People

Committees:

Executive Committee

This committee focuses on the strategic matters for the Society and coordinates all other committees. Current members are:

Antica Culina works as a research scientist at the NIOO-KNAW, Netherlands. She is a co-founder and executive board member of SPI-Birds, and the advisory committee member of FAIRsFAIR and Open Knowledge Maps.

Bonnie Wintle is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of BioSciences at Melbourne University, based in the interdisciplinary MetaMelb group.

Clint Kelly is an Associate Professor of Biology and Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Ecology at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Clint currently serves on the SORTEE Executive Committee.

Dom Roche
Dominique Roche is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow at Carleton University, Canada. He studies how open data improve transparency, reproducibility, and collaboration in science.

Elliot Gould (Secretary / Treasurer) is a PhD student studying the transparency and reproducibility of model-based research in applied ecology and conservation at the University of Melbourne.

Malika Ihle is the Reproducible Research Oxford coordinator, she holds a PhD in Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology.

Rose O’Dea is a postdoctoral researcher in the Inter-Disciplinary Ecology and Evolution Lab at the University of New South Wales.

Samantha Burke is a student pursuing a PhD with the Inter-Disciplinary Ecology and Evolution Lab at the University of New South Wales.

Tim Parker (President) is an Associate Professor of Biology at Whitman College and has interests in behavioral ecology, demography, community ecology, and meta-science.

Awards Committee

This committee is responsible for proposing new awards to the SORTEE Executive Committee and will also solicit nominations and select winners, subject to EC oversight and approval.
Current members are:

Alessandro Filazzola
Antica Culina
Bonnie Wintle
Clint Kelly (Chair)
Erlend Nilsen
Hannah Dugdale
Jason Pither
Marcel Carita Vaz
Nicholas Grebe
Sandra Hamel
Wendy Thorogood

Conference Committee

This committee organizes SORTEE conferences.
Current members are:

Amelia Hood
Divya Vasudev
Edward Ivimey-Cook
Elina Takola
Malika Ihle
Matt Grainger
Matthieu Paquet
Rose O’Dea
Victoria Hemming
Tim Parker (Chair)
Malika Ihle
Josefin Sundin
Benoit Pujol

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

This committee works to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within SORTEE.
Current members are:

Kaitlyn Gaynor
Malika Ihle (Co-Chair)
Samantha Burke (Co-Chair)
Sarah Goslee
Victoria Hemming
Antica Culina
Alexander Mielke
Erin Macartney
Kimberly Cook
Kaitlin Stack Whitney
Zuzanna Zagrodza

Education and Outreach Committee

This committee develops plans to provide educational resources to individuals and organizations interested in learning more about improving research by making it more open, reliable, and transparent.
Current members are:

Bawan Amin
Clint Kelly
Cole Brookson
Colette Ward
Ilias Berberi
Malgorzata (Losia) Lagisz
Malika Ihle
Samantha Burke (Co-Chair)
Antica Culina (Co-Chair)
Elliot Gould
Georgia Titcomb
Chris Nadeau
Ehren Moler
Valentin Amrhein

Finance Committee

This committee manages the organization’s finances and government obligations regarding incorporation and taxes.
Current members are:

Bonnie Wintle
Elliot Gould (Co-Chair)
Lauren White
Tim Parker (Co-Chair)

Fundraising Committee

This committee develops and implements plans for raising funds to support SORTEE.
Current members are:

Antica Culina
Dom Roche (Chair)
Joseph Burant
Raphaël Royauté
Shinichi Nakagawa

Media Committee

This committee develops content for the website and for Twitter, designs and maintains the website, and develops new ideas for spreading the word about SORTEE and open, reliable, and transparent science.
Current members are:

Alfredo Sanchez-Tojar
David Murray-Stoker
Heather Ritchie
Jasmine Nirody
Joshka Kaufmann
Malgorzata (Losia) Lagisz
Rose O’Dea
Samantha Burke
Szymek Drobniak
Tim Parker (Chair)
Antica Culina
Jeff Clements
Heather Ritchie

Membership Committee

This committee focuses on recruiting SORTEE members and determining conditions for and benefits of SORTEE membership.
Current members are:

Antica Culina
Borja Esteve Altava
Elliot Gould
Gideon Deme Gywa
Kaija Gahm
Lewis Bartlett
Rose O’Dea (Chair)
Tim Parker

Overlay Journal Committee

This committee is exploring the possibility of establishing an ‘overlay’ journal associated with SORTEE.
Current members are:

Alkistis Elliott-Graves
Antica Culina
Dom Roche (Chair)
Inês Silva
Jithin Vijayan
Kaitlin Kimmel
Matthew Jones
Ross Mounce
Thomas Johnson

Founding Members

Members contributing to the establishment of the Society in 2020 are:

Alfredo Sánchez-Tojar
Allyson O’Brien
Antica Culina
Bonnie Wintle
Clint Kelly
David Duncan
David Wilkinson
Dominique Roche
Elliot Gould
Emilio Bruna
Fiona Fidler
Hannah Fraser
Julia Stewart Lowndes
Malgorzata Lagisz
Malika Ihle
Rose O’Dea
Samantha Burke
Saras Windecker
Shinichi Nakagawa
Szymon Drobniak
Tim Parker
Wolfgang Forstmeier