Alexis Rawls
Marketing Director
Alexis Rawls is the Marketing Director for Research Square Company. She is focused on making sure that the needs of all researchers are met and that they are able to share their research with the world - regardless of what country they live in or what language they speak. Before...
Amy Beisel, MA
Ms. Beisel has extensive experience cultivating partnerships with scholarly publishers and associations. Her career has focused on lowering language barriers in non-profit, corporate, and academic settings. She was previously Associate Director for Academic Outreach and Research at the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation and holds degrees from Claremont McKenna...
Amy Dorman, PhD
Dr. Dorman earned a PhD in Molecular Genetics from SUNY Albany’s School of Public Health in the Department of Biomedical Sciences using rodent models to identify genes that play a role in various neurobehaviors, including anxiety and addiction-related behaviors. Dr. Dorman is a Document Review Specialist at PPD, an international...
April Troester, PhD
VP of Customer Service
Dr. Troester leads AJE's Customer Service division, including our Support team and Research Communication Partners. She has a PhD in Biochemistry from Duke University and a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from Bradley University. Dr. Troester was also a contract editor for AJE before joining the team full-time as a Quality...
Arsalan Daudi, PhD
As an executive editor and product development lead at Bio-protocol, Dr. Arsalan Daudi is involved in several projects that aim to improve experimental reproducibility in the life sciences. He holds a PhD from the University of East Anglia, UK.
Ashley Smith, PhD
Senior Academic Illustrator
Dr. Smith is an Academic Illustrator at AJE, where she helps researchers communicate their work. Having worked in research for almost 12 years, she uses her scientific knowledge and graphic design expertise to format figures and to create custom illustrations for researchers. She has been with AJE since 2013. Prior...
Ben Mudrak, PhD
Dr. Mudrak graduated from Duke University with a PhD in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and performed over eight years of research on pathogenic bacteria at Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For several years, Dr. Mudrak led webinars and workshops on academic writing and publishing as...
Brandon Jernigan, PhD
UX Designer and Writer
Dr. Jernigan received a PhD in English from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he taught literature and composition from 2003 to 2009. His dissertation focused on the evolution of the novel form at the turn of the twentieth century.
Bryce Hantla, EdD
Mr. Hantla received an MA in English Literature from North Carolina State University and wrote his thesis on themes of suffering in the late works of William Blake. He has also earned a Doctorate of Education from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he teaches English Composition and Literature.
Casi Newell
Ms. Newell received her BA from Colby College in Chemistry and Russian Language and Literature and then proceeded directly into a PhD program at MIT. At MIT, she studied acoustic spectroscopy and physical chemistry, specifically the use of terahertz radiation to study proton-coupled electron transfer.
Celina Bragagnolo, PhD
Dr. Celina Bragagnolo has a BA (Hunter College) and a PhD (Stony Brook University) in Philosophy. Her research work focused on Social and Political Philosophy.
Cheryl Casterline, MA
Casterline earned a master's degree in Clinical Psychology from the Marywood University
Chrissy Prater, PhD
Process Manager
Dr. Prater has been creating and supporting author and journal services at AJE since 2009 and now serves as a Senior Product Development Coordinator for Editorial Services. Dr. Prater is focused on continued development of author and journal services. She builds lasting relationships with journals and publishers to help authors...
Collin Diedrich, PhD
Dr. Collin Diedrich is a post-doctoral associate at the University of Pittsburgh with previous experience as a post-doctoral associate at the University of Cape Town. His research focuses on how HIV changes the immunological response to M. tuberculosis. Collin has learning disabilities (reading disorder and learning disorder) and is actively...
Damian Pattinson, PhD
Dr. Damian Pattinson worked previously as VP of Content and Engagement at Research Square, where he oversaw the new Research Square preprint platform. Prior to that he was Editorial Director of the open access journal, PLOS ONE, then the largest journal in the world. He has extensive experience in dealing...
Elizabeth Sung, PhD
Research Communication Partner II
Dr. Sung is a Research Communication Partner at AJE, serving as a contact for customers with questions related to our services and the writing and publishing process. She received a BS in Biology from California Institute of Technology and a PhD from Johns Hopkins through the Cell, Molecular and Developmental...
