Andrew Preston
I'm a physicist and entrepreneur based in London. I work on new ways for researchers to share, discuss and evaluate their work.
I'm originally from New Zealand and am currently building Cassyni and Signals, as well as investing in scholarly startups through Scholarly Angels.
What I'm working on
- Cassyni Making research seminars part of the scholarly record.
- Signals Building trusted, comprehensive and dynamic research evaluation.
- Scholarly Angels Investing in and incubating scholarly startups.
Questions I'm thinking about
- How will children first learn to use AI—and how will that relationship change as they grow up and move through their lives?
- How can AI help people with rare conditions explore what is known, understand their own evidence and work more productively with clinicians?
- What would it take to evaluate every research output continuously, rather than borrowing the reputation of the journal it appeared in?
- Talks are where ideas first become public. How should they be discovered, cited and connected to the literature?
Previously
I co-founded Publons to give researchers recognition for peer review. Clarivate acquired it in 2017.
Before that, I studied the electronic structure of materials at Victoria University of Wellington and Boston University.