IT/Web Team
Richard Cave
IT Director
Richard oversees the I.T. and Web teams at PLoS. A huge proponent of Open Source software, he was drawn to the passion surrounding Open Access advocacy at PLoS and the commitment to make scientific knowledge freely available to the public. Richard brings more than 15 years of development experience working with start-ups and established companies on projects ranging from natural language processing, database engineering and administration, IT service management software, low-level file routines, a free interactive skateboarding simulation and the Open Source application framework Xaraya. Richard obtained a B.S. degree in Cognitive Science from U.C. San Diego, during which time he also developed a passion for surfing which still beckons him to the cold waters in northern California and warm waters in tropical locations.
Bill O'Connor
Senior Java Programmer
Susanne DeRisi
Senior Web Producer
Susanne joined PLoS in 2003, committed then as she is now to radically changing the landscape of scholarly publishing. She has been professionally producing Web sites since 1995, managing projects from concept to completion and beyond. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz and her Master of Library & Information Science from San Jose State University. Susanne aims to support the mission of PLoS by developing Web sites that are informative, engaging, and empowering public resources. Susanne is married to "the" Joe DeRisi, a fervent supporter of open-access publishing and editorial board member of PLoS Biology.
James Harney
Web Producer
James comes to PLoS from a political theory background, where his studies in issues surrounding intellectual property led to his interest in advancing the freedom of information and ideas, and his commitment to the open access movement. He has a B.A. in Government and Philosophy from Cornell University and an M.A. from UC Berkeley, where he is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science. Originally from Detroit, James now lives in San Francisco with his partner, who works at another local nonprofit.
Mike Hernandez
Support Technician
Josh Klavir
Systems Administrator and Support Technician
Dragisa Krsmanovic
Java Programmer
Nikolais Linsteadt
Applications Support Specialist
Nikolais graduated in 2007 with a B.A. in English and a certificate in editing a publishing from CSU, Chico. During college he worked at Central Operations programming web pages and providing technical support to the campus. He gravitated to PLoS because he enjoyed his publishing experience, which includes working on the editorial staff for Flume Press and interning with PeopleSpeak, a company that's contracted to copyedit and proofread book manuscripts and magazine articles. When he's not supporting PLoS's fabulous mission, he enjoys digital photography, ballroom dance, and canoeing
Sebastian Toomey
Web Designer
Sebastian is the UI designer and HTML developer for the PLoS journals. He was a professional woodworker before deciding he wanted to keep all ten of his fingers and abandoning the table saw in favor of a keyboard. He holds an MS in Architecture/Industrial Design from Georgia Tech and has over eight years of experience in web and user interface design. Sebastian is passionate about Open Access and the democratizing power of the internet. He enjoys making art, surfing (in the ocean, not the Web) with his partner, Janna, and building sand castles with his five year-old daughter, Ava.
Russell Uman
Web Engineer
Bora Zivkovic
PLoS ONE Online Community Manager
Bora Zivkovic is the PLoS ONE Online Community Manager. Bora was born in Belgrade (in what was Yugoslavia) and studied Veterinary Medicine at the University of Belgrade. He later immigrated to the US and received a Masters degree from the Department of Zoology at North Carolina State University. Bora currently lives in Chapel Hill where he has been teaching biology since 2000 to non-traditional students as an adjunct faculty at NC Wesleyan College. He is in the final stages of writing his PhD dissertation which he intends to defend by the end of the year.
Bora has been applying his personal experience as a science blogger for a number of years. His first blog, Science and Politics, was primarily a venue for his analysis of voter psychology and the use of language in campaigns. In 2005, he started a science blog, Circadiana, where he wrote about his own field of chronobiology and a few months later his third blog, The Magic School Bus, devoted to science education. In 2006, Bora fused all three blogs and renamed it A Blog Around The Clock. He uses this blog to promote building online science communities, bridge the divide between scientists and bloggers, and push for an open science model of publishing.
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