STM People

Samantha Green is the Director of Product Marketing at Silverchair. She collaborates closely across teams to ensure that Silverchair’s products have the greatest possible impact and offer powerful solutions to clients and partners. She has worked in scholarly publishing for more than a decade, building a deep understanding of different stakeholder perspectives and priorities in...

Jane Smith is the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Programme Manager at the Institute of Physics (IOP), seconded to IOP Publishing as the Inclusion & Wellbeing Partner. Jane is an EDI professional with a wealth of experience in leading strategic EDI initiatives and providing expertise within Higher Education, professional bodies, scholarly publishing, and the charity...

Guillaume Cabanac is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Toulouse, France. He holds a research chair at the Institut Universitaire de France titled “Decontamination of the scientific literature.” Cabanac develops the Problematic Paper Screener that contributes to the identification, reporting, and retraction of algorithmically generated and fraudulent papers. He is an investigator on the ERC...

René Aquarius is a biomedical scientist working at the Neurosurgery department of the Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Besides his regular work, which focuses mainly on systematic reviews, as well as vivo, in vitro, and clinical research in the field of vascular neurosurgery, he has also been active as a so-called ‘science...

Reese Richardson is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Center for Science of Science and Innovation (CSSI) at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Broadly, his research interests concern the formation of collective knowledge, maintaining the integrity of the scientific literature, and systematic studies of industrialized academic and scientific fraud. He earned his PhD...

“Photo copyright Dalibor Gabela” Daniel Ucko is the Head of Ethics and Research Integrity at the American Physical Society (APS), where he is responsible for the publication ethics and integrity of the Physical Review journals. In this role he also shapes journal and ethics policy for the society. He has been an elected member of...

Dr Marie F Soulière is the Head of Editorial Ethics and Quality Assurance at the open-access publisher Frontiers, based in Switzerland. She leads strategic publishing projects across departments and product platforms. Her expertise focuses on balancing rigorous quality assurance and ethical standards with operational efficiency, enhanced by the strategic use of technology. With a PhD...

Following a master’s in writing from the University of East Anglia, Clare began her career in scholarly publishing at Springer Nature in London. Nearly two years later, she returned to the US and joined the Publications team at IEEE, where she currently serves as Author Engagement and Product Support Associate. In this role, she focuses...

Katy Saunders is an Associate Publisher at BMC, part of Springer Nature where she manages a portfolio of Open Access journals in the earth and environmental sciences. Her work has included launching brand new journal titles from proposal to publication. Since starting at Springer Nature in 2022, Katy has co-chaired an Early Careers Personal Development...

Theresa Fucito is the Director of Content Operations for AIP Publishing. She has more than 26 years of experience in journal publishing and leading a team of publishing professionals. In her role, she oversees day-to-day publishing operations and partners closely with internal stakeholders, Editorial Development, and Peer Review Management to support long-term strategic growth. She...