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:::{profile} Samuel Guay
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roles: |
    Book Dash Participant (2020)
github: SamGuay
orcid: 0000-0001-6990-839X
bio: |
    I'm a PhD student in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Montreal, Canada, researching the effects of repetitive head impacts on inactive and retired athletes with a neuroimaging perspective. In parallel, I've started the [Open Science UMontreal](https://umontreal.openscience.ca) initiative to equip early-career scientists with better knowledge and tools to implement more open science in their workflow. The OSUM community members are really awesome :rocket:.
    Specifically, I have been working to set a process to translate _The Turing Way_ in French. I contributed to adding [hypothes.is](https://web.hypothes.is/) to _The Turing Way_.
highlights: |
    The whole November 2020 Book Dash was my highlight. I got to know a welcoming community and amazing humans throughout the week. It was amazing to witness so much progress in that tiny amount of time.
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:::{profile} Sara Villa
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roles: |
    Steering Committee Member;
    Community Management Working Group Co-Chair;
    Book Dash participant (2022 and 2024)
github: SaraVilla
orcid: 0000-0001-9502-0888
bio: |
    I am a molecular biologist with a big interest in Open Science and Reproducibility. I am a mentor for the Open Seeds  Mentoring and Training Programme (OLS) and do most of my research at King's College London.
highlights: |
    2022: I enjoyed contributing to The Turing Way for the first time. It was amazing to talk to the people and organise my brain for future projects. Also got to add a tiny contribution to the Leadership chapter

    2024: This year's book dash has been great for me to keep consolidating my GitHub learning. I have finally started shaping myc ontribution to the Mental Health chapter, though it is still in early phases and I hope to keep working on it during Collab cafes and the next Book Dash. I have also identified a potential link with the Hybrid working chapter and are in touch with other collaborators. And, I was also able to make a 'final' contribution by adding a new image to the Book! that felt actually great :D
quote: |
    2022: The Turing Way is the perfect place for a never-ending learning path while keeping your voice heard and feeling confident enough to contribute in whatever form you can.

    2024: Amazing organisation, great experience as always. It is very uplifting and always learning something new from this community. I only hope to someday give it back.
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:::{profile} Sarah Gibson
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roles: |
    Infrastructure Working Group Member (2021-Present);
    Project Delivery Team Member (2010-2021);
    Book Dash Participant/Mentor (2020)
github: sgibson91
orcid: 0000-0003-0356-2765
bio: |
    Sarah Gibson is an open source contributor and advocate.
    She was a Research Software Engineer at the Turing and an Open Source Infrastructure Engineer previously at 2i2c.
    She holds more than two years of experience as a Research Engineer at a national institute for data science and artificial intelligence, as well as holding a core contributor role in the open source projects Binder, JupyterHub, and the Turing Way.
    She is a member of the mybinder.org operating team and maintains infrastructure supporting a global community in sharing reproducible computational environments.
highlights: |
    Being invited to join the mybinder.org operating team after working with them through _The Turing Way_ and helping people get up and running on mybinder.org through _From Zero to Binder_ workshops.
more: |
    Sarah is passionate about working with domain experts to leverage cloud computing in order to accelerate cutting-edge, data-intensive research and disseminate the results in an open, reproducible and reusable manner.
    She also holds a Fellowship with the Software Sustainability Institute and advocates for best software practices in research.
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:::{profile} Saranjeet Kaur Bhogal
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roles: |
   Book Dash Committee (2023);
   Book Dash Participant (2022-2023)
github: SaranjeetKaur
twitter: qwertyquesting
orcid: 0000-0002-7038-1457
bio: |
    [Saranjeet Kaur Bhogal](https://saranjeetkaur.github.io/About-Me/) is a Community Manager (Asia) at the Research Software Alliance and a 2023 Fellow of the Software Sustainability Institute.
highlights: |
    Worked on the Hybrid Collaboration chapter with \@sandygudie and reviewed a PR by \@jcolomb at the May 2023 Book Dash. She is interested in learning about open source and open science and likes to remain involved with open science community work. In early 2021, she wrote the first draft of the [R Development Guide](https://github.com/r-devel/rdevguide) through a project funded by the [R Foundation](https://www.r-project.org/foundation/). Furthermore, she co-led the work on the outreach of the R Development Guide at the [Digital Infrastructure Incubator at Code for Science & Society](https://incubator.codeforscience.org/).
