About Academia.edu

Academia.edu is a platform for academics to share research papers. The company's mission is to accelerate the world's research.

Academics use Academia.edu to share their research, monitor deep analytics around the impact of their research, and track the research of academics they follow. 961,913 academics have signed up to Academia.edu, adding 1,069,857 papers, and 362,946 research interests. Academia.edu attracts over 3 million unique visitors a month.

The Team

Richard Price CEO

Richard is a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, where he has recently completed his Ph.D on the philosophy of perception.

Jarques Pretorius Designer

Jarques graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Web Design and Interactive Media from the Art Institute of California - San Francisco.

Ryan Lower Engineer

Ryan did his BSc in Genetics at York University, and from 2006-2010 pursued a PhD on the evolution of bacterial genome composition.

Ryan Fitzgerald Engineer

Ryan joined Academia.edu in September 2010 and works on building features and infrastructure.

Leslie Pineda Sales Director

Leslie joined as Sales Director of Academia.edu in May 2011. Prior to this, she worked at Nature Publishing Group selling recruitment advertising.

Wybo Wiersma Engineer

Wybo has just finished a Master's in the Social Science of the Internet at Oxford. Prior to that, he did an MA in Digital Humanities, and 3 BAs in History, Philosophy of Information Science, and Information Science. He also built a discussion site for philosophers, LogiLogi.