Our Team
Publishing
Group publisher
Nina
Couzin
is group publisher for a family of products, including environmentalresearchweb and the open-access journal Environmental Research Letters. Prior to joining IOP Publishing, Nina worked as a researcher in polymer science. She holds a PhD in physics from Bristol University, UK.
Publisher
Guillaume
Wright
is the publisher of environmentalresearchweb and Environmental Research Letters, an open-access journal covering all of environmental science. He studied at the University of Oxford, UK.
Editorial
Editor
Liz
Kalaugher
is editor of environmentalresearchweb. Liz has more than ten
years' experience as a science writer and holds a degree in materials science
from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in materials science and Certificate
in Wildlife Biology, both from the University of Bristol, UK.
Web editor
Paul
Nash
is web editor on environmentalresearchweb. Paul holds a degree in English from the University of Wales. He joined IOP Publishing in 2007 and is responsible for the production of ESRFnews, among other publications. Paul has many years' experience in publishing, working for LexisNexis (London) and Jordan Publishing (Bristol).
Marketing & Customer Support
Marketing Executive
Evie
Palmer is responsible for the
planning and coordination of all marketing activities for
environmentalresearchweb and a host of other
IOP Publishing titles including Environmental Research Letters. She has extensive experience in marketing.
Customer support
Sarah
Plenty has been at IOP since 1989, during which time she has worked
in a number of departments within the Journals and Books divisions. Now part
of a large Customer Services team, she is responsible for supporting a variety
of electronic products including environmentalresearchweb.
Display & Recruitment Advertising Sales
Group sales manager
Edward
Jost has been working at IOP Publishing for more than seven years. He is currently the group sales manager for environmentalresearchweb. He has a degree in politics from the University of the West of England.
Recruitment advertising manager
Chris
Thomas is recruitment advertising manager for environmentalresearchweb. He has considerable business-to-academia and business-to-business sales and contract-management experience across a range of magazines and websites and is in his second spell at IOP Publishing. He has a degree in French and European Studies from the University of Keele.
Senior sales executive
Mattias
Persson is a senior sales executive for environmentalresearchweb and is responsible for display advertising for France, Spain, Italy, Scandinavia, Russia, Middle East, the Americas, Australasia and Rest of Asia.
Senior sales executive
Tom
Houlden is a senior sales executive for environmentalresearchweb and is responsible for display advertising for Germany, Switzerland, China and Rest of Europe.
Senior sales executive
Bernadette
Bickmore has worked in B2B sales in numerous markets since gaining a BSc from Drexel University in 1982. She is a senior sales executive for environmentalresearchweb and is responsible for display advertising for the Americas.
Sales executive
Nick
Watkins has worked in B2B sales for Citigroup and the NHS organization Skills for Health, and has several years of experience in the field. He has a degree in cultural science and media with journalism. He is a sales executive for environmentalresearchweb and is responsible for display advertising for the UK, Holland and China.
Sales executive
Stephen
Jones joined IOP Publishing in January 2011 and is currently sales executive for environmentalresearchweb, responsible for recruitment advertising for Europe and ROW. He studied architecture at the University of the West of England, UK, and is currently studying German and Japanese.
Sales executive
Rebecca
Massingham is a sales executive for environmentalresearchweb, responsible for recruitment advertising for the UK and the Americas. She joined IOP Publishing in 2010. She has a degree in education studies and has previously worked as a sales team co-ordinator.
Sales administrator
Ben
Mealing is a sales administrator for environmentalresearchweb.