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I currently lead the Open Research Systems Team, which is part of the Digital Initiatives within Cambridge University Library. My role involves being responsible for the technical aspects of our Institutional Repository, Apollo, as well as evaluating and integrating the institutional repository and related workflows for data and publication deposits into other systems, such as CRIS systems for research information management.

Additional areas of expertise: 

Digital archiving, social sciences data, repositories, metadata standards, linked data.

I’m the Research Support Librarian for the Physical Sciences at the University of Cambridge where I oversee training and support for the research community across a range of disciplines. I’ve worked in research support for seven years and have recently published my first book - “The No-Nonsense Guide to Research Support and Scholarly Communication” (Facet Publishing).

Additional areas of expertise:

RDM for librarians, presentation skills.

I’ve been working in the Department of Psychiatry for almost a decade now. I specialise in improving process and workflow and in research data management. I also work in branding, digital recruitment, website design and administration, social media management, and data architecture. I am particularly good at thinking of new and creative solutions to emerging problems. I am currently working on ways to govern and organise the many research projects within my department and in the School of Clinical Medicine, and on creating ways to share research and imaging data (MRI, PET etc) openly.  

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.