Who we are

Faculty of 1000 Biology is produced by Biology Reports Ltd and is part of the Science Navigation Group.

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Biology Reports Ltd

David Weedon
Managing Director, Biology Reports Ltd
David is the Publisher of Faculty of 1000 Biology, and other forthcoming literature awareness and literature review products. After a PhD in Neuroimmunology and a post-doctoral term as an Immunologist, both within the University of London, he joined forces with Vitek Tracz (see above) and Peter Newmark (formerly Editorial Director for Biology of BioMed Central) to build and run the Current Opinion series of journals in biology.

Steven Lokwan
Director of Operations, Faculty of 1000
Steven helped set up Faculty of 1000 Biology and manages all aspects of the day-to-day running of the Faculty of 1000 Editorial office. He joined Faculty of 1000 Biology after studying at University of Wales Swansea where he obtained a BSc (Hons) degree in Biology, and a PhD in Neuropsychopharmacology.

Fiona Beeley
Senior Editorial Manager
Fiona helps manage the Faculty of 1000 Editorial team. She is also responsible for overseeing the day-to-day running of the Faculties, editing submissions and editorial training. She joined Faculty of 1000 after obtaining a BSc (Hons) in Medical Microbiology at University of Edinburgh.

Martin Delamare
Senior Editorial Manager
Martin helps manage the Faculty of 1000 Editorial team. He is also responsible for overseeing the day-to-day running of the Faculties, editing submissions and editorial training. He joined Faculty of 1000 after obtaining a BSc (Hons) in Biology at University of Sussex.

Michelle Webb
Senior Editorial Manager
Michelle is responsible for managing and co-ordinating all aspects of editing and editorial training. She joined Faculty of 1000 after receiving a BSc (Hons) in Human Biology at Oxford Brookes University.

Emma Fabiani
Editor
Emma is responsible for the day-to-day running of a sub-set of the Faculties and the editing of submissions. She joined Faculty of 1000 Biology after obtaining a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry with Cellular and Molecular Biology at The University of Kent.

Rebecca Bull
Senior Editorial Assistant
Rebecca is responsible for the day-to-day running of a sub-set of the Faculties and the editing of submissions. She joined Faculty of 1000 Biology after obtaining an MSc in Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry at the University of Nottingham.

Joanna Goldsmith
Senior Editorial Assistant
Joanna is responsible for the day-to-day running of a sub-set of the Faculties and for the editing of submissions. She joined Faculty of 1000 Biology after obtaining a BSc (Hons) in Biology at University of Leicester.

Louise Abbott
Senior Editorial Assistant
Louise is responsible for the day-to-day running of a sub-set of the Faculties and for the editing of submissions. She joined Faculty of 1000 Biology after obtaining a BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences at University of Warwick.

Tannaz Aliabadi-Zadeh
Senior Editorial Assistant
Tannaz is responsible for the day-to-day running of a sub-set of the Faculties and for the editing of submissions. She joined Faculty of 1000 Biology after obtaining a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry at Imperial College, London.

Abigail Moore
Senior Editorial Assistant
Abigail is responsible for the day-to-day running of a sub-set of the Faculties and for the editing of submissions. She joined Faculty of 1000 Biology after obtaining a BSc (Hons) in Biology at University College London.

Marketing, Sales, Advertising and PR

Kathleen Wets
Director Marketing and Sales, Faculty of 1000
Kathleen is responsible for Faculty of 1000 Marketing and Sales (which includes F1000 Biology and F1000 Medicine). Previously, Kathleen was Deputy Managing Director for Faculty of 1000 Biology, where she helped design and build Faculty of 1000, as well as working on business development. In addition, she was an advisor for BMC on proactive journal acquisitions. Prior to this, she worked at Merck Sharp & Dohme (Terlings Park, Harlow), edited Current Opinion in Neurobiology (Current Science Group), and then was the senior editor for various other Current Opinion titles (Elsevier). Kathleen studied Human Biology at Stanford University (California) and completed her graduated studies in Neurochemistry at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London.

Robert Kursten
Marketing Manager, Faculty of 1000
Robert is responsible for the planning and implementation of the overall marketing strategy, working in concert with the rest of the Faculty of 1000 team. Since completing his BA degree at the University of South Africa in 1996, Robert has been active in the publishing industry, and for the last six years has specialised in the sales and marketing of STM publications.

Eva Fong
Marketing Assistant, Faculty of 1000
Eva joined F1000 as a Marketing Assistant, after gaining her MA in Communications Policy Studies from City University, and her Bachelors Computing degree from University of Bath. Currently studying for a Professional Diploma in Marketing (CIM), she is responsible for working on email, online and print marketing campaigns for Faculty of 1000 Biology and Medicine.

Technology

Philip Coates
Senior Developer, Faculty of 1000

Darren Taylor
Technical Project Manager, Faculty of 1000

Science Navigation Group

Vitek Tracz
Chairman
Vitek is the Chairman of the Science Navigation Group, of which BioMed Central is a member company. Vitek studied Mathematics in Warsaw and Jerusalem, and cinema at the Slade School of Art in London. Over the years, as Chairman of the Science Navigation Group, of which Biology Reports Ltd is a member company, he has developed a number of innovative publishing projects: the Current Opinion series of journals in many areas of biology and clinical medicine; as well as some important primary journals including Current Biology, Structure, Genome Biology, AIDS, and Journal of Hypertension; and web-based projects including BioMedNet, the Investigational Drugs Database IDdb, BioMed Central, and now Faculty of 1000 Biology and Medicine.

Anne Greenwood
Group Managing Director
Anne's main responsibilities include overseeing the activities of each of the Science Navigation Group companies; directing the activities of Current Controlled Trials, which offers trial registration and hosting services; and directing the creation of Faculty of 1000 Medicine, the new literature evaluation service based on the highly successful format of Faculty of 1000 Biology. She has worked with Vitek since 1983, launching and publishing a range of websites, books, pharmaceutical sponsored publications and journals (such as the "Current Opinion" series).

Andrew Crompton
Chief Operating Officer and Legal Director
Andrew is responsible for all operational and legal matters for Science Navigation Group and is the Chairman's deputy. A lawyer by training, Andrew first joined what was then the Current Science Group in 1996 as Business Development Director. He left to become Legal and Business Development Director for the Macmillan Group in 1998 before returning to the Current Science Group in January 2003.