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Associate editor application of Jessica Polka

Jessica Polka PhD (website)
Areas of expertise: scholarly publishing, bacterial cell biology, synthetic biology

Relevant experience:

Professional - research, outreach
Publishing - Editor, Publications (MDPI); Peer review summary (https://publons.com/researcher/738792/jessica-polka/)
Open - TRANSPOSE (transpose-publishing.github.io), Wikipedia, ASAPbio

I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Science. Jessica Polka (discusscontribs) 00:46, 10 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

Result: Accepted as associate editor.

Next steps (add DONE or checkY Done after someone has performed the task):
  1. checkY Done Copy their information over to the associate editor page using the {{WikiJournal editor summary}} template
  2. checkY Done Send a welcome email with starter info to them and cc in the WJSboard mailing list so that they and the board are informed

Associate editor application of Karthik Muthineni

Karthik Muthineni Master of Engineering (website)
Areas of expertise: Wireless Communications, Sensor Networks, Indoor Localization, Edge Computing, Internet of Things, Information and Communication Technology

Relevant experience:

Professional - Researcher, Radio Modem expert
Publishing - Published articles related to Edge Computing and Industrial Internet of Things on NETPIE
Open - https://gitlab.com/muthineni

I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Science. Muthineni (discusscontribs) 05:01, 11 February 2019 (UTC).Reply

Result: Declined as associate editor.

  1. checkY Done Confirmed with applicant by email

Associate editor application of Ayush Bhardwaj

Ayush Bhardwaj (website)
Areas of expertise: Wireless Networks , SDN , LTE

Relevant experience:

Professional - Upcoming engagement as Research Assistant at TCD ,Research Postgraduate , Trainee R&D at STMicroelectronics
Publishing - Assistant Editor De Gruyter Open Computer Science Journal
Open -

I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Science. Ayushb15 (discusscontribs) 09:23, 29 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

Result: Declined as associate editor per split consensus.

  1. checkY Done Confirmed with applicant by email

Editorial board application of Scott A Thomson

Scott A Thomson BSc, BSE, MSc (website)
Areas of expertise: Zoology, Paleontology, Taxonomy, Nomenclature, ICZN, Turtles, Conservation

Relevant experience:

Professional - Research, Field Work, Teaching, Curator of Chelonian Research Institute. Research Associate Museu de Zoologia da USP, Sao Paulo.
Publishing - Reviewer for many journals, eg Zootaxa, Zookeys etc, editorial role Zookeys. Published over 100 papers. ORCID page Research Gate Wikispecies Author Page
Open - Bureaucrat, Checkuser Wikispecies, Identified with WMF, Signed Privacy Policies Meta. Editor Wikipedia EN, PT.

I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Science. Scott Thomson (Faendalimas) talk 16:32, 10 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

Result: Accepted into the editorial board.

Next steps (add DONE or checkY Done after someone has performed the task):
  1. checkY Done Send a welcome message and confirm their preferred email address
  2. checkY Done Copy their information over to editorial board page using the {{WikiJournal editor summary}} template
  3. checkY Done Direct-add them to the WJSboard mailing list (via this link) which will grant them access to the private page only visible to board members
  4. checkY Done Welcome them at the WJSboard mailing list so that they are informed

Finally, move the application to this year's archive page (Suggested email template)

Associate editor application of David Wirth

David Wirth MS Aerospace Engineering, PhD* Nanoengineering (website)
Areas of expertise: Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Additive Manufacturing

Relevant experience:

Professional - Researcher, PhD Student at University of California, San Diego studying conductive polymers, hybrid nanoparticles and nanobiotechnology. Former engineering consultant for semiconductor industry, founder of electrochemistry-based 3D printing company. Guest lecturer for a number of 3D printing courses.
Publishing - Published masters thesis and two conference papers on the subject of solid rocket propulsion using nanomaterials. Regularly reviewed advanced technology proposals during my time as an engineer for the US Air Force.
Open - Contributor to wikipedia since 2010, minor corrections/edits to science-related pages.

