Executive staff

Nicola Adamson

Senior Editorial Assistant

n [dot] adamson [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Mohammed Jakir Ali

Community Engagement Assistant

m [dot] ali [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Shane Alsop

Community Manager - Outreach

s [dot] alsop [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Fred Atherden

Head of Production Operations

f [dot] atherden [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Scott Aubrey

Tech Lead Manager

s [dot] aubrey [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Elise Bateman

Community Manager - ECR

e.bateman[at]elifesciences[dot]org

Alessio Bolognesi

Head of Journal Development

a [dot] bolognesi [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Fiona Bryant

Senior Editorial Assistant

f.bryant [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Will Byrne

Senior Software Developer

w [dot] byrne [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Wei Mun Chan

Research Integrity Manager

Wei Mun Chan joined eLife in September 2015, having previously worked in the Open Access Peer Review Management team at Wiley in Oxford. He has a PhD in Pharmacology from Imperial College, London, and prior to Wiley worked as a Senior Scientific Database Curator for UniProt at the European Bioinformatics Institute at Hinxton, UK.

Hazal Ciplak

Data Engineer

h [dot] ciplak [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Andy Collings

Executive Editor

Andy has overall responsibility for the day-to-day running and editorial integrity of eLife.

He joined eLife prior to the journal’s launch in 2012. Before then he worked for PLOS.

Outside of work, Andy enjoys watching (but not playing) football and cricket.

Contact Andy at a.collings [at] elifesciences [dot] org.

Rebecca Cook

Senior Production Assistant

r.cook[at]elifesciences[dot]org

George Currie

Content Manager

George joined eLife in 2023 to help communicate the need for Open Science and alternative models of publishing. Before eLife, he worked as Brand Manager at Hindawi where he gained a deep understanding of the systems and challenges in research and research publishing. After briefly studying Biochemistry and Genetics he went on to graduate in Music. He cares about fairer systems, research integrity, and public understanding of science.

Contact George at g [dot] currie [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Julia Deathridge

Associate Features Editor

j.deathridge [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Lena Dowdall

Office and Human Resources Manager

l.dowdall[at]elifesciences[dot]org

Daniel Ecer

Senior Data Scientist

d [dot] acer [at] elifesciences [dot] org

James Gilbert

Production Editor

James Gilbert joined eLife in May 2012, having previously worked as a production assistant at BioMed Central. He has a degree in Natural Sciences and a Masters in History of Science from Durham University. He works with both the Editorial and Production teams to ensure the smooth review and publication of articles at eLife.

j.gilbert[at]elifesciences[dot]org

Vikki Gooch

Office and Finance Assistant

v [dot] gooch [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Helga Groll

Associate Features Editor

Following her PhD and a post-doc, Helga swapped the lab bench for a career in science communication. Before joining eLife, Helga worked in a variety of science communication sectors, ranging from small PR and communications agencies to non-governmental organisations and the pharmaceutical sectors. In her current role as Associate Features Editor, Helga’s daily tasks include editing and writing magazine-style content for the journal and working on podcasts.

h [dot] groll [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Daniel Haarhoff

Software Engineer - Tools and Infrastructure

d [dot] haarhoff [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Chris Huggins

Lead UX Designer

c [dot] huggins [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Fiona Hutton

Head of Publishing

f [dot] hutton [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Jill Joyce

Financial Controller

j [dot] joyce [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Aisha Kapan

Open Source Developer

a.kapan[at]elifesciences[dot]org

Paul Kelly

Consultant Director of Finance and Administration

p.kelly [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Laibah Khan

Marketing Assistant

l [dot] khan [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Lina Kindurytė

Developer

l [dot] kinduryte [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Nathan Lisgo

Staff Engineer

n.lisgo [at] elifesciences [dot] org

George Litchfield

Marketing and PR Assistant

g [dot] litchfield [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Elsa Loissel

Associate Features Editor

e [dot] loissel [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Milly McConnell

Editorial Manager

m [dot] mcconnell [at] elifesciences [dot] org

David Moulton

Staff Engineer

d.moulton [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Ameena Naji

Editorial Assistant

a.naji[at]elifesciences[dot]org

Godwyns Onwuchekwa

Head of Communities

g [dot] onwuchekwa [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Emily Packer

