The Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) has identified six emerging and early career professionals who will join the steering committee of the National Science Foundation-funded project, “Building an Integrated, Open, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (BIOFAIR) Data Network.”
The BIOFAIR Data Network project, led by BCoN and the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) in partnership with NSC Alliance, will convene stakeholders from across the spectrum of biodiversity, ecological, and environmental data providers, curators, and users, with the goal of initiating a collaborative and accessible partnership towards an integrative and expanded data network. Over the next two years, the six newly recruited members will work with the core steering committee to catalyze cross-domain discussions, identify a set of shared biodiversity data needs and goals, and develop a collaborative plan that will inform the cross-domain integration of digital data.
Joining the leadership team are:
- Nimanthi Abeyrathna, Clarkson University
- David Kunkel, Oklahoma State University
- Brooke Long-Fox, Phoenix Bioinformatics, South Dakota Mines
- Cameron A. Pittman, Denver Museum of Nature & Science
- Julia Portman, Center for Biodiversity and Global Change, Yale University
- Matthew Sheik, Denver Botanic Gardens