I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Science. Dwirth9 (discusscontribs) 04:48, 28 May 2019 (UTC)Reply

Could you provide more details on your contributions to Wikipedia? Sylvain Ribault (discusscontribs) 11:17, 1 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

@Sylvain Ribault: Of course, just to clarify I haven't been a major contributor, just minor edits and corrections to various pages as a guest. Dwirth9 (discusscontribs) 05:45, 7 June 2019 (UTC)Reply
Dwirth9 I am inclined to support your application, based primarily on this UCLA MAE Annual Report. Unlike scientists, engineers have many opportunities for growth that do not require a PhD or publications list. The WJS might get its best engineering editors outside the traditional academic path. Before I "vote", could you tell me more about what you did at Fabric8Labs?--Guy vandegrift (discusscontribs) 16:58, 11 June 2019 (UTC)Reply
Guy vandegrift Sure thing, and I appreciate the inclination to support. To answer your question, I was the original inventor of their IP and served as their chief science officer for roughly 2 years.
  • Thank you for the answer. Still, I must Oppose this application as premature: very interesting background but not enough experience with academia and Wikipedia. Sylvain Ribault (discusscontribs) 20:09, 7 June 2019 (UTC)Reply
  • Regretfully, Oppose at this time, despite the welcome technical expertise. I believe that a certain amount of ease with the vagaries of both the publishing & editing world and the WP environment are necessary, and I'm unsure whether these are present yet. --Florian (Elmidae) (talk · contribs) 13:35, 11 June 2019 (UTC)Reply
  • Oppose Please consider some additional active on-Wiki editing and more involvement as a volunteer paper reviewer first and then please consider re-applying. --- FULBERT (discusscontribs) 13:53, 11 June 2019 (UTC)Reply
  • Oppose, although I disagree that deep Wikipedia experience is a prerequisite, I think that significant experience in two of the three areas is a benchmark. The patent and practical experience as an engineer is highly valuable and if you would consider applying again in a year or two, I think that your application would be very competitive. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 04:17, 2 July 2019 (UTC)Reply
  • Oppose - I did not vote earlier as I am a recent addition myself. However I agree with the general concensus here. I would like to see some more experience for this role. However certainly a prospect for the future. Cheers Scott Thomson (Faendalimas) talk 19:26, 5 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

Result: Declined as associate editor.

  1. checkY Done Confirmed with applicant by email

Editorial board application of Dan Graur (updated to assoc. editor application)

Dan Graur PhD (website)
Areas of expertise: Evolution, molecular evolution, genome evolution, phylogeny, evolutionary bioinformatics

Relevant experience:

Professional - Research, teaching, and outreach at University of Houston and Tel Aviv University
Publishing - Have published five books and ~200 articles, commentaries, and technical notes. Have served as editor and/or associate editor of several journals in the general area of evolution
Open - WikiEdu

I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Science. 129.7.0.84 (discuss) 15:27, 2 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

Dan Graur is a well-known researcher who could bring a lot to the project by recruiting authors and reviewers. Could you please describe your experience with WikiEdu in a few lines? - Sylvain Ribault (discusscontribs) 21:29, 2 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

Note: updated application (assoc. editor) by Dan Graur below T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 00:25, 27 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Dan Graur PhD (website)
Areas of expertise: Molecular & Genome Evolution, Genomics, Population Genetics

Relevant experience:

Professional - Research, Teaching, Editorial Work, Outreach
Publishing - 1995-2011 Associate Editor of Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2009-2018. Associate Editor of Genome Biology and Evolution, 2009-present. Associate Editor of Genes
Open - Use WikiEdu in my classes

I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Science. Dogrt (discusscontribs) 19:18, 26 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Result: Accepted as associate editor.

Next steps (add DONE or {{Done}} after someone has performed the task):
  1. checkY Done Send a welcome message and confirm their preferred email address
  2. checkY Done Copy their information over to the associate editor page using the {{WikiJournal editor summary}} template
  3. checkY Done Email the WJSboard mailing list so that they are informed

Finally, move the application to this year's archive page

Associate editor application of Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh

Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh Ph.D. in plant physiology (website)
Areas of expertise: plant physiology, agriculture, plant responses to the environment

Relevant experience:

Professional - university professor, field and lab research on plants, education and teaching
Publishing - associate editor for Plant Signaling and Behavior, formerly Tree Physiology and others
Open - reviewers for Frontiers in Plant Physiology; students publish articles on Wikipedia

I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Science. 2601:602:8A01:4153:E169:417E:2F9D:9436 (discuss) 18:40, 2 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Result: Accepted as associate editor.