    Recently, she is working as a Technical Writer with The R Project at the Google Season of Docs 2022 for a project to ["Expand and Reorganize the R Development Guide"](https://github.com/rstats-gsod/gsod2022/wiki/GSOD-2022-Proposal). Previously, she has also worked with the Julia Language organization for [Google Summer of Code 2020](https://gist.github.com/SaranjeetKaur/37086fea06076bd3ec76d052cc166378). In early 2022, she was selected as the founding committee of NumFOCUS Project Incubator. She co-founded the [Research Software Engineering (RSE) Asia Association](https://rse-asia.github.io/RSE_Asia/) during my participation in the [Cohort 4 of the Open Life Science programme](https://openlifesci.org/ols-4/projects-participants/), to promote the RSE community and profession in the Asia region. She is also participating in the [Pilot Mentorship Programme](https://society-rse.org/events/pilot-mentoring-programme/) of the Society of Research Software Engineering to further build the RSE Asia community.

    Sharing the RSE Asia formation story through an open interview & collaborating with Adrien Liard (Scriberia artist)!
more: |
    I like creating zines & cartoons!
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:::{profile} Sebastián Ayala Ruano
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roles: |
    Book Dash participant (2024)
github: sayalaruano
orcid: 0000-0001-9756-6745
website: https://sayalaruano.github.io/
bio: |
    I am a bioinformatician and freelance data scientist.
    Currently, I work as a research assistant in the Multiomics Network Analytics Group at the Technical University of Denmark, where I focus on projects at the intersection of bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, and network science.
    Being passionate about open science, I contribute to research and software development communities, including the [ISCB Student Council](https://iscbsc.org/), [The Carpentries](https://carpentries.org/), the [Streamlit Creators](https://streamlit.io/creators), and the [Open Seeds program by OLS](https://openlifesci.org/).
highlights: |
    Being a first book dasher, I was a bit lost and overwhelmed, but everyone was eager to help and guide me on different aspects of the project and how to make my first contribution.
    I also loved socializing with the community members and participating in the Scriberia session.
    During the 2024 November Book Dash, I worked with Johanna Bayer and Jyoti Bhogal to start a new chapter for 'Personal Websites' under the guide for Communication.
    Our pull request is available [here](https://github.com/the-turing-way/the-turing-way/pull/3937).
quote: |
    The _Turing Way_ is one of the most welcoming and inclusive communities I've been part of. Thanks for building such an incredible space for learning and collaboration.
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:::{profile} Seun Olufemi
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roles: |
    Book Dash Participant (2024)
github: seunolufemi123
orcid: 0000-0002-8292-2345
bio: |
    I am an Open Science enthusiast and OLS (Open Life Science) Resident Fellow.
    I co-lead the Bioinformatics Outreach Nigeria project to expand bioinformatics capacity through Open Science.
highlights: |
    I initiated the writing of a new chapter, "Enhancing Reproducibility in African and Low-Resource Settings".
    I also Interacted with other participants during the book dash event, and participated in the community and shareouts sessions
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:::{profile} Shern Tee
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roles: |
    Book Dash Participant (2022-2023)
github: srtee
orcid: 0000-0003-2701-005X
bio: |
    I am working as a postdoctoral researcher in Brisbane focused on molecular dynamics software and methodology.
    As a research software engineer (RSE) I want academia and institutions to recognize the invaluable work we do and support us better!
highlights: |
    Upgrading the TTW chapter on RSEs, and getting to know a whole new group of wonderful people!
