# Program participants

Who takes and took part in the program, with their role and cohort.

## Adam Sparks

Mentor · Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development of Western Australia, Centre for Crop Health, University of Southern Queensland

- Mentoring: 2022-2023

[Website](https://adamhsparks.netlify.app/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/adamhsparks) · [Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@adamhsparks) · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-h-sparks)

## Alber Hamersson Sánchez Ipia

Mentor · Instituto Nacional de Investigación Espacial (INPE)

- Mentoring: 2026-2027

[Website](https://albhasan.github.io/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/albhasan)

## Alican Cagri Gokcek

Champion · University of Nevada, Reno

- Cohort: 2022-2023

### Projects

- [naijR](https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues/600) · Package review

### Outreach

- [Screen Reader Accessible Tools and Resources for Learning and Working with R](https://ropensci.org/events/rsr-learn-and-use/) · Webinar

## Ana Carolina Moreno

Champion · InvestNews, R-Ladies São Paulo, Abraji

- Cohort: 2025-2026

[Website](https://investnews.com.br/autor/ana-carolina-moreno/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/anacarolinamoreno)

## Andrea Gomez Vargas

Champion, Mentor · INDEC Argentina, R-Ladies Global, Latin-R

- Cohort: 2023-2024
- Mentoring: 2026-2027

### Projects

- [arcenso](https://soyandrea.github.io/arcenso/) · New package · [Code](https://github.com/SoyAndrea/arcenso)

### Outreach

- [Arcenso, oportunidades y comunