Sarah Wright is a Research Data and Life Sciences Librarian at Cornell University. Sarah was interviewed by Laura Bowman in April 2023. Can you tell us a little bit about how you came to your current position? I have a Master’s in Botany that is really more geared toward biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology….
Laura Bowman is a Data Curator at DRYAD. Laura was interviewed by Yasir Karim in March 2023. Can you tell us a little bit about how you came to your current position? I have my masters in accounting, and I was an auditor for six years. I then went into Higher Education and did financial…
Yasir Karim a Data Analyst/Data Resources Officer for the Research Resources Team at the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Yasir was interviewed by Jonathan Wheeler in January 2023. Can you tell us a little bit about how you came to your current position? I graduated from college right after the pandemic started in May 2020. I…
Jonathan Wheeler is Associate Professor and Data Curation Librarian at the University of New Mexico’s College of University Libraries and Learning Services. Jon was interviewed by Joanna Thielen in December 2022. Can you tell us a little bit about how you came to your current position? I’ve been in this position [Data Curation Librarian] since…
Joanna Thielen is a Data Curation Specialist for Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. Joanna was interviewed by Briana Ezray Wham in October 2022. Can you tell us a little bit about how you came to your current position? I have a background in chemistry. So, I did a Master’s degree in Chemistry…
Briana Ezray Wham, PhD is the Research Data Librarian – STEM, Data Learning Center Manager, and Eric N. and Bonnie S. Prystowsky Early Career Science Libraries Professor at Penn State. Briana was interviewed by Reina Chano Murray in August 2022. Can you tell us a little bit about how you came to your current position?…
Reina Chano Murray is the Geospatial Data Curator & Applications Administrator at Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Reina was interviewed by Wanda Marsolek in June 2022. Can you tell us a little bit about how you came to your current position? I’m new to academic institutions and libraries. My background is in history, cultural heritage management,…
Wanda Marsolek is an Engineering Liaison and Data Curation Librarian at the University of Minnesota. Wanda was interviewed by Renata Curty in May 2022. (image to left: Wanda Marsolek) I’d like to start learning a little bit about your professional trajectory. How did you come to your current position at the University of Minnesota Libraries?…
Renata Curty is a Social Science Research Facilitator at the University of California – Santa Barbara. Renata was interviewed by Matt Chandler in April 2022. How did you come to your current position? I’ll have to go back to 2015, when I was completing my PhD as a Fulbright Scholar at Syracuse University–which I was…
Matt Chandler is a Research Data Management Specialist at Princeton University. Matt was interviewed by Sandi Caldrone in March 2022. How did you come to your current position? I started at the Princeton Research Data Service (PRDS) in November 2019. Before this, I was a researcher. I completed my PhD at Notre Dame in a…