Meet the Team
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Editor
Andrew Purcell, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
+41 (0) 22 76 62287
Andrew has a BSc degree in Biology from the University of York and an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College London. He has also carried out research at the University of Bayreuth. Andrew has previoulsy worked as a freelance journalist and as online producer for New Scientist. He won the Science Challenge writing prize in 2011 and can be found on Twitter under A_Purcell.
US Desk Editor
Amber Harmon, C/O Indiana University, Indianapolis Indiana, US
+1 317.201.0905
Amber has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Technology from the School of Engineering and Technology at Purdue University, US. A former database administrator and project manager, she is now pursuing her love of writing as the US Desk Editor of iSGTW, hosted by the IT Communications Office at Indiana University, US. Amber is curious about all manners of scientific and technical research, and covers topics such as grid computing, cloud computing, and supercomputing. She also ran her first marathon in 2012, and enjoys photography and traveling the world.
Science Journalist
Zara Qadir, Queen Mary, University of London, School of Physics, London, UK
+44 (0) 207882-3763
Zara's background is in Biological Sciences. She also has Masters in Science Communication, and over the last 12 years she has developed scientific content for diverse audiences from primary school children to brain surgeons. Zara is currently based at Queen Mary, University London in the Physics department, and is a member of e-ScienceTalk (a European communications project that reports on science and policy issues relating to cloud technologies, grids and volunteer computing). She also works part-time as a science writer and has contributed to the New Scientist and The Lancet.
Contributing writers
Francois Grey, EUAsia Grid
The iSGTW Advisory Board
- Katie Yurkewicz, Fermilab Director of Communications and founding editor
- Catherine Gater, Dissemination Manager, EGI, and Project Manager, e-ScienceTalk
- Ruth Pordes, Executive Director, Open Science Grid, and Associate Head of the Fermilab Computing Division
- Steven Newhouse, Director of the European Grid Initiative, EGI.eu
- Paul Avery, Professor, University of Florida, and Resource Manager, Open Science Grid
- Bob Jones, Project Director, EU Project Coordination, CERN
- Simon Lin, Academia Sinica Grid Computing
Terms of Reference
Past Editors
- Adrian Giordani, Interim European Editor and Editor-in-Chief, April 2012 - August 2012
- Miriam Boon, US editor, July 2009 - June 2012
- Vivian Tiän-Tiän Chang, AP Editor, 2012
- Jacqueline Hayes, EU editor, April 2011-April 2012
- Dan Drollette, EU editor, May 2008 - April 2011
- Anne Heavey, US editor, May 2008 - July 2009
- Cristy Burne, editor-in-chief, 6 June 2007 - 7 May 2008
- Danielle Venton, editor-in-chief, 24 January 2007 - 6 June 2007
- Katie Yurkewicz, editor-in-chief, 16 November 2006 (first issue) - 24 January 2007
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