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:::{profile} Sophia Batchelor
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roles: |
    TPS Staff (2022-Present);
    HacktoberFest contribution facilitator (2021);
    Book Dash Participant (2020)
github: BrainonSilicon
orcid: 0000-0002-8572-2058
bio: |
    I am a PhD student at the University of Leeds studying sensorimotor learning with the Center for Immersive Technologies. My research focuses on understanding how how our brains interpret and respond to both our physical reality, and a constructed reality (AR/VR). I do this through a deep love of the brain and emerging technologies. We will soon be existing in the future that we are creating now; so when we build with a "people first" (or a brain first) philosophy, we end up building a space that allows people to flourish.
highlights: |
    MY FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO THE TURING WAY! It's an absolute honour to join The Turing Way community as we look towards an open, ethical, and accessible future. After having such a mixed STEM and non-STEM background, I'm thrilled to have joined this community as it grows and guides my thinking about how and what it means to do research.
more: |
    I'm a fierce advocate for ethical and open research, and those beliefs tend to carry into everything I do. I previously worked on Brain-Computer Interfaces after finishing my undergrad at UC Berkeley where I saw the incredible work that can be done through collaborative, cross-disciplinary science. I'm now part of Open Life Science's second cohort learning how to implement the teachings of The Turing Way because when good science and good practice meet, great things can happen.
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:::{profile} Sophie Aranas
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roles: |
    Book Dash participant (2024)
github: aranas
orcid: 0000-0001-9708-7058
bio: |
    I am a Research Application Manager at the Turing Research and Innovation Cluster in Digital Twins (TRIC:DT). As part of the Innovation and Impact Hub, I work towards open and reproducible computational and social tools around digital twin technology across a range of sectors. My educational background is in cognitive computational neuroscience.
highlights: |
    I got to experiment and learn about SEO and website analytics tools which was great. I particularly enjoyed the share-outs at the end of the book dash, it was a fantastic way to end the week with lots of celebrations and feeling inspired by others'work.
quote: |
    The Turing Way community is has this extremely collaborative & supportive spirit, where everyone celebrates each others contributions no matter how big and small. Participating in the book dash for the first time was a wonderful example of this. It really made me experience the uniqueness of this community and the power of team work.
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:::{profile} Susana Roman Garcia
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roles: |
    PhD student (2020-Present);
    Co-facilitator for TTW presentation at [Data Science Perspectives - Multidisciplinary PhD Conference (2023)](https://zenodo.org/records/7704563);
    Co-facilitator for Onboarding Calls for the Turing Way Project;
    Part of the Book Dash Working Group;
    Book Dash Participant (May 2023, November 2023)
github: Susana465
orcid: 0009-0004-6967-7754
bio: |
    I am a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, I was also an Enrichment student at the Alan Turing Institute for the 2022/2023 cohort. Reproducibility and bias in science are huge driving forces of how I work. I am currently finishing up my PhD which involves creating computer models of specific molecules involved in animal memory, and embedding ethics and reproducibility into the work that I do.
highlights: |
    Writing and working together with many people to get the {ref}`er-datahazards` Chapter published.
    Making a Pull Request for the Data Hazards chapter together with Ceilidh Welsh was definitely also a big highlight!
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:::{profile} Susanna-Assunta Sansone
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roles: |
    FAIR-Cookbook Representative;
    Book Dash Participant (2019)
github: susannasansone
orcid: 0000-0001-5306-5690
bio: |
    Susanna-Assunta Sansone is an Associate Director and Principal Investigator at the Oxford e-Research Centre, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Science of the University of Oxford.
    She is also a Consultant for Springer Nature and a Founding Honorary Academic Editor of the Scientific Data journal.
more: |
    Susanna-Assunta Sansone's motto is "Better data for better science".
    With her group of brilliant research software & knowledge engineers, she researches and develops methods and tools to improve data reuse; they work for data transparency, research integrity and the evolution of scholarly publishing.
    She also conducts research-on-research, to improve how research is practiced and shared.
    Specifically, she strives to make digital research objects, including data, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable, FAIR, for humans and machines.
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