Who's who

Anna Boyajyan

Anna Boyajyan has been involved in science since graduating from university in 1976. She defended her PhD thesis in 1986, and received a doctor of science degree in 1997. She is an internationally acknowledged scientist, professor in molecular and cellular biology, and member of many international scientific societies. She has published three books and around 70 scientific articles and has received prestigious international and national awards for contribution in science and technology. Anna is currently the Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences and Head of the Department of Biotechnology of the International Scientific and Educational Centre.

John Feather

John Feather graduated from Oxford, after which he worked in publishing and librarianship before moving to Loughborough University. He has also worked in Pakistan, Sudan and Thailand among other countries. His publications include a revised edition of his History of British Publishing (Routledge 2006), and Communicating Knowledge: Publishing in the 21st century (Saur 2003). He has published widely on issues relating to publishing, the book trade and information science. He has been Professor of Library and Information Studies at Loughborough University since 1988.

Gagik Gurzadyan

Gagik Gurzadyan received a Ph.D. degree from Moscow State University in 1983 and Dr.Sci. degree from Yerevan State University in 1996. Since 1980 he has worked at different scientific institutes and universities in Yerevan, Armenia; Moscow, Russia; Mülheim and Berlin in Germany; Paris, France; and Namur in Belgium. He has authored/co-authored six books and 60 scientific articles. He is currently a senior scientist at the Institute for Physical Research (Armenia) and at the Technical University of Munich (Germany).

Dominique Hounkonnou

Dominique Hounkonnou is an Agronomist and has a PhD in Social Sciences. He worked in agricultural extension in Benin from 1974-1984 and at the CTA, EU-ACP Centre for the Dissemination of Scientific and Technical Information on Agriculture and Rural Development in Wageningen, The Netherlands from 1984-1996. He is currently private consultant at Connecting Development Partners (CDP) International in Benin.

Teame Mebrahtu

Teame Mebrahtu received an MEd and a PhD in Education and National Development at Bristol University, UK. He specialises in the training and professional development of teachers, delivering management skills and capacity-building training targeted at staff in Educational Establishments, NGO`s and CBO`s and undertaking full and/or mid-term Review of Education Sector Programmes. Teame has also worked in the fields of Ethnic Minorities education, Development Education and has been responsible for reviewing the role of International Aid Agencies in the developing world. Currently, Teame runs Education4Development.

N. Mukunda

N. Mukunda obtained PhD in theoretical physics from University of Rochester, USA, in 1964. He was a faculty member at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India, from 1967until 1972 and was Professor and later Honorary Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, until his retirement in 2006. He is currently Vice President and Editor of Publications at the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India.

Graciela Muñoz

Graciela Muñoz has published several articles in mainstream journals and she has also received several awards during her academic career, including the Zonta Award in 1977, which was given to her as the best female student to graduate from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. She is Director of the Institute of Biology and Editor-in-Chief of the Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, a Latin American open access journal covered by the ISI Web of Science. Graciela is currently a full professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso in Chile.

Praditta Siripan

Praditta Siripan has extensive experience in information and knowledge management in library and information services and she is active in metadata implementation for digital libraries, especially the Dublin Core Metadata Initiatives. Her current position is Director of the Technical Information Access Center (TIAC), of the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) in Thailand.

Ling Thompson

Ling Thompson joined the Royal Society in 1979 to work on international bilateral relations, establishing information services on Chinese, Japanese and Soviet scientific research, and was responsible for substantial international networking budgets.  Since retiring as Head of International Affairs in 2004 she has been associated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Wendy White

Wendy white holds advanced degrees in Library Science and Publishing, as well as undergraduate degrees in French and History. She managed the U.S. National Academy of Sciences library, information and publishing programs in developing countries and has worked with scientists in more than 50 countries.  For 10 years, she was director of the Board on International Scientific Organizations at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.