Cameron Neylon Explained

Cameron Neylon
Birth Name:David Cameron Neylon
Thesis Title:Towards the directed molecular evolution of DNA-binding specificity
Thesis Url:http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/43941146
Thesis Year:1999
Awards:Blue Obelisk award (2010)

David Cameron Neylon is an advocate for open access and Professor of Research Communications at the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University.[1] [2] From 2012 - 2015 they were the Advocacy Director at the Public Library of Science.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Education

Neylon was educated at the University of Western Australia and the Australian National University where they were awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biophysics in 1999 for work on directed molecular evolution and DNA-binding specificity.[8] [9]

Career

In 2009 Neylon was a senior scientist at the ISIS neutron source of the Science and Technology Facilities Council.[10] From 2012 to 2015 they served as director of advocacy at the Public Library of Science.[11] They joined The Centre for Culture and Technology (CCAT) at Curtin University in 2015 as Professor of Research Communications.

Neylon is an original drafter of the Panton Principles and opposed the Research Works Act[12] and advocates for governmental encouragement for researchers to use open access licensing.[13] [14]

Neylon advocates for the use of altmetrics in determining the impact of scholarly publications.[15] [16]

Awards and honours

In 2010 they accepted a Blue Obelisk award.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CCAT Welcomes Professor Cameron Neylon . CCAT . Lab . curtin.edu.au . 25 August 2015 . 25 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060709/http://ccat-lab.org/ccat-welcomes-professor-cameron-neylon/ . 4 March 2016 . dead .
  2. http://oasisapps.curtin.edu.au/staff/profile/view/F750F1B04FD974243E172E5E0EF52985 View staff profile
  3. Book: 978-0596157111 . Beautiful Data: The Stories Behind Elegant Data Solutions . Segaran . Toby . Hammerbacher . Jeff . 2009 . O'Reilly .
  4. Neylon . C. . More Than Just Access: Delivering on a Network-Enabled Literature . 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001417 . PLOS Biology . 10 . 10 . e1001417 . 2012 . 23109911. 3479106 . free .
  5. Web site: Cameron Neylon calls for greater precision in the use of open-access terminology . Cameron . Neylon . . 28 March 2013 . 26 June 2013.
  6. Neylon. Cameron. Cameron Neylon: Time for total scientific openness. New Scientist. 7 September 2011. 2828. 10.1016/S0262-4079(11)62148-9. 26 June 2013.
  7. 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001691. 24167448. Architecting the Future of Research Communication: Building the Models and Analytics for an Open Access Future. PLOS Biology. 11. 10. e1001691. 2013. Neylon . C. . 3805469. free.
  8. PhD . David Cameron. Neylon . Towards the directed molecular evolution of DNA-binding specificity . Australian National University . 1999 . Cameron Neylon.
  9. 11009613 . 2000 . Neylon . S. E. . A. V. . C. S. . C. A. . N. E. . Interaction of the Escherichia coli replication terminator protein (Tus) with DNA: a model derived from DNA-binding studies of mutant proteins by surface plasmon resonance . 39 . 39 . 11989–11999 . Biochemistry . 10.1021/bi001174w . Brown . Kralicek . Miles . Love . Dixon.
  10. Web site: ScienceOnline09 – an interview with Cameron Neylon – A Blog Around The Clock . Coturnix . . 28 December 2009 . 26 June 2013.
  11. Web site: Cameron Neylon to Join PLoS as Director of Advocacy | PLOS . Darlene . Yaplee . plos.org . 27 March 2012 . 26 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130624201034/http://www.plos.org/cameron-neylon-to-join-plos-as-director-of-advocacy/ . 24 June 2013 . dead .
  12. Web site: An Interview with Cameron Neylon, PLoS' New Director of Advocacy . David . Crotty . . 25 April 2012 . 26 June 2013.
  13. Neylon . C. . Science publishing: Open access must enable open use . 10.1038/492348a . Nature . 492 . 7429 . 348–349 . 2012 . 23257864. 2012Natur.492..348N . 21225124 . free .
  14. Web site: White House research directive responds to We the People petition, builds on NIH policies -- FCW . Frank . Konkel . . 27 Feb 2013 . 26 June 2013 . 2 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130302023235/http://fcw.com/articles/2013/02/27/open-government-research.aspx . dead .
  15. Neylon . C. . Wu . S. . 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000242 . Article-Level Metrics and the Evolution of Scientific Impact . PLOS Biology . 7 . 11 . e1000242 . 2009 . 19918558. 2768794 . free .
  16. Web site: Cameron Neylon on practical steps toward open science . Michael . Nielsen . Michael Nielsen . michaelnielsen.org . 10 August 2010 . 26 June 2013 . 14 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130514081007/http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/cameron-neylon-on-practical-steps-toward-open-science/ . dead .
  17. Web site: SourceForge.net: Blue Obelisk Awards - blueobelisk . sourceforge.net . 2012 . 26 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121114181913/http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/blueobelisk/index.php?title=Blue_Obelisk_Awards# . 2012-11-14 . dead .

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