Peer Review Week 2021

William B. Tolman grew up in Chelmsford, MA, and obtained a B.S. degree from Wesleyan University, CT, in 1983, where he performed organometallic chemistry research under the direction of Alan R. Cutler. He did graduate research with K. Peter C. Vollhardt at the University of California, Berkeley, which culminated in a Ph.D. in 1987. He was then introduced to bioinorganic chemistry during a postdoctoral period, 1987–1990, in the laboratory of Stephen J. Lippard at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota 1990-2017 and then began his current position at Washington University in St. Louis, where he currently serves as Associate Dean for Research in the School of Arts & Sciences.

Shaina Lange (she/her) is the Senior Publications Ethics Manager in the Publishing Integrity Office at the American Chemical Society (ACS). Shaina joined ACS Publications in 2015 and the Publishing Integrity Office in 2020. As Senior Publications Ethics Manager, she oversees the overall strategy and activities to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect in the ACS Publications Division. She also supports ethics policy, case management, and education. Shaina represents ACS in several cross-publisher working groups and committees to improve diversity and accelerate change within the scholarly publishing industry and larger research ecosystem. In her previous role at the ACS, she led editorial analytics efforts for ACS journals to monitor performance and support data-driven editorial, marketing, and product development strategies. Shaina holds a Master’s of Professional Studies in Publishing from the George Washington University and a Diversity & Inclusion Certificate from Cornell University. Prior to the ACS, Shaina worked in non-profit book publishing following several years in the special events industry.