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Alex Gushurst-Moore

Research & Impact Coordinator, Fitzwilliam Museum

Areas Of Expertise:

Data visualisation, Data collection, Database design, Licensing, Copyright, Sensitive data, Research data ethics, Data protection and research, Data policies, Data storage, Institutional repositories, Open data, Digitisation, Social media & digital communications, Website development

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Alexandra Gushurst-Moore is the Research & Impact Coordinator of the Fitzwilliam Museum and Coordinator of Cambridge Visual Culture. Her doctoral thesis, entitled “The Making of Modern Fantasy in the Visual Arts of England, ca. 1850–1920”, was supervised by Elizabeth Prettejohn at the University of York. She holds an MA(Hons) from the University of Edinburgh and an MSt from the University of Oxford. Beyond her research, she has professional experience of and interest in British educational policy, the strategy and operation of HEIs and the facilitation of inclusive and supportive research cultures.

Andrew Thwaites, PhD

Visiting Scientist

Department of Psychology

Areas Of Expertise:

Bioinformatics, Data sharing, Big data, Coding, Python, R language, SQL, Git, Matlab, Java, Data visualisation, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Data Management Plans, Data policies, Data archiving, Code sharing, Open data, Imaging, Illustration, Website development

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acgt2@cam.ac.uk

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0000-0002-6237-7140

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Neuroscience data

Dequn Teng

PhD Candidate, Department of Engineering

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, SQL, Matlab, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Data collection, Database design, Copyright, Data sharing, Code sharing, Open data, Imagin

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dt517@cam.ac.uk

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Dequn (Peter) Teng is a Ph.D. candidate supervised by Dr. Veronica Martinez in the Business Model Innovation Group at the Institute of Manufacturing. His current research area is on blockchain and machine learning integrated methods for supply chain management.

Dequn graduated from University of Liverpool (2+2 route) with a first class honours degree in Computer Science and Electronic Engineering. His past research experiences relate to blockchain and digital innovation, with peer reviewed conference paper publications on IEEE Xplore and EI. Additionally, He has ten invention patent applications under substantive review process, ranging from Blockchain and Mechanical Design Innovation. For industrial exposure, he has taken research internships at Deutsche Bank (Shanghai) for digital transformation research, and Unilever (UK) for PowerBI visualization. Moreover, he loves mathematical modelling and was awarded Meritorious Winner at the Mathematical Contest in Modeling.

Mandy Wigdorowitz, PhD

Open Research Community Manager

Areas Of Expertise:

R language, Git, Data visualisation, Statistical analysis, Data Management Plans, Data collection, Experimental design, Copyright, Sensitive data, Research data ethics, Data protection and research, Data policies, Data storage, Institutional repositories, Discipline-specific repositories, General repositories, Data sharing, Code sharing, Open data, FAIR Data, Data archiving, Data preservation, Writing/publishing data papers, Surveys, Audiovisual data, Workshop delivery, Social media & digital communications

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Mandy Wigdorowitz is Open Research Community Manager for Cambridge University Libraries. She holds a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics from the University of Cambridge, St John's College, and is a registered Research Psychologist with a Masters in Social and Psychological Research from the University of the Witwatersrand. She is interested in the benefits of open research practices across all research disciplines and is building a community that promotes open research at Cambridge. Her research focuses on understanding language and interaction from linguistic, social, cognitive, and psychological perspectives. Mandy is also the Associate Editor for the Journal of Open Humanities Data, which publishes data papers in disciplines spanning the Humanities.

Pratheeba Vimalnath, PhD

Post-doctoral Research Associate

Department of Engineering, Institute for Manufacturing (IfM)

Areas Of Expertise:

Licensing, Copyright, Data analysis, RDM training, Data Management Plans, Intellectual Property (IP), Statistical analysis, Data collection, Database design, Data protection and research, Data sharing, Open data, Illustration

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pv302@cam.ac.uk

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Dr Pratheeba Vimalnath is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, Institute for Manufacturing. She is currently working for the interdisciplinary and international research project IPACST that aims to study the role of IP strategies in accelerating sustainability (social, environmental and economic) transitions. Her research interests broadly include intellectual property strategies, green innovations, and technology and innovation management. She is also a College Research Associate at Wolfson College and an Interest Group Champion for Cambridge Global Challenges (CGC). She holds a doctorate degree in Intellectual Property Management, a Master’s degree in Technology Management and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering, from India.

Sacha Jones, PhD – Data Champion Programme Supervisor

Research Data Manager

Office of Scholarly Communication

Areas Of Expertise:

Research data management, Data Management Plans, Licensing, Sensitive data, Data storage, Institutional repositories, Apollo (Cambridge University repository), Data sharing, Open data, Statistical analysis, Data collection, Database design, Workshop delivery, Digital illustration

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scj23@cam.ac.uk

ORCiD:

0000-0003-0492-2662

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I joined the Office of Scholarly Communication in November 2018 as Research Data Coordinator for the Research Data Management Facility. I manage the Data Champion Programme as part of my role. I have a PhD in Biological Anthropology from the University of Cambridge and was a Post-doctoral Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research from 2009–2017, specialising in human evolution and Palaeolithic archaeology.

Additional areas of expertise:

Archaeology data

Yiqiao Chen

PhD student

Department of Land Economy

Areas Of Expertise:

Big data, Data analysis, Python, R language, Data mining, Data collection, Research data ethics, Open data, Surveys, Textual data, Geospatial data

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yc418@cam.ac.uk

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0000-0003-3575-5553

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Yiqiao is a PhD student in the Department of Land Economy and a member of Churchill College. She holds an MPhil in Planning, Growth and Regeneration from the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge. Yiqiao is exploring the integration of Agent-based model with new dataset beyond Census in simulating smart governance in several growing and shrinking UK cities. Her research interests cover urban data analysis (social media data and census data), dynamic modelling and simulating urban systems, urban shrinkage and policy evaluation.

Alex Gushurst-Moore

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Andrew Thwaites, PhD

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Dequn Teng

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Mandy Wigdorowitz, PhD

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Pratheeba Vimalnath, PhD

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Sacha Jones, PhD – Data Champion Programme Supervisor

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Yiqiao Chen

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