Each quarter, we expand our global network of researchers, helping shape how preprints are shared, discussed, and trusted.
In the very first quarter of 2026, we were pleased to welcome 12 new members to the Preprints.org Advisory Board. They bring expertise across computer science, medicine, environmental science, and the life sciences, strengthening our mission to advance open and early research sharing.
Meet our new members
Dr. Issa Atoum
- Affiliation: Philadelphia University
- Subject: Computer Science and Mathematics
- Interests: Software Engineering, Software Quality, Requirements Engineering, Machine Learning
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Dr. Abhishek Gupta
- Affiliation: Autonomous State Medical College (ASMC)
- Subject: Medicine and Pharmacology
- Interests: obesity, metabolic syndrome, CVD, heart failure, autoimmune diseases, diabetes etc.
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Prof. Dr. Gurudeeban Selvaraj
- Affiliation: Vinayaka Mission’s University
- Subject: Medicine and Pharmacology
- Interests: Omics-driven biomarker discovery; AI model development for drug design; Drug design/target identification; Network Pharmacology; Proteomics and Biomarkers;
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Prof. Dr. Harold Mapoma
- Affiliation: Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences
- Subject: Environmental and Earth Sciences
- Interests: My research interests are hydro-geochemistry, water science, air quality, and waste management
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Dr. Ravi Maharjan
- Affiliation: Yonsei University
- Subject: Medicine and Pharmacology
- Interests: Nanomedicine, drug delivery, pharmaceutics, Lipid-polymer vaccine, Microfluidics, 3D printing, AI/ML, Ionic liquids, ASD, cocrystals
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Dr. Zhijun Zhen
- Affiliation: Jilin University
- Subject: Environmental and Earth Sciences
- Interests: Radiative Transfer Modeling (RTM), Remote Sensing of Vegetation, Urban Remote Sensing, Vegetation Indices (VI), Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST&E), Quantitative Remote Sensing, Differentiable Modeling, High-Throughput Crop Phenotyping, Large-Scale Crop Mapping, Spectral Unmixing
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Dr. Jacinto Treviño Carreón
- Affiliation: Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
- Subject: Biology and Life Sciences
- Interests: Plant community ecology
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Prof. Dr. Maurice van Steensel
- Affiliation: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
- Subject: Biology and Life Sciences
- Interests: I am a clinical dermatologist with a background in molecular genetics. My research interests over the past decades have ranged from genetic skin disorders to ciliary biology and drug development. At this moment, I am developing new interventions for skin microbiome editing, and I am working on innovative treatments for skin diseases such as cell and oligonucleotide therapy.
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Prof. Dr. Dan Cristian Manescu
- Affiliation: Academia de Studii Economice Bucuresti
- Subject: Biology and Life Sciences
- Interests: Sports related topics
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Dr. Juan Moisés de la Serna
- Affiliation: UNIR Research
- Subject: Medicine and Pharmacology
- Interests: Neuroeconomics, Fraud Detection, Decision-Making Biases, Behavioral Economics, AI Governance & Ethics, Program Evaluation, Policy Design, Strategic Decision Making, Cognitive Neuroscience, Mental Health, Neuropsychology, Forensic Psychology
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Prof. Nikolaos Papanikolaou
- Affiliation: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Subject: Biology and Life Sciences
- Interests: Core Science Biochemistry, molecular biology, protein-protein interactions, receptor tyrosine kinase signaling, p53/MDM2 regulation, hypoxia/HIF-1α, stress signaling, epigenetics, and the protein methylome (arginine/lysine). Computational & Systems Biology Network/interactome analysis, multi-omics integration, molecular docking and dynamics, nonlinear dynamics (chaos theory applied to biology), machine learning for biomarker prediction, and bioinformatics. Drug Discovery & Translational Oncology Biomarker strategy, target identification and validation, small-molecule inhibitor development, network pharmacology, preclinical development, and resistance mechanisms in cancer (KIT, FLT3, imatinib). Leadership & Innovation Biotech founding and management (Akesis Med), patent development, AI-driven drug screening platforms, multi-institutional research coordination, graduate training, and science communication
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Dr. Vaitsa Giannouli
- Affiliation: European University Cyprus
- Subject: Social Sciences
- Interests: I am very much interested in quantitative as well as qualitative research focusing on psychological assessment and cross-cultural psychology.
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(Listed in order of joining date, from earliest to most recent.)
Shaping the future of preprints together
Our Advisory Board members actively contribute to:
- Strengthening research integrity
- Sharing insights and ideas to guide platform development
- Collaborating on initiatives that advance preprints and open science
- Promoting faster research dissemination and meaningful community engagement
Through this collaboration, we aim to build a platform that better serves authors, readers, and the broader research community.
Learn more about the advisory board
The Preprints.org Advisory Board is a group of researchers who provide guidance and perspective to the Preprints.org team. Their efforts ensure the platform meets the needs of the scientific community. The board comprises active scholars and researchers, many of whom serve as editorial board members of peer-reviewed journals.
Interested in joining?
We are always looking for passionate researchers to help guide our mission.
If you are interested in joining the Preprints.org Advisory Board, you can apply here.
