PLoS ONE Team
Peter Binfield
Managing Editor, PLoS ONE
After graduating with a PhD in Optical Physics from Aberdeen University, Pete Binfield began his publishing career at Institute of Physics Publishing in Bristol, UK as a Commissioning Editor in their books program. From IoPP, he moved to Kluwer Academic Publishers (KAP) in the Netherlands, where he ran their Major Reference Work program (encyclopedias and handbooks) and then held a variety of positions at KAP, including the management of the Physical Sciences group (Physics, Materials Science, Chemistry) and the directorship of the Plant Sciences and Earth & Environmental Sciences division. KAP merged into Springer Publishers, and during that period he held a position in Business Development, working on projects such as e-books, e-reference works and the Springer Open Choice program. In 2005 he moved to the US to live in California and work for SAGE Publications running their successful US Journals Division (some 220 journals across medical and social sciences). Since April 2008, Peter has been the Managing Editor of PLoS ONE - running the editorial side, and managing the day to day business of the journal.
Emma Veitch
Consulting Editor, PLoS ONE
Associate Editor, PLoS Medicine
Emma Veitch graduated in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge in 1996, and subsequently moved to London to do a Ph.D. with Anthony Graham at King's College London. Her work at King's focused on the role of neural crest cells in the development of pharyngeal arches in the chick embryo. There she became passionate about the Web and its potential for transforming scientific communication. Having learnt about the open access movement which was taking shape at that time, she joined the then fledgling BioMed Central as an editorial assistant, and subsequently senior assistant editor. At BioMed Central she handled peer review of primary research papers, as well as project-managing development of online submission and peer review systems. Emma subsequently moved to another fledgling operation published by Elsevier's FIRSTConsult, an online clinical decision support tool. There she oversaw commissioning and peer-review of new content for the site and furthered her interest in clinical research. Delighted to make a return to the world of open access publishing, Emma is thrilled to be initiating a project where she can combine her enthusiasm for biomedical research with experience developing electronic publishing systems.
Natalie Bouaravong
Publications Manager
Natalie Bouaravong is a San Diego native who moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to study Molecular and Cell Biology and Anthropology at the University of California Berkeley. After getting involved in student publications, she discovered she would much rather pursue a career in publishing than go to medical school, as she had initially planned to do, after completing her studies. Natalie was a copyeditor for two years at Black Lightning Online, UC Berkeley’s only authorized note-taking service, and worked for three years on the student-run publication Issues: Berkeley Medical Journal as a staff writer, a managing editor, and editor-in-chief. She joined the Public Library of Science not long after graduating from UC Berkeley in 2005. As a firm supporter of the free and open exchange of scientific and medical literature, she is happy to be part of the PLoS team and the open-access movement.
Micah Dubreuil
Publications Assistant
Micah grew up in Vermont, where he spent most of his time playing music and trudging through the snow and/or mud (depending on the season). After graduating from Wesleyan University with a degree in philosophy, Micah headed west to find his fortune. After discovering that neither philosophy nor jazz will pay the bills, he decided to try his luck with the Public Library of Science. During college, Micah co-founded and served on the editorial board of a philosophy journal, and he is happy to be involved in publishing again. Micah is excited to be part of an open-access publisher, as he strongly believes that scientific research is a public good and should be treated as such.
Patrick Goggins
Publications Assistant
Pat graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2006 with a degree in Literature. Fresh from interning at a technology magazine where he learned about the bustling industry, he is excited to be working at PLoS. He is enthused by the youthful spirit of PLoS, and believes that open-access and free information is the way of the future. He is thrilled to be in San Francisco, and spends his free time writing fiction and playing music, which have been lifelong loves. An avid traveler, he has been abroad many times and lives to seek out new cultures.
Mark Harmon
Publications Assistant
Mark grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and, after spending eighteen years in temperate weather and having decent sushi, decided to leave for school and other stuff that seemed important. After a few years of traveling around the world being a bum, Mark has found that he likes beaches, piña coladas, and libraries. Currently, Mark is seeking grants to fund his research on an authoritative text that covers the subjects of the perfect peanut butter and jelly sandwich and the cross-cultural methods of spreading jam on toast. As part of an open-access publisher, Mark feels that providing free knowledge and an easy opportunity to view it is one of the best reasons to come in to work.
Alan Kershaw
Publications Assistant
Having studied Genetics at the University of Cambridge, Alan decided that scientific research was not for him. After a 4.5 month stint in the NHS as a Healthcare Assistant, he left his days of cleaning bodily fluids behind him and started work as a Publications Assistant for PLoS Medicine. In October 2008, Alan will be returning to the University of Cambridge (it would appear that neither Cambridge nor Alan have the ability to learn from their previous mistakes) to take a Graduate Course in Medicine, hopefully leading to a frightening career in surgery. In his spare time, Alan enjoys inflicting his cooking on his innocent housemates, reading, drinking tea, "socialising" and wasting years of his life on his Xbox 360 (a great source of mockery for Alan’s office colleagues).
Lindsay King
Publications Assistant
Lindsay King came to PLoS after recently graduating with a BSc in Natural History and Marine Biology from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. She has a passion for museums, particularly those with a scientific or natural history focus and believes that science should be accessible to all, which is why she feels PLoS is the perfect organisation to work within. Lindsay was born in Cambridge and possesses an encyclopaedic knowledge of Cambridge pubs and an irrational support for Cambridge United Football Club. Lindsay’s role within PLoS is focused around PLoS ONE and assisting the Managing Editor.
Rebecca Walton
Publications Assistant
Rebecca (Bex for short) graduated with a degree in Linguistics from St John's College, Cambridge in 2006, despite spending far too much time playing volleyball and rowing, and she was delighted that the PLoS UK office was only a short walk across the road from her college. She is pleased to have advanced from social science to "real science" and enjoys the fact that PLoS ONE allows her to indulge her interest in both neuroeconomics and charismatic megafauna. In her spare time, Bex enjoys writing (fiction and non-), trying not to forget how to speak French and Italian and wandering the streets of New York City. Her desert island luxury item would be a good espresso maker with a lifetime supply of coffee.
Bonnie Real
Production Coordinator
Bonnie Real, PLoS ONE Production Coordinator, is a newly replanted Midwesterner. After graduating from Indiana University with a degree in cognitive science and a certificate in journalism, she worked as a news clerk at the Courier-Journal in Louisville, KY. Covering mostly car crashes and obituaries, she left just in time to preserve the last shreds of her sunny worldview. She returned to IU to get a master's from the School of Library and Information Science, where she studied digital libraries, explored open access issues, and served as an editor for IU's award-winning Knowledge Base. Bonnie is convinced PLoS ONE will play a revolutionary role in information management, publishing, AND science, but still has trouble explaining to the people back home why this library of hers doesn't have any books.
Tessa Brunton
Production Assistant
Tessa graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in History in 2006. While at school, she wrote for the music desk of her school newspaper and for weeklies such as the Santa Cruz Metro and the North Bay Bohemian, during which time she interviewed countless musicians and covered quirky local stories. After she graduated from college Tessa really cut her teeth as an editorial intern at Bitch Magazine, a feminist publication where she worked elbow deep in feminist theory and pop culture analysis.
Tessa loves to travel and spent her Junior year of college living in the heart of beautiful, rainy Galway, Ireland. In her spare time, Tessa draws her own comics, often in the company of her wee pet mice. She is thrilled to be participating in such a groundbreaking organization and feels passionately about the mission of PLoS (not only because her coworkers taught her how to play Speed Scrabble).
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