Next steps (add DONE or {{Done}} after someone has performed the task):
  1. checkY Done Send a welcome message and confirm their preferred email address
  2. checkY Done Copy their information over to the associate editor page using the {{WikiJournal editor summary}} template
  3. checkY Done Email the WJSboard mailing list so that they are informed

Finally, move the application to this year's archive page

Associate editor application of Tony Ross-Hellauer

Tony Ross-Hellauer PhD
Areas of expertise: Open Science; Open Access; FAIR data; science policy; research integrity; innovative research infrastructures; alternative peer review models; information ethics; philosophy of technology

Relevant experience:

Professional - Leader of the Open and Reproducible Research Group at Graz University of Technology and Senior Researcher at Know-Center GmbH, Graz.Coordinator of the H2020 project ON-MERRIT, researching issues of equity in Open Science.
Publishing - Editor-in-Chief of the MDPI open access journal ‘Publications.’
Open - Former Scientific Manager for OpenAIRE, co-lead for Transpose, ON-MERRIT project coordinator, and core member of Research Data Alliance Austria, Open Access Network Austria and the Austrian Open Science Support Group. Co-leads Transpose, a grassroots initiative to build a crowdsourced database of journal policies for preprints and peer review.

I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Science. Tonyrh79 (discusscontribs) 10:36, 20 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Result: Accepted as associate editor.

Next steps (add DONE or {{Done}} after someone has performed the task):
  1. checkY Done Send a welcome message and confirm their preferred email address
  2. checkY Done Copy their information over to the associate editor page using the {{WikiJournal editor summary}} template
  3. checkY Done Email the WJSboard mailing list so that they are informed

Finally, move the application to this year's archive page

Associate editor application of Michael L. Umbricht

Michael L. Umbricht (website)
Areas of expertise: Science communication, public outreach, professional development for educators, and museum collections.

Relevant experience:

Professional - Astronomy and earth science educator for 14 years at Museum of Natural History and Planetarium. Astronomy educator for 14 years including 7 years as museum curator at Ladd Observatory I'm a staff member with the Dept. of Physics at Brown University. I'm currently active in research and outreach in history of science, technology, and society from a public humanities perspective.
Publishing -
Open - Wikimedia contributor for 14 years. Admin at Wikiversity for 11 years and Outreach: for 8 years. Board of Directors for 10 years at the Ocean State Free-Net, a local online community. I participate in Outreach:GLAM.

I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Science. mikeu talk 21:53, 31 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

Result: Accepted as associate editor.

Next steps (add DONE or {{Done}} after someone has performed the task):
  1. checkY Done Send a welcome message and confirm their preferred email address
  2. checkY Done Copy their information over to the associate editor page using the {{WikiJournal editor summary}} template
  3. checkY Done Email the WJSboard mailing list so that they are informed

Finally, move the application to this year's archive page

Editorial board application of MGH Zaidi

MGH Zaidi Ph.D. (website)
Areas of expertise: Polymer materials, Supercritical processing, Material characterization, Supercapacitors, Sustained delivery systems, Environmental degradation of materials, Impact of materials on environment.

Relevant experience:

Professional - Conducting R&D since 1992 in the area of supercritical processing of polymeric materials for structural,energy storage and biomedical applications.
Publishing - Published research articles & reviews in refereed international journals and cnference proceedings. Manuscript reviewer of leading international journals of material sciences, supercritical fluides,chemical sciences, microbiology and biotechology.
Open - Directed research projects funded by ministry of Defence, Biotechnology, University Grants Commission India and private organizations.Availed patents in the area of polymer processing and degradation.

I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Science. Prof MGH Zaidi (discusscontribs) 21:16, 14 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

  • Seems to have a reasonable citation rate and clearly has some experiance with publishing based on Google Scholar. I would imagine that in a 20 odd year professional career this has included much reviewing as the candidate states. Cross-wiki check shows 13 edits across all wikis, so has not done much on Wikimedia however that is not necessary.
    I will tentatively support.
    Cheers Scott Thomson (Faendalimas) talk 00:51, 16 October 2019 (UTC)Reply
  • Oppose for now. Nothing really open in the "open" expericence apparently. The applicant could prove me wrong by giving more details, and links to his openly available contributions. Failing that, please consider getting some experience by contributing to Wikipedia or sister projects, blogging, publishing in this journal, etc. Sylvain Ribault (discusscontribs) 07:46, 16 October 2019 (UTC)Reply
  • Oppose as an editorial board member for now. Their technical background is very interesting, however additional experience in either an editorial role or as an open knowledge contributor has been the bar for previous board members. However, we have had associate editors gain experience by assisting a board member with submitted manuscripts within their area of expertise. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 10:09, 17 November 2019 (UTC)Reply
  • Oppose per Sylvain Ribault and Thomas Shafee. Chiswick Chap (discusscontribs) 10:13, 17 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

Result: Declined as editorial board member.

  1. checkY Done Confirmed with applicant by email

Editorial board application of Mad Price Ball

Mad Price Ball PhD (website)
Areas of expertise: Genomic & biotechnology, health and human subjects research, citizen science & peer production, self-research / quantified self, research use of personal data

Relevant experience:

Professional - working with participatory communities & peer production, interdisciplinary experience assisting diverse projects using personal data (genetic, activity/device, GPS/location, symptom tracking, etc.), background in science with biotech development & genome sequencing (grad school in Wikipedia:George M. Church's lab)
Publishing - not much; only served as a reviewer for several papers over the years
Open - * Wikipedia experiences + other stuff...
  • ~2007-2008ish various Wikipedia contributions of articles and images and content
  • I created the article list using traffic stats, and the "landing page" for the app
  • Over a million children used this! It was a bursty contribution that leveraged my expertise and had great impact. My spouse reflected on it in 2013, there's a touching 5 minute video about the power of Wikipedia
  • 2014 - present: co-founded Open Humans, currently lead as Executive Director & President
  • Occasional contribution to open source projects (e.g. [1])

I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Science. Mad Price Ball (discusscontribs) 20:55, 21 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

Result: Accepted into the editorial board.

Next steps (add DONE or checkY Done after someone has performed the task):
  1. checkY Done Send a welcome message and confirm their preferred email address
  2. checkY Done Copy their information over to editorial board page using the {{WikiJournal editor summary}} template
  3. checkY Done Direct-add them to the WJSboard mailing list (via this link) which will grant them access to the private page only visible to board members
  4. checkY Done Welcome them at the WJSboard mailing list so that they are informed

Finally, move the application to this year's archive page

Editorial board application of Jeff Lundeen

Jeff Lundeen PhD Physics (U. Toronto), Associate Prof. Physics (uOttawa) (website)
Areas of expertise: Physics, Optics, Quantum Information, Photonics, Quantum Metrology, Fundamental Issues in Quantum Physics

Relevant experience:

Professional - Experimental Optics and Quantum Photonics, Theoretical Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Metrology and Standards (I was an Associate Research Officer at Canada's National Metrology Institute), Former Head of Outreach for physics at uOttawa, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses at uOttawa
Publishing - 64 Refereed Journal Articles, Member of Editorial Board of JPhysics Photonics
Open - Created and edited Wikipedia articles under my full name (Wikipedia:User:J S Lundeen), JPhysics Photonics is an open journal, all of my publications are also on the open archive: arXiv.org

I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Science. 137.122.64.31 (discuss) 15:58, 16 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

Result: Accepted into the editorial board.

Next steps (add DONE or {{Done}} after someone has performed the task):
  1. checkY Done Send a welcome message and confirm their preferred email address
  2. checkY Done Copy their information over to editorial board page using the {{WikiJournal editor summary}} template
  3. checkY Done Direct-add them to the WJSboard mailing list (via this link) which will grant them access to the private page only visible to board members
  4. checkY Done Welcome them at the WJSboard mailing list so that they are informed

Finally, move the application to this year's archive page (Suggested email template)