Media Relations Manager

Emily brings approximately four years’ public relations experience to eLife, including work in both agency and in-house environments. Prior to eLife, she held the post of PR Manager for research and consulting firm GlobalData, where she led the team in spreading the word about the company and its research on the global healthcare and energy sectors, generating coverage in a variety of world-leading news outlets. Before GlobalData, she held PR Executive positions with Tangerine PR and Harvey & Hugo Marketing and PR, the latter of which she joined after graduating with a first class degree in Creative Writing with Journalism from the University of Chester.

e [dot] packer [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Damian Pattinson

Executive Director

Damian obtained his PhD in neuroscience from University College London, UK, where he studied the development of sensory pathways in the laboratory of Professor Maria Fitzgerald. After a postdoc at King’s College London, UK, Damian joined the BMJ as Scientific Editor on BMJ Clinical Evidence and BMJ Best Practice. He joined PLOS ONE in 2010, first as Executive Editor, where he oversaw the rapid expansion of the journal, and then as Editorial Director. He then moved to Research Square as VP of Publishing Innovation and led the development of the Research Square preprint platform, before joining eLife in 2020.

Contact Damian at d.pattinson [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Sam Porteous

Senior Editorial Assistant

s [dot] porteous [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Dave Price

Front-end Developer

d [dot] price [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Siân Roderick

Programme Manager

s [dot] roderick [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Peter Rodgers

Chief Magazine Editor

Peter joined eLife as Features Editor in June 2012 and has worked in scientific publishing for more than twenty years. As Chief Magazine Editor he oversees the non-research content of eLife and also the Digests that are included in all Research Articles and Short Reports. Previously he has been the Chief Editor of Nature Nanotechnology (2006-2012), where he had overall responsibility for all research and non-research content, and the Editor of Physics World magazine (1996-2005). Peter has a degree in physics from Imperial College London (1984) and a PhD from the Queen's University of Belfast (1988), and worked at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory before joining Physics World as an Assistant Editor in 1990.

Paul Shannon

Head of Technology and Innovation

Paul is responsible for technology strategy and delivery at eLife, ensuring the team are committed to openness in the products they produce to encourage broad change across the research communication landscape.

He brings 15 years’ experience in technology and software development to the team and was previously VP Technology for innovative digital music platform 7digital, where he grew the team and scaled the API platform to support the vastly changing music technology industry. He shares his experience in open-source, agile, lean, and XP practices as a regular conference speaker and also tackles topics around digital publishing, process improvement, data-driven decision making and team dynamics at universities and conferences around the world.

When not at eLife, Paul combines his interests in photography and motorsports with time spent with his young family – resulting in lots of photographs of fast-moving things that cost a lot of money.

Contact Paul at p.shannon [at] elifesciences [dot] org.

Ashlea Shaw

Senior Product Manager

a [dot] shaw [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Giorgio Sironi

Tech Lead Manager

I search for the harmony between form and context, which is a fancy way of saying I build software to fit in the world I'm in and its rapid changes.

In the specific, my areas of expertise are testing, OOP design and distributed computing.

g [dot] sironi [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Emma Smith

Journal Development Editor

e [dot] smith [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Anja Stares

Marketing Manager

a [dot] stares [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Naushin Thomson

Senior Production Assistant

Naushin works on the production team to help ensure the smooth publication of articles.

She graduated from the University of St Andrews with a BSc in Medicine, and went on to do an MSc in Reproductive & Developmental Biology at Imperial College London.

At home, Naushin loves all things craft and cooking and would happily talk for hours about both.

Contact her at n [dot] thomson [at] elifesciences [dot] org.

Rachel Tonkin

Senior Marketing Manager

r [dot] tonkin [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Daisy Veysey

Social Media Specialist

d [dot] veysey [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Hazel Walker

Assistant Features Editor

h [dot] walker [at] elifesciences [dot] org

Rowena Walton

Head of Marketing and Communications

Rowena leads the marketing team at eLife, responsible for raising awareness for eLife's many initiatives.

Before joining eLife she was responsible for the marketing of publicly funded business support services at consultancy YTKO. Her previous roles have also included heading up the digital communications for a large regional accountancy firm and supporting the marketing team of an international experience design agency during a large scale rebrand.

Outside of work you'll find Rowena spending time with her young family.

You can contact her at r [dot] walton [at] elifesciences [dot] org.