Laurel L. Haak, known as Laure, was the founding Executive Director (2012-2020) of ORCID, an international non-profit which generates and maintains unique identifiers for individuals to participate in the research lifecycle.
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Haak received BS and MS degrees in Biology from Stanford University in 1988. She received her doctorate in neurosciences from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 1997.[1]
Haak served as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health, as editor and manager of the Postdoctoral Network for Science's Next Wave, and as Chief Science Officer at Discovery Logic, an IT startup company later acquired by Thomson Reuters.[2] In 2012, she was the first person appointed to the Executive Director and CEO role at ORCID,[3][4] and served as its Executive Director until 2020.[5] As of 2020, Haak is the Founder and CEO of Mighty Red Barn [6], a consultancy that specializes in research infrastructure. Laure was a Research Scholar at the Ronin Institute from 2020-2024.[7]
She has received the following awards:
- Distinguished Service Award, National Postdoctoral Association (2006)[8]
- Director's Award, National Institutes of Health[4] (2009)
- Award for Excellence in Mentoring, Association for Women in Science Bethesda chapter (2007)[9]
- Medal of Honour, Vietsch Foundation (2021) [10]
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2023) [11]
References
edit- ^ "Laurel L Haak ORCID record". ORCID. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ^ "Laurel L. Haak". Research Data Alliance. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ Butler, Declan (30 May 2012). "Scientists: your number is up". Nature. 485 (7400). Springer Nature: 564. Bibcode:2012Natur.485..564B. doi:10.1038/485564a. PMID 22660298. S2CID 205071928.
- ^ a b Austin, Jim (13 Jul 2012). "Career Q&A: Laurel Haak". Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ Petro, Julie Anne (14 September 2020). "ORCID Proudly Announces its New Executive Director". EIN Presswire. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "Laurel (Laure) Haak, PhD - Founder and CEO". Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "Laurel Haak | Ronin Institute". Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "Recipient of the 2016 Distinguished Service Award Announced". National Postdoctoral Association. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ "AWIS Honors OTT's Haak". NIH Record. NIH. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ "Medal Award 2021: The Vietsch Foundation awards the 2021 Medal of Honour to Laurel Haak". Vietsch Foundation. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "2023 AAAS Fellows". 18 April 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.