Geoff Heintzelman, PhD
Dr. Heintzelman graduated from Duke University with a BS in Chemistry before earning a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Pennsylvania State University. His dissertation research focused on the total synthesis of natural products, particularly marine alkaloids. He has 13 years of experience as a medicinal chemist in the pharmaceutical industry....
Jacqueline Chretien, PhD, ELS
Team Manager, Editing
Dr. Chretien manages a team of Academic Editors and has been editing with AJE since 2009. She graduated from Brandeis University with a BS and MS in Biology and has received a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California at Berkeley. While completing her doctoral work,...
Jael Perales, MA
Academic Editor II
Jael Perales is a Academic Editor II at AJE, where he has worked since 2014. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in Astronomy and from Texas State University with an MA in Technical Communication. His work experience includes managing both print and digital content...
Jeffrey Grigston, PhD, MBA
Principal Data Scientist
Dr. Grigston is the Principal Data Scientist at AJE, where he oversees internal data reporting and analysis, product testing, and market research and forecasting. He received his PhD in Pharmacology from Duke University in 2006 studying local protein synthesis and transport in neuronal dendrites. As a postdoctoral fellow at UNC...
Jenna Jones, PhD
Dr. Jones graduated from the University of North Florida with a BS in Biology and also earned a PhD in Exercise Physiology from the University of Florida. Dr. Jones completed a postdoctoral position at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, where she studied lipid metabolism.
Jennifer Kirchhoff, PhD
Academic Editor II
Dr. Kirchhoff is an Academic Editor II at AJE. She received a BS in Mathematics and Physics from Carnegie Mellon University and a PhD in Physics from Florida State University. Her dissertation focused on the electro-optical properties of complex liquid crystal mixtures. Prior to joining AJE, Dr. Kirchhoff worked as...
Jessica Olive, PhD
Academic Editor
Dr. Olive holds a Bachelor's degree in Biological Chemistry from Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA) and supports AJE customers by performing language and scientific editing. Before joining AJE, Dr. Olive received her PhD in Biological and Biomedical Sciences from Harvard University while performing research on breast cancer heterogeneity and metastasis. Dr....
Jessie McDonald, PhD
Dr. McDonald has extensive experience writing about research so it can be easily shared with a wider audience. She earned a PhD in Immunobiology from Yale University.
Jodi Harrell, MPA
Jodi Harrell graduated from North Carolina State University with degrees in Political Science and Public Administration.
Jody Plank, PhD
Dr. Plank received his PhD in Biochemistry from Duke University, where he studied double Holliday junction resolution by Drosophila topoisomerase IIIα and Bloom’s helicase, and he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California at Davis studying DNA repair. For several years, Dr. Plank was also a Senior Editor...
Katie Heroux, PhD
Dr. Heroux earned her PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of California
Kayla Naas, MS
Academic Editor
Kayla received a BS in Chemistry from Oregon State University and an MS in Analytical Chemistry from the University at Buffalo. During her time in graduate school, she taught several chemistry courses and laboratory courses, and her thesis topic involved the removal of pharmaceutical and personal care products from wastewater...
Kelly Sheeran, MA
Sheeran earned her master's degree in Communication Disorders from the North Carolina Central University
Kimberly Yasutis, PhD
Research Communication Partner II
Dr. Yasutis is a Research Communication Partner at AJE, assisting authors with their questions about manuscript preparation and the publication process. Before becoming a Research Communication Partner, Dr. Yasutis was a Quality Control Editor and Team Leader at AJE for several years. She has a PhD in Cell Biology from...
Kurt Spurlock, MA, ELS
Quality Manager
Mr. Spurlock is the Quality Manager at AJE, where he contributes to product development and outlines quality standards for our services. Prior to joining AJE in 2008, he completed a BS in physics and an MA in English Literature from the University of North Carolina. During his time in graduate...
Laura Stemmle, PhD
Product Director
Dr. Stemmle is the Product Director for Professional Services at Research Square and AJE. She completed her PhD in Biochemistry at Duke University and worked as an AJE contract editor during her postdoc before joining the company full-time in 2007.
Leila Alderman, M.Eng
Leila Alderman received a B.S. in Architectural Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and an M. Eng. also in Architectural Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, where she focused on energy modelling for buildings. She also has a certificate in copyediting from the University of California at San Diego....
