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SORTEE member voices – Tanya Strydom

[SORTEE member voices is a weekly Q&A with a different SORTEE member]
   

Name: Tanya Strydom.
 

Date: 09 July 2021.
 

Position: Graduate Student.
   

How did you become interested in open research?
At a graduate-level (field) course. This was the first time that I was really introduced to the bigger issue of open research and (by extension) reproducibility, and I decided then and there it was time to Stan… I think this was in part because someone was there to hold my hand through the ‘scary unknown’ of what reproducibility looks like (and how to work towards it), which probably says something about the importance of integrating openness and reproducibility into student training.    

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SORTEE member voices – Ineta Kačergytė

[SORTEE member voices is a weekly Q&A with a different SORTEE member]
   

Name: Ineta Kačergytė.
 

Date: 09 July 2021.
 

Position: doctoral student.
 

Research and/or work interests: I am working within conservation biology and landscape ecology fields, where I am evaluating restoration and creation initiatives to facilitate biodiversity. I mainly work with bird communities, but also involve amphibians and fish..
   

How did you become interested in open research?
It is an increasingly relevant topic. We have been exposed to the difficulties, dangers, and ethics of current research transparency from the early career stage. I think my colleagues, structured courses, open discussion during conferences and other platforms, as well as relevant publications made me interested in this topic.    

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SORTEE member voices – Gideon Deme Gywa

[SORTEE member voices is a weekly Q&A with a different SORTEE member]
   

Name: Gideon Deme Gywa.
 

Date: 09 July 2021.
 

Position: PhD candidate.
 

Research and/or work interests: I’m a PhD scholar at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and hosted at the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. My research over the years has focused on using theoretical models, experimental and field approaches to answer questions in evolutionary ecology, conservation of biodiversity in the ecosystem, and plastic waste management across the African continent. Overall, I am passionate about environmental protection and biodiversity conservation. Currently, I’m the project leader for the AFRICAN ECO-RESEARCH (AFRICER) project.
   

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SORTEE member voices – Angelica Beltran

[SORTEE member voices is a weekly Q&A with a different SORTEE member]
   

Name: Angelica Beltran.
 

Date: 09 July 2021.
 

Position: Widlife Tech.
 

Research and/or work interests: Behavior; connectivity .
   

How did you become interested in open research?
Once I graduated from my Bachelor of Science, I lost the access to research material that my university provided, and found the wall of many folks outside of academia regarding accessibility and prices.    

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SORTEE member voices – Joseph Burant

[SORTEE member voices is a weekly Q&A with a different SORTEE member]
   

Name: Joseph Burant.
 

Date: 09 July 2021.
 

Position: Postdoctoral researcher with CIEE Living Data Project.
 

Research and/or work interests: Research topics include population dynamics, animal behaviour, conservation, migration, and data science. In particular, I’m interested in how populations respond to environmental change and whether we can detect impending population declines before they occur..
 

What is an open / reliable / transparent science practice that you admire but have not yet adopted in your own work?
A fully transparent and reproducible pipeline, from pre-registration to final manuscript publication and data archiving.    

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SORTEE member voices – Antje Girndt

[SORTEE member voices is a weekly Q&A with a different SORTEE member]
   

Name: Antje Girndt.
 

Date: 08 July 2021.
 

Position: Former postdoc.
 

Research and/or work interests: biology & education.
 

Tell us about a paper that influenced your thinking on an issue of open / reliable / transparent research.
Smaldino and McElreath 2016: The natural selection of bad science https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsos.160384    

What was your most embarrassing coding moment?
Lots and lots of ugly plots.    

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