STM People

Dr. Sabina Alam is the Director of Publishing Ethics and Integrity at Taylor and Francis Group. After a research career in neuroscience, Sabina moved into scientific and medical publishing in 2008, working on open-access journals as well as a variety of peer review and publishing models at BMC journals (Springer Nature) and later at F1000...

Jana was the first Image Data Integrity Analyst at EMBO Press, before she joined the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) in 2017. She oversees pre-publication assessment and post-publication corrections for the 4 journals at FEBS Press, with an increasing focus on paper mills. She also founded her own business Image-Integrity in 2015 and has been a regular...

Molly Stech is STM’s General Legal Counsel. Previously, Molly worked for the U.S. Copyright Office and the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office’s copyright policy team. She has also been a consultant for WIPO and has been an adjunct professor of law at American University Washington College of Law and George Washington University Law School. She...

Sarah Phibbs serves as STM’s Director of Equity & Inclusion, working to foster global research equity by enabling reciprocal, diverse, and rich scholarly exchange. Sarah also works as a consultant for societies and publishers focusing on sustainable publishing, strategy, and innovation. Sarah facilitated the development of Research4Life’s new Strategic Plan and Theory of Change having...

Lei Shi is currently the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Tsinghua University Press(TUP), and the Director of both the Journal Publishing Center and Academic Publishing Center of TUP. He also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Tsinghua University (Science and Technology). He has been the Standing Board Member of the China Periodicals Association since 2018. Lei...

Dr. Nandita Quaderi is a Senior Vice President and the Editor-in-Chief for Web of Science at Clarivate. Nandita has oversight of the Web of Science editorial division, the Institute for Scientific Information and the Research Professional News team. She has overall responsibility for editorial strategy, selection of Web of Science content and inclusion in Journal...

Priya Madina is VP, External Affairs and Policy.  Priya joined Taylor & Francis in December 2019. She has extensive experience in developing and positioning global policies with the relevant stakeholders and decision-makers. Priya sits on the company’s Race and Ethnicity Network and the Publishers Association’s Academic Publishers Council. Before joining the world of publishing, Priya...

Ella Colvin is Director of Publishing, Journals at Cambridge University Press & Assessment responsible for the editorial programme across STEM, Humanities and Social Science journals. She is a member of the Academic Board, and of the Academic Publishing Committee of the Press Syndicate that has oversight of the quality, development and performance of the academic...

Steven Heffner is currently the Managing Director, Publications, and Chief Publishing Officer for IEEE Publications, where he is responsible for the general operations and commercial performance of the Institute’s portfolio of 200 learned journals, 50 society magazines (including IEEE Spectrum), and the IEEE Press book imprint. Steven and the publications leadership team work with IEEE’s volunteers...

Robert M Harington D.Phil is the Chief Publishing Officer at the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Robert has the overall responsibility for publishing at the AMS, including books, journals and electronic products. Robert is a “Chef” for The Scholarly Kitchen Blog. Robert has worked in non-profit and commercial settings, internationally, with particular experience across the United...