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I have worked at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences unit since 2002 and we transferred to the University in July 2017. I have experiences of dealing with various issues in regards to Open Access, Open Science and Research Governance due to the differing funding and regulatory conditions between the University and the MRC that we must abide to. I am also Secretary of the Cambridge Library Group and have been since 2011.

As the Research Support Librarian at the Department of Engineering I am part of the Technology Libraries team providing library services for the Departments of Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, and Computer Science and Technology. My role includes providing training and advice on research data management and open data. I became a Data Champion in my previous role as the Library Manager at the Cambridge Conservation Initiative, supporting nature conservation researchers from the university and NGOs. I have previous experience, from research during masters degrees, working with ethnographic data in libraries and statistical analysis of palaeobiology data using R.

Lucy Rycroft-Smith is a mathematician, designer and researcher in mathematics education with specific expertise in curriculum design, gender in education, research summarising and dissemination, and infographic design. She designs infographics, writes and edits Espressos (summaries of mathematics education research for maths teachers) and has written a book to accompany these, the Primary Teacher's Maths Journeybook. She often uses creative or art-based methods in research alongside and intertwined with mathematics and statistics, and is a data feminist.

Marina has a PhD from the Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Department at the University of Cambridge. She has previous industrial experience in R&D by working with multinational companies and start-ups. Currently, Marina is Commercialisation Associate in the Physical Sciences team at Cambridge Enterprise. She identifies and evaluates new technologies arising from University research, supporting academics with the protection of their intellectual property and commercialisation of their research outputs.

Prior to joining Cambridge Enterprise, Marina worked as a Research Analyst at the University of Cambridge. Amongst her main responsibilities, Marina conducted research and analysis of international projects and partnerships, providing analytical trends and insightful data that allowed the University to forge strategic partnerships with external institutions.