Alexis Kennedy
Global Marketing Manager
Alexis Kennedy is the Global Marketing Manager for AJE. 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 joining...
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
Director 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, Arsalan 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
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
Talent Operations Director, Editing
Dr. Jernigan is the Talent Operations Director at AJE, where he oversees the growth and development of our full-time staff and network of contract academics. He 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...
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
Academic Translation Advisor
Celina Bragagnolo is an Academic Translation Advisor at AJE, where she has worked since 2012. She has a BA (Hunter College) and a PhD (Stony Brook University) in Philosophy. Her research work focused on Social and Political Philosophy.
Chrissy Prater, PhD
Senior Product Development Coordinator - Editorial Services
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 is VP of Content and Engagement at Research Square, where he oversees 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 with editorial...
Elizabeth Sung, PhD
Research Communication Partner
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
Copy Editor, Editing
Jael Perales is a Copy Editor 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 for...
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
Senior Quality Control Editor
Dr. Jones is one of AJE’s Senior Quality Control Editors, where she ensures that our editing meets the highest standards for our customers. She 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. Before...
Jennifer Kirchhoff, PhD
Quality Control Editor
Dr. Kirchhoff is a Quality Control Editor 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...
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
Marketing Manager
Jodi Harrell is a Marketing Manager at Research Square, the company behind AJE, where she helps promote the tools and services researchers need to publish their work. She graduated from North Carolina State University with degrees in Political Science and Public Administration. As a former researcher, she was inspired to...
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...
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...
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
Research Communication Partner
Dr. Hyman has worked for AJE since 2013, as an Editor, Quality Control Editor, and now as a Research Communication Partner helping answer customer questions about our services and the publication process. Prior to joining AJE, she earned a BS in Chemistry from Millersville University and a PhD in Chemistry...
Mariel Wolfson, PhD
Academic Editor
Mariel Wolfson is an Academic Editor at AJE, where she edits a broad range of papers, from the humanities to economics and policy. She has a B.A. in History from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in the History of Science from Harvard University. She has written a dissertation and several...
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....
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
Senior Academic Editor
Dr. Panter is a Senior Academic Editor at AJE and has been editing for the company since 2008. She 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...
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...
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...
Patrick Applegate, PhD
Academic Editor
Patrick Applegate is an Academic Editor at Research Square, where he helps researchers communicate their science and works on data science projects in Python. Patrick earned his Ph. D. in Geosciences from Pennsylvania State University in 2009, and he has previously worked as a researcher, instructor, and scientific programmer. He...
Pete Marbais, PhD, ELS
Quality Control Editor
Dr. Marbais is a Quality Control Editor at AJE. 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 and composition...
Ravi Murugesan, MA
Ravi works with international non-profit INASP and their AuthorAID project, using his expertise with Moodle to deliver educational courses. Ravi is also the owner of Wide Learning, an educational technology service provider based in Mumbai.
Sarah Conte, PhD
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)....
Stacie Meaux, PhD
Scientific Animator
Dr. Meaux is a Scientific Animator/Illustrator 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 research...
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
Scientific Animator
Dr. Andersen is a Scientific Animator at AJE, where she contributes to our illustration and video services. She received a BS in Meteorology at Iowa State University and MS and PhD degrees in Geography at the University of Georgia. After finishing her graduate and postdoc research at UGA, where she...
Theresa Somerville
Marketing Communications Manager
Ms. Somerville is the Marketing Communications Manager at AJE, where she works to provide helpful resources and information to researchers across the globe. Prior to joining AJE, 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
Academic Editor
Mr. Roth is an Academic Editor and has been with AJE since 2009. He 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...
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.
