Open Access Week 2021

Dr Thomas Shafee is an evolutionary biochemist with an interest in science communication, illustration and data visualisation. He also works to bridge the academia-Wikipedia divide in his roles as editor at PLOS Genetics and Editor in Chief of WikiJournal of Science.

Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM commenced as Australia’s ninth Chief Scientist in January 2021 after an extensive career at Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO. Dr Foley is an internationally recognised physicist with major research achievements in superconductors and sensors which lead to the development of the LANDTEM™ sensor system to locate valuable deposits of minerals deep underground, resulting in discoveries and delineation of minerals worth more than $6 billion. Dr Cathy Foley is the Editor in Chief of Superconductor Science and Technology. 

Dr Foley’s scientific excellence and influential leadership have been recognised with numerous awards and fellowships, including election to the Australian Academy of Science in 2020, along with an Order of Australia for service to research science and to the advancement of women in physics. She is also a Fellow of Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering (2008) and an honorary Fellow of Australian Institute of Physics (2019). Dr Foley is an inspiration to women in STEM across the globe and is committed to tackling gender equality and diversity in the science sector to embrace the full human potential of all.

Associate Professor Toby Hudson is a theoretical materials chemist at the University of Sydney. He is Associate Head of School (Education) in the School of Chemistry, and the Faculty of Science Academic Leader of the Dalyell Stream. He has edited Wikimedia Foundation projects since 2004, focusing on scientific and Australian content.

Prue Torrance is the Executive Director of Research Quality and Priorities at the NHMRC, with a portfolio encompassing ensuring research rigour and efficiency to transparency and innovation.

Andrew Jaspan is the founder of The Conversation, a unique international news site co-written by academics with journalists, and director of The Global Academy hosted at Monash University. These build on his experience as Editor and Editor in Chief across multiple newspapers in the UK and Australia.

Dr Burrows leads a team at The Florey Institute in understanding the links between genetics and behaviour with the aim to improve diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder. She has led efforts to promote equity in STEMM, including Reboot STEMM, a national think tank bringing together 300 EMCRs to codesign a sector that rewards professionals based on inclusive and productive outcomes.

Dion Detterer is a doctoral candidate in the field of computation biology at the University of New England, Armidale, with an interest in open access, open science and open source. His research interests include complex systems modelling and machine learning, and in his spare time he likes to speculate about positive possible futures.

Rob is Professor of Linguistics at Western Sydney University. He is the Chair of the Professoriate Leadership Group has held a number of governance roles, including Associate Dean, Research in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts and Director of Academic Program. Rob’s research focuses on Australian Aboriginal languages.

Kimberlee is a Professor of Law at the University of Sydney, and part of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. Her recent chapter tackles research assessment, impact and mentoring, and is part of a publicly funded project on the ownership and dissemination of university research.

Tara is the Senior Manager of Research Development at the Telethon Kids Institute.  Tara has 10+ years’ experience in supporting researchers to submit high quality grant applications with a focus on building capacity in planning for, capturing and assessing research impact.

Gionni Di Gravio is Archivist at the UON and Chair of the Hunter Living Histories. His passion is to use evolving technologies to help connect people and communities, with archives, to inspire meaning, purpose and action across time and space.

Dr Jason Chin studies the role of transparent and open research in improving evidence-based law and policy ranging from psychology, forensic science, criminology, and empirical legal research.

Ginny Barbour is Director of Open Access Australasia and Co-Lead, Office for Scholarly Communication, QUT. She was one of three founding editors of PLOS Medicine. Initiatives she is involved with include Chair of DORA Advisory Group, a Plan S Ambassador and a member of NHMRC’s Research Quality Steering Committee.

Nicole Kearney manages the Australian branch of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), the world’s largest online repository of open access biodiversity literature. She also chairs the BHL’s global Persistent Identifier Working Group, which is bringing historic literature into the modern linked network of scholarly research using retrospectively assigned DOIs (#RetroPIDs).  

Blair Trewin is a senior Australian climate scientist. He was a lead author of the recent IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. He is a member of the World Meteorological Organisation’s Expert Team on Climate Monitoring and Assessment, which relies heavily on international data access and exchange

Bill is a skilled educator and passionate sustainability advocate developing and managing CSIRO’s Sustainable Futures program. As Country Coordinator for the GLOBE Program a NASA sponsored environmental citizen science program his role includes advising and supporting teachers, and the wider community in implementing the program and other GLOBE offerings.

Ko Maungatautari te maunga; Ko Waikato te awa; Ko Waikato te iwi; Ko Kim Tairi tōku ingoa. He Kaitoha Puku ahau ki Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau e mahi ana. Kim Tairi is an indigenous, intersectional feminist and librarian. Her career spans more than 25 years in both Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The Kaitoha Puka (University Librarian) at Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau (AUT) she is Aotearoa’s first Māori University Librarian and a proud Nuku Woman.

Dr Mian-Li Ong is a Medical Child Psychologist who has worked to get students and early career psychologists engaged in bringing the best information to the public. This has included helping to build an online ecology to raise the accuracy and visibility of psychological knowledge across Wikipedia and Wikiversity by blending research, teaching, and service.

Associate Professor Maui Hudson is the Director of the Te Kotahi Research Institute at the University of Waikato. He is a member of Te Mana Raraunga Maori Data Sovereignty Network and the Global Indigenous Data Alliance. He is a co-author of the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance.

Spencer Lilley is an Associate-Professor in Information Studies at Victoria University of Wellington. His iwi affiliations are to Te Atiawa, Muaūpoko and Ngāpuhi, and he has ancestral links to Samoa and Britain. His research interests are in Māori/indigenous information behaviour, focusing specifically on the indigenisation of GLAM institutions and professions.

Dr Levon Blue is an Anishinaabe woman from Beausoleil First Nations (Canada. She is a senior lecturer and National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network (NIRAKN) coordinator in the Carumba Institute at the Queensland University of Technology.

Tahnee Pearse is committed to the open access movement. She oversaw USQ joining the Open Education Network, the setup of the USQ Pressbooks and works with the OEP, Copyright and Education Support Teams in the uptake of open access content at USQ.

Steven leads open educational resources (OER) projects at La Trobe University Library. He is passionate about equity in higher education, and coordinates a Library as Open Publisher model that empowers communities to create OERs through the La Trobe eBureau. Steven has previously worked in medical libraries, research data management, and open repository advocacy.

Kate is Director, Strategy & Analytics at the Council of Australian University Librarians. She works across CAUL’s strategic programs, including those that focus on open research, access & educational resources. @katiedavis | katedavis.info

Sally is currently developing educational resources for Open Access Australasia. These materials will play a large role in solidifying Open Access Australasia as the official source on all things open access for the region. Previously, Sally worked for the University of Newcastle Library as a Research Liaison Librarian advising researchers and academics on a range of library matters including the benefits of open access.

Dr Tseen Khoo is a Senior Lecturer in Research Education and Development at La Trobe University, and one half of the Research Whisperer team. You can find her @tseenster.

Drew is a biomedical animator who creates beautiful, accurate visualisations of the dramatic cellular and molecular action that is going on inside our bodies. Combining expertise as a cell biologist and artist, he translates abstract and complicated scientific concepts into vivid and meaningful visual journeys which have been exhibited from the Guggenheim to the Royal Institution.

The Ms Frizzle of food & nutrition science.

Elliott Bledsoe runs Agentry, an arts marketing micro-consultancy that helps artists and arts organisations tell their stories. He also has an extensive background in copyright, with a focus on the interplay between rights and creative practice