Paul Stapleton

Head of Communications Unit

Paul Stapleton joined the Centre in 2010. He began his career with a University of London degree in botany and zoology, and this has allowed him to work effectively in many different areas of science. His first position was with CAB International, checking abstracts of scientific articles, then he worked as a desk editor on one of the biggest biochemical journals in the world for Elsevier Scientific in the Netherlands. This gave him a solid understanding of science publishing, which stood him well in subsequent positions.

After Elsevier, he moved to work with the editorial section of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Australia. From there he moved to Bogor, Indonesia to develop the Indonesian Journal of Crop Science with the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), where he wrote the popular “Writing Scientific Research Papers: a Guide for Non-native English Speakers”. After Bogor he worked for the now Bioversity in Rome for 13 years as Head of Publications, spent 2 years in Samoa with the South Pacific Regional Environment Program and 4 years as Head of Communications and Public Awareness with the International Potato Centre in Lima, Peru.