About us

By combining network analysis, expert knowledge, and AI, Signals delivers comprehensive and transparent evaluations of research so it can be trusted, understood, and used to push the boundaries of our knowledge.

Andrew Preston

Co-Founder

  • Co-founder of Cassyni
  • Product Director at Web of Science
  • Co-founder of Publons (acquired by Clarivate)
  • Physics PhD and postdoc

Elliott Lumb

Co-Founder

  • Founder of PeerRef
  • Open Access strategy consultant
  • Strategy and planning at Frontiers
  • Medicinal Chemistry PhD

Tiago Barros

Co-Founder

  • VP of H1 Connect at H1
  • Managing Director of Faculty Opinions (acquired by H1) and Sciwheel (acquired by Sage)
  • Product Lead at Publons
  • Biochemistry PhD and postdoc

Nicko Goncharoff

Co-Founder &
Commercial Lead

  • 2+ decades commercial experience in STM research software and publishing
  • MD, Osmanthus Consulting Ltd
  • MD, Business Development Greater China, Clarivate
  • Chief Business Development Officer, Digital Science

Nenad Gligorov

Lead Engineer

  • Software Developer with ThinkIT
  • Backend engineer, specializing in AI-driven systems and semantic knowledge.
  • PhD candidate in Artificial Intelligence, with a focus on ontological reasoning.

Sergio Rojas

Engineering Consultant

  • CTO Sciencenow Group and H1 Connect
  • CTO Zaizi
  • Co-Founder WR Logic
  • CTO Loop Your Spare.

Paul Peters

Founding Investor

Ex-CEO, Hindawi

Ben Kaube

Founding Investor

Co-Founder of Cassyni and Kopernio