STM People

Dr. Katherine VanDenburgh-Rugen is an Editor of IEEE Access with IEEE, supporting peer review operations and journal management. Previously, she was a Senior Journal Manager at AIP Publishing, responsible for the strategic direction, development, and growth of a portfolio of open access journals. Her experience also includes researcher education and engagement efforts. Katherine holds a...

Jessica Faucher leads product management and strategy for content platforms and Atypon at Wiley. She and her product team support the content display and distribution infrastructure for Wiley’s learning businesses and research publishing, digital commerce, ebook and test bank platforms, and the Atypon Experience Platform.

Sami Benchekroun is the Co-Founder and CEO of Morressier, a leading provider of digital infrastructure for scholarly communication. With over a decade of experience in scholarly publishing, technology, and entrepreneurship, he has dedicated his career to transforming how research is shared, evaluated, and preserved. He raised over €40 million in venture capital and successfully led...

Dr Kathleen Too is currently the Senior Vice President, Chemistry, as well as the Managing Director of China at Thieme Group. She has >18 years’ experience in STM publishing. Thieme is a world leading publisher, committed to better medicine and a healthier life. Our mission is to improve science, health and healthcare with the key...

Mu Yang has been the Director of the Mouse Neurobehavior Core at Columbia University Medical Center since 2016. She is also a “sleuth” whose reports have led to over 150 retractions since 2022. She had a lead role in the Eliezer Masliah case

Maribel Gomez is a publishing professional with a Master’s in Publishing from The George Washington University and over a decade of experience in education. Committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, she specializes in copyright licensing. As a Publishing Inventory Associate at Copyright Clearance Center, Maribel contributes to the scholarly publishing sector while actively engaging...

Rebecca Ciezarek is a Journals Manager at CSIRO Publishing, managing a portfolio of animals, health, food and agriculture journals. Her role involves working with editors and societies to develop and direct journal strategy and provide guidance on publishing best practice. Rebecca received her PhD from Victoria University (Aust) in 2016. She was previously a Journal...

Sena Evren is an Associate Publisher at Springer Nature, overseeing the microbiology hybrid portfolio, as well as managing the mycology and parasitology sub-portfolios within Springer journals. Sena joined the STM Association’s Early Career Publishers Committee (ECPC) in 2024 and is also a member of the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s Training Committee. She graduated from the...

Jessica Gedamu is the VP Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Springer Nature, where she leads the company’s internal DEI strategy. She has extensive expertise in designing and implementing programmes that foster inclusion and equity, such as inclusive hiring and talent management, data-driven goal setting, implicit bias awareness, and community building. Prior to joining Springer...

I am currently a Deputy Director of Journals, Europe at World Scientific Publishing (WSP). Before that I had the privilege of serving as a Chief Commissioning Editor and Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Wiley for 8 years. Prior to my publishing career, I worked at the Council of National Research in Italy where I simultaneously completed a...