“Early career scholars bring an energy and a perspective to the field,” said Plale, the principal investigator for RDA Data Share. “They will embody the change that RDA is trying to bring about and will help bring that change about. As they engage in the RDA, they assimilate its culture of sharing and will then disseminate it back into their home institutions.”

Being named as fellows, bringing IU’s total number of AAAS fellows to 89, will be Edward J. Berbari, Chancellor’s Professor and chair of the biomedical engineering department at IUPUI; Thomas Sterling, professor of computer science in the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University Bloomington; and P. Sarita Soni, professor emerita in the School of Optometry at IU Bloomington.

When CW affiliate WISH-TV 8 needed an expert opinion, its reporters reached out to Von Welch, director of the IU Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research.