting out working in production...

Samantha has been with the IEEE for 10 years. Her expertise lies in peer review as well as author and Editor engagement. In her latest role as the “Author Tools & Support Manager”, she puts her efforts into fostering positive, proactive author relations through the development and implementation of author tools and procedures intended to...