Leila Emery, MA
Ms. Emery received a BA in Comparative Literature from Smith College and an MA in Writing from Johns Hopkins University. She has written creative non-fiction and poetry, and her work is published in several literary journals and is forthcoming in an anthology. Ms. Emery has also taught English and Creative...
Lynne Hyman, PhD
Team Manager
Dr. Hyman has worked for AJE since 2013, as an Editor, Quality Control Editor, as a Research Communication Partner helping answer customer questions about our services and the publication process, and now as a Team Manager. Prior to joining AJE, she earned a BS in Chemistry from Millersville University and...
Mara Daltabuit, DVM, PhD
Dra. Daltabuit earned her PhD in animal virology at the Instituto Vasco de Desarrollo Agrario NEIKER/Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain, and her DVM at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
Marek Łaska, M.Sc.
Software Engineer
Originally from Warsaw, Poland, Marek studied Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Jacobs University in Bremen, Germany. He moved then to Durham, North Carolina to do a PhD in Neurobiology at Duke University. He was hired as a Software Developer/Engineer in September 2014. Most of the time he works on the...
Mariel Wolfson, PhD
Dr. Mariel Wolfson B.A. in History from Columbia University and a PhD in the History of Science from Harvard University. She has written a dissertation and several articles on the history of energy-efficient housing in the United States, as well as papers on America's healthy housing movement and energy-efficiency gamification....
Mark Hahnel, PhD
Mark is the founder of figshare. He is fresh out of academia, having just completed his PhD in stem cell biology at Imperial College London, having previously studied genetics in both Newcastle and Leeds. He is passionate about open science and the potential it has to revolutionise the research community....
Mary Anderson, MS
Academic Editor II
Mary Anderson earned her BS in Biology (molecular biology) from Haverford College and her MS in Ecology (restoration ecology) from the University of California, Irvine. She joined Research Square in September 2017.
Michael Bendiksby, PhD
Dr. Bendiksby received a Bachelors in Pharmacology in Scotland, a Neuroscience Cand. Scient. in Norway, and his PhD from Duke University studying visual perception and the cognitive processing of attention and reward in rhesus macaques.
Michaela Panter, PhD
Dr. Panter graduated from Yale University with a BS and MS in Biomedical Engineering and a PhD in Immunobiology, where her dissertation research focused on antigen presentation in human cells. Dr. Panter has also served as Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine and as a writing advisor...
Michelle Ebbs, PhD
Principal Research Communication Partner
Dr. Ebbs supports AJE customers by providing answers to questions about writing and publishing manuscripts. She is a member of the Customer Experience Professionals Association. Before joining AJE, Dr. Ebbs received a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Johns Hopkins University. She also performed research at Duke University and...
Molly Amador, PhD
Academic Editor
Dr. Amador has been an Academic Editor with AJE since 2018 and is certified by the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences. She received an Honors BA in Biology from Rollins College and a PhD in Marine Biology and Ecology from the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine...
Paige Hall, PhD
Dr. Hall graduated from Northwestern University with a PhD in Chemistry, then went on to work in industry as an analytical chemist before returning to Northwestern for a post-doc in the biomedical engineering department. Her dissertation research focused on the development of nanoparticle-based sensors for the detection of Alzheimer’s Disease...
Pete Marbais, PhD, ELS
Dr. Marbais previously worked at AJE as a Quality Control Editor. He received a BA in Humanities-Classics from Ohio Wesleyan University and an MA and PhD in English Literature from Kent State University. He has published on the narratives of Daniel Defoe and John Bunyan, and he taught English literature...
Peter Gorsuch, PhD
Dr. Gorsuch is the Chief Editor for Scientific Editing at Nature Research Editing Service. He has led the team since 2011 and has also helped develop content for Nature Masterclasses. Previously, he worked as a research editor for the Earth Sciences team at Nature. He received a PhD in Plant...
Phil Bogdan, MBC
Communications Manager
Phil Bogdan is a Communications Manager at Research Square. He graduated from the University of St. Thomas School of Business with a master’s degree in business communications. After graduating from college, he worked in South Korea, where he taught English as a second language (ESL) and wrote English language proficiency...
Ravi Murugesan, MS
Ravi works with international non-profit INASP and their AuthorAID project, using his expertise with Moodle to deliver educational courses.
