PKP has assembled an international team of research associates engaged in the study of scholarly communication. They each play a vital role in the contribution that research and scholarship make to this project’s goal of advancing open access and open science through open infrastructure.
Scientific Director

Juan Pablo Alperin
Associate Professor, Publishing Studies, SFU, and Co-Director of ScholCommLab. View publications.
0000-0002-9344-7439
RESEARCH AFFILIATES
JON BALL
PhD Student, Education Data Science, Stanford GSE
0000-0003-2881-0016
DIEGO CHAVARRO
Postdoctoral Fellow, ScholCommLab, Simon Fraser University
0000-0001-9116-0891
NATASCHA CHTENA
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Publishing Program, Simon Fraser University
0009-0006-3586-5372
DENNIS DONATHAN II
Assistant Professor, STEM Librarian, Trinity University
0000-0001-8042-0539
ALICE FLEERACKERS
Assistant Professor, Media Studies, University of Amsterdam
0000-0002-7182-4061
SAURABH KHANNA
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Science, University of Amsterdam
0000-0002-9346-4896
LAUREN MAGGIO
LAURA MOOREHEAD
Associate Professor, Journalism, San Francisco State University
0000-0001-9185-6290
MIKE NASON
Open Scholarship & Publishing Librarian, University of New Brunswick
0000-0001-5527-8489
DANIEL PIMENTEL
Assistant Professor, University of Alabama
0000-0001-9700-8727
CHARLES RAHAL
Senior Departmental Research Lecturer, University of Oxford
0000-0002-1764-2697
PARTH SARIN
MS Computer Science Candidate, Stanford University
0009-0004-9317-1446
STEPHANIE SAVAGE
Scholarly Communications and Copyright Services Librarian, University of British Columbia
0000-0002-2648-5603
EMILY SOUTHERTON
Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences, West Chester University
0000-0003-1696-1116
JULIE SHI
Digital Preservation Librarian, Scholars Portal
0000-0003-1242-1112
MARCO TULLNEY
Head of Publishing Services, Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)
0000-0002-5111-2788
JOHN WILLINSKY
RESEARCH AFFILIATES
JON BALL
PhD Student, Education Data Science, Stanford GSE
0000-0003-2881-0016
DIEGO CHAVARRO
Postdoctoral Fellow, ScholCommLab, Simon Fraser University
0000-0001-9116-0891
NATASCHA CHTENA
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Publishing Program, Simon Fraser University
0009-0006-3586-5372
DENNIS DONATHAN II
Assistant Professor, STEM Librarian, Trinity University
0000-0001-8042-0539
ALICE FLEERACKERS
Assistant Professor, Media Studies, University of Amsterdam
0000-0002-7182-4061
SAURABH KHANNA
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Science, University of Amsterdam
0000-0002-9346-4896
LAUREN MAGGIO
LAURA MOOREHEAD
Associate Professor, Journalism, San Francisco State University
0000-0001-9185-6290
MIKE NASON
Open Scholarship & Publishing Librarian, University of New Brunswick
0000-0001-5527-8489
DANIEL PIMENTEL
Assistant Professor, University of Alabama
0000-0001-9700-8727
CHARLES RAHAL
Senior Departmental Research Lecturer, University of Oxford
0000-0002-1764-2697
PARTH SARIN
MS Computer Science Candidate, Stanford University
0009-0004-9317-1446
STEPHANIE SAVAGE
Scholarly Communications and Copyright Services Librarian, University of British Columbia
0000-0002-2648-5603
EMILY SOUTHERTON
Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences, West Chester University
0000-0003-1696-1116
JULIE SHI
Digital Preservation Librarian, Scholars Portal
0000-0003-1242-1112
MARCO TULLNEY
Head of Publishing Services, Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)
0000-0002-5111-2788