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About us

rOpenSci fosters a culture that values open and reproducible research using shared data and reusable software

We do this by

Creating technical infrastructure in the form of carefully vetted, staff and community-contributed R software tools that lower barriers to working with scientific data sources on the web

Making the right data, tools and best practices more discoverable

Creating social infrastructure through a welcoming and diverse community

Promoting advocacy for a culture of data sharing and reusable software

Building capacity of software users and developers and fostering a sense of pride in their work

Our Team

rOpenSci is a non-profit initiative founded in 2011 by Karthik Ram, Scott Chamberlain, and Carl Boettiger. Our staff includes developers, researchers, and community builders. Our non-staff strategic advisors and editorial board members are volunteers.

Karthik Ram
Executive Director
co-founder • staff • editor
Jeroen Ooms
Lead Infrastructure Engineer
staff • researcher • developer
Yanina Bellini Saibene
Community Manager
staff
Mark Padgham
Software Research Scientist
staff • researcher • developer
Maëlle Salmon
Research Software Engineer
staff • developer • editor
Noam Ross
Software Review Lead
strategic advisor • editor
Steffi LaZerte
Community Assistant
staff • developer
Stacey Dorton
Administrative Manager
staff
Carl Boettiger
University of California, Berkeley
co-founder • strategic advisor
Jenny Bryan
Posit
strategic advisor
Rich FitzJohn
Imperial College London
strategic advisor
Anna Krystalli
Research Software Engineering consultant / Data Scientist
editor
Mauro Lepore
2 Degrees Investing Initiative
editor
Laura DeCicco
USGS
editor
Julia Gustavsen
Agroscope
editor
Emily Riederer
Capital One
editor
Adam Sparks
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
editor
Jeff Hollister
US Environmental Protection Agency
editor
Rebecca Killick
Lancaster University
stat peer-review advisor • editor
Paula Moraga
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
stat peer-review advisor • editor
Toby Hocking
Northern Arizona University
stat peer-review advisor • editor
Emi Tanaka
Biological Data Science Institute, Australian National University
editor
Jouni Helske
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
editor

Our External Advisors

Our Alumni

Scott Chamberlain
Technical Lead
staff • cofounder • editor • developer
Stefanie Butland
Community Manager
staff
Lincoln Mullen
George Mason University
editor
Brooke Anderson
Colorado State University
editor
Melina Vidoni
RMIT University
editor
Ben Bolker
McMaster University
stat peer-review advisor • editor
Ted Hart
-
former core team member
Stephanie Hicks
Johns Hopkins University
stat peer-review advisor • editor
Leonardo Collado-Torres
Lieber Institute for Brain Development
stat peer-review advisor • editor
Max Kuhn
Posit
stat peer-review advisor
Martin Morgan
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
stat peer-review advisor
Dan Sholler
postdoc

Our Research Fellows

Our 2017 & 2018 research fellows were awarded support for their ongoing work in open science to enable them to have a bigger voice in their communities.

Kelly Hondula
University of Maryland, SESYNC
Zachary Foster
Oregon State University
Sam Tyner
Iowa State University, CSAFE
Jon Zelner
University of Michigan
Nick Golding
Curtin University, Perth, Australia

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