An evening to celebrate our authors and editors during Peer Review Week

During Peer Review Week 2018, IntechOpen is celebrating our editors and authors and the role they play in shaping academic books.

On the evening of Thursday 13 September, 2018, we invite you to find out more about the extremes of life in microgravity and in subpolar seabeds. We will raise a glass to our authors and editors who contribute their research, time and ideas to open access books.

Join Thais Russomano, David Barnes and IntechOpen at 18.30 the King’s College London Anatomy Museum at their Strand Campus.

Wine will be served and there will be a short discussion about new academic books and their journey from concept to publication.

Thais Russomano is the co-editor of recently published Into Space: A Journey of How Humans Adapt and Live in Microgravity together with Lucas Rehnberg. Their book focuses on the physiological changes that occur in space and the cultural and psychosocial aspects of leaving behind the safety of Earth. As editors, they considered which topics to cover and ensured diversity of voices, which fits perfectly with this week’s Peer Review Week theme of diversity.

David Barnes will discuss his recent research on blue carbon on polar and subpolar seabeds and an upcoming expedition to the Antarctic. He will share his experience of authoring a book chapter and why he believes in open access publishing.

About the speakers:

Thais Russomano is a scientist, researcher and space doctor. She founded the Microgravity Centre in Brazil and is the Chief Medical Officer of the International Space Medicine Consortium.

David Barnes is a marine ecologist with the British Antarctic Survey and NERC. He has been studying the polar continental shelf benthos for the last 26 years with a particular focus in West Antarctica.