Rebecca Hendrickson, MS
Academic Editor
Rebecca supports AJE customers by providing language editing for research manuscripts. Before joining AJE, Rebecca worked as a civil engineer in the Power Delivery Industry. Prior to working in the engineering industry, she received her Master's degree in Civil Engineering with a structural emphasis from the University of Minnesota where...
Robert Fagen, PhD
Dr. Fagen earned his PhD in Biomathematics from the Harvard University
Roma Konecky, PhD
Editorial Quality Advisor
Roma received her B.S. in Neuroscience from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied the role of the prefrontal cortex in cognitive control and its dysfunction in schizophrenic patients by examining changes in EEG (gamma band activity) and ERP signals in the brain. She also studied the interaction between the...
Sarah Conte, PhD
Senior Research Communication Partner
Dr. Conte is currently a Research Communication Partner at AJE and has been with the company since 2009. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology. Subsequently, she completed a postdoc at UMass Amherst where she studied transporter proteins involved in...
Sarah Mudrak, PhD
Dr. Mudrak received her PhD in Genetics from Duke University, where she studied mutagenesis in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. She is currently a Program Manager at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute.
Sheila Vieira, PhD
Academic Translation Advisor II
Dr. Vieira is a Portuguese Academic Translation Advisor II at AJE, where she is responsible for ensuring the quality and accuracy of academic and technical translations. She is a Chemical Engineer (UNICAMP, Brazil) with a Master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering (Petrobras/UNICAMP, Brazil) and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering (UNICAMP, Brazil)....
Shirley Cui, PhD
Dr. Shirley Cui earned her PhD in Biotechnology from the Peking University
Stacie Meaux, PhD
Scientific Animator - Production Lead
Dr. Meaux is a Scientific Animator-Production Lead at Research Square, where she has worked since 2013. She graduated from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston with a PhD in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology where she studied eukaryotic gene regulation and has performed over 5 years of postdoctoral...
Suja Thomas, PhD
Dr. Thomas graduated from St. Xavier’s College with a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science before receiving an MS in Applied Mathematics and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her dissertation research focused on mathematical modeling of gene rearrangement events in flowering...
Theresa Andersen, PhD
Dr. Andersen received a BS in Meteorology at Iowa State University and MS and PhD degrees in Geography at the University of Georgia. She finished her graduate and postdoc research at UGA, where she studied the effects of land surface conditions on extreme weather events.
Theresa Somerville
Ms. Somerville worked as the Marketing Communications Manager at AJE, where she worked to provide helpful resources and information to researchers across the globe. Prior to that, Ms. Somerville worked in the non-profit sector to create both business and educational opportunities for citizens in her community. She received her BA...
Tim Roth, MTS
Mr. Roth received a BA in Philosophy from Wheaton College, with additional studies in Earth Sciences and Astronomy, and he studied Renaissance Art at Oxford University. He received his Master of Theological Studies from Duke University, where his thesis work focused on religion and film. He is the author of...
The AJE Team
The team at AJE consists of over 100 PhDs in a wide variety of fields, all dedicated to bringing researchers the highest quality author services and educational resources. See more about the team at www.aje.com/about/our-team.
Rebecca Hendrickson, MS
Academic Editor (MS, Civil/Structural Engineering)
Rebecca supports AJE customers by providing language editing for research manuscripts. Before joining AJE, Rebecca worked as a civil engineer in the Power Delivery Industry. Prior to working in the engineering industry, she received her Master's degree in Civil Engineering with a structural emphasis from the University of Minnesota where...
Prof. Vanderlei Bagnato, PhD
Interviewer: Flavia Jaszczak
Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato simultaneously completed his Bachelor of Physics (University of São Paulo, USP) and Bachelor of Materials Engineering (Federal University of São Carlos, UFSCar) degrees in 1981 and earned a doctorate degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1987. He is currently a full professor...
Prof. Ester Sabino, PhD
Interviewer: Flavia Jaszczak
Prof. Ester Sabino earned both a degree in medicine and a PhD in immunology at the University of São Paulo (USP). After completing her PhD, she worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Irwin Memorial Blood Center (IMBC, USA). From 2015 to 2019, she served as the director of the...
