Cameron Neylon

David Cameron Neylon is an advocate for open access and Professor of Research Communications at the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University.^[3][4] From 2012 to 2015 they were the Advocacy Director at the Public Library of Science.^{[1][5][6][7][8]}

Cameron Neylon
Cameron Neylon in 2013
Born	David Cameron Neylon
Alma mater	University of Western Australia (BSc) Australian National University (PhD)
Known for	Panton Principles Beautiful Data[1]
Awards	Blue Obelisk award (2010)
Scientific career
Fields	Biophysics Data management Open research[2]
Institutions	Curtin University Public Library of Science (PLOS) Flooved ISIS neutron source STFC
Thesis	Towards the directed molecular evolution of DNA-binding specificity (1999)
Website	cameronneylon.net

Education

Neylon was educated at the University of Western Australia^{[citation needed]} and the Australian National University where they were awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biophysics in 1999 for work on directed molecular evolution and DNA-binding specificity.^[9][10]

Career

In 2009 Neylon was a senior scientist at the ISIS neutron source of the Science and Technology Facilities Council.^[11] From 2012 to 2015 they served as director of advocacy at the Public Library of Science.^[12] They joined The Centre for Culture and Technology (CCAT) at Curtin University in 2015 as Professor of Research Communications.^[3][4]

Neylon is an original drafter of the Panton Principles and opposed the Research Works Act^[13] and advocates for governmental encouragement for researchers to use open access licensing.^[14][15]

Neylon advocates for the use of altmetrics in determining the impact of scholarly publications.^[16][17]

Awards and honours

In 2010 they accepted a Blue Obelisk award.^[18]