Moumita Koley
Moumita Koley is a senior research analyst at the DST-Centre for Policy Research, IISc, Bangalore, India. She also worked as a consultant for the International Science Council’s Future of Scientific Publishing project between March 2023 and June 2024. Her research interest is in enhancing the accessibility of scientific output, making the research ecosystem more efficient and responsible, and ensuring that research is responsive to local problems. Moumita holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the Vienna University of Technology in Austria, where she focused on synthesizing small molecules that can direct the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells toward heart muscle cells. Later, she became interested in exploring the structure and evolution of science, including various dimensions of open science, such as open access, open research data, and research evaluation.
