Marcus Munafò is Professor of Biological Psychology in the School of Psychological Science and MRC Investigator in the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol. He has a long-standing interest in the factors that contribute to research quality; he was recently appointed Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Research Culture at the University of Bristol’s, and chairs its Research Culture Committee. In 2019, he co-founded the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN), which has received funding from Research England to accelerate the uptake of open research practices across the sector, and supported the establishment of similar Reproducibility Networks in a growing number of other countries and regions.
Ailís O’Carroll is the Head of Scientific Community Engagement and Programme Management at Ireland's National Sport and Science Centre where she connects global researchers with the public to inspire future scientists, as well as empowering researchers to gain the tools they need to drive change. Her passion for open science and the impact of knowledge sharing grew when she took on the role of Science Community Manager for the open access journal eLife. Here O'Carroll established and grew networks, programmes and initiatives to support and elevate open science, reproducibility, global collaboration and diversity in STEM. She holds a degree in Immunology from Trinity College Dublin and completed her Ph.D. at UNSW Sydney.
Tony Ross-Hellauer is Head of the Open and Reproducible Research Group, an interdisciplinary research group based at Graz University of Technology and Know Center Research GmbH, located in Graz, Austria. A meta-researcher with a background in Information Science and Philosophy, his research focuses on a variety of topics related to the evaluation and governance of research, with a specific focus on Open Science. He is Deputy Chair of the UK Reproducibility Network International Advisory Committee and Project Coordinator and PI for the EC-Horizon project TIER2 (enhancing Trust, Integrity and Efficiency in Research through next-level Reproducibility).
Jonny Coates is a leading advocate for academic reform with almost 10 years’ experience in advocating for preprint usage and changes to scientific communication. He hosts the Preprints in Motion podcast & his work has been covered by everywhere from the BBC to Nature and across leading international outlets. Although an immunologist by background, he established himself as an expert in metascience during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was previously a postdoc in London and Cambridge before joining ASAPbio as the Associate Director in 2023. He completed his PhD in fruit fly immunology at the University of Sheffield in 2019 and currently sits on the scientific advisory boards of Europe PMC, eiRxiv and the Africa Reproducibility Network (AREN).
Batool Almarzouq is a Research Project Manager for AI for Multiple Long-Term Conditions: Research Support Facility (AIM RSF) at The Alan Turing Institute and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool. She believes that open science fundamentally supports decolonization by challenging the legacy of settler colonialism, which often marginalised indigenous knowledge systems, and by promoting the integration and respect of these diverse perspectives within broader scientific discourse. She founded the Open Science Community Saudi Arabia (OSCSA) and actively engages as a mentor and governance committee member for the Open Life Science program, as well as a member of the Open Science expert group organised by the International Association of Universities (IAU).
