STM People

Laura Wilson is Head of Research Integrity & Ethics at Taylor and Francis. Laura joined the publishing world in 2010, and has served as a council member on the Committee on Publication Ethics, as well as the Early Career Publisher member of the STM board. Laura is currently a member of the ALPSP policy committee.”

Jignesh Bhate is a technology entrepreneur and Founder of Molecular Connections, which he has grown from a niche text-mining startup into a global technology partner for the scholarly publishing industry. With over 25 years of big data experience, Molecular Connections  has helped publishers not just adopt – but operationalize – AI at scale across their workflows.MC...

Sara Zimmerman is Director, Product Management for the JAMA Network. Ms. Zimmerman joined JAMA Network after serving in platform management roles at Radiological Society of North American, Atypon, and the University of Chicago Press. During her time at the Press, she was part of the team that made The Astrophysical Journal one of the first journals...

Chris Graf is the Research Integrity Director at Springer Nature, in charge of leading the continued development and implementation of Springer Nature’s research integrity strategy, leading a team accountable for assuring the highest standards for research integrity in all of Springer Nature’s publications, working with many good colleagues inside Springer Nature and with many good...

Mark  Robertson advises STM as an independent consultant. Based in Australia, he consults on research and educational publishing across Asia Pacific. He was previously a member of the STM Board and is an active member of the STM Japan chapter.  Formerly Executive Director for Wiley in Australia and Japan and Vice President and Director of...

Jack Ochs, American Chemical Society (Chair)

Dr. Guido F. Herrmann joined Wiley in April 2017. Guido is responsible as Managing Director for Wiley’s entities in Germany and is Wiley’s Head of Global Industry, Partner and Academic Relations. Guido joined Wiley from Georg Thieme Verlag in Germany, where he served as managing director for 20 years. Prior to his current role Guido...

Julia Wallace comes to STM with three decades of experience in scholarly communications. Having been a publisher in the area of physical sciences as well as a consultant, her particular interest is in multistakeholder initiatives that benefit the scholarly ecosystem. Julia was previously Project Manager for the EU-funded PEER project (Publishing and the Ecology of...

Jo Dinnage STM General Manager Events and Sponsorship joined STM in January 2008 as Events Manager. Responsible for event sponsorship and the organisation of STM events including seminars, courses, conferences, and webinars. Jo negotiates with venues on meeting rooms, accommodation, audiovisual requirements, catering, reviews contracts, controls budgets, and liaises with guest speakers, moderators, sponsors, and...

Kim Beadle is Director of Financial Administration and Facilities.  She takes care of handling all internal governance including the administration of the STM offices and staff regulations including human resources and IT security and infrastructure.  Kim handles the administration of the finances both receivable and payable and also coordinates the annual budget process. Membership activities...