Science

Accelerating the pace of science at @researchhubf | UC Riverside, Biomedical Science PhD

We're having our first AMA!

@jeffreykoury has graciously volunteered to cross the Rubicon.

Please post your questions under this cast, and Dr Koury will go through them on 02/21. Don't be shy!

He is theHead of the ResearchHub Foundation which is a community governed DAO that promotes incentivized open science. 

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ResearchHub Foundation is a decentralized organization that aims to align incentives in academia, making science more open. https://tinyurl.com/RHF-Home

Working on building zkTLS infra/products. A ruthless empiricist and meme connoisseur.

http://opacity.network

Hey Jeff, what inspired/motivated you to join @researchhubf to solve problems in science?

I am a philosopher of psychology. 
On a mission to decentralise science. 

Sci-Comms lead @ResearchHubFoundation

I’ve been entrenched in the academic infrastructure for over a decade. Big universities, small universities, basic sciences, clinical trials, grant writing, publishing etc. Lived through pain points. After my foyer into crypto in 2017, it took me embarrassingly 4 years before thinking of a similar concept to RH.

Blockchains are public ledgers with intrinsic consensus mechanisms. The ideal tool for fixing publishing hidden behind paywalls with no good mechanism of finding “truth”. I joined RH Foundation 2 yrs ago because the product was being built, the team was pragmatic, and most importantly the culture was 💯