Metacladistics

About Me

UKThis user uses British English.

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

This user lives in London.

This user is male.

BSThis user has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences.

MThis user has a Master's degree in Biological Sciences.

PhDThis user has a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Evolutionary Biology.

This user is interested in open access to research literature.

This user posts on X as @rmounce.

This user is a mammal.

This user understands biological evolution.

This user loves userboxes.

This user owns an Android phone.

This user attends or attended
Imperial College London

This user attends or attended the University of Bath.

Content contributed by this user is released into the public domain.

This user attended Wikimania 2014.

This user attended Wikimania 2019.

This user attended Wikimania 2024.

Software

This user contributes using Linux.

This user uses free software wherever and whenever possible.

This user uses Ubuntu and doesn't need any antivirus software!

This user contributes while using VLC media player.

This user is against DRM.

This user writes with the LibreOffice suite.

This user knows that
WINE is Not an Emulator!

This user uses Transmission.

This user reads PDFs with Evince.

Cinema

This user enjoys films.

This user enjoys
South Korean films.

This user despises 3-D films.

This user believes life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.

Jagshemash! This user likes Borat.

Brief Intro

I am the Director of Open Access at Arcadia. My research interests are Cladistics, Evolutionary Biology, Informatics and Open Science. You can find out more about me on my blog: http://rossmounce.co.uk/

I'm also an enthusiastic member of the Open Knowledge Foundation community and was one of their first Panton Fellows for Open Data in Science (2012-2013).

Wikipedia pages I've worked on...

Created

• Systematics Association
• Meemann Chang - created during a Trowelblazers wikipedia editathon at the Natural History Museum
• Kenneth A. Kermack - created after a Trowelblazers Wikipedia editathon at the Natural History Museum
• Doris Mary Kermack - created after a Trowelblazers Wikipedia editathon at the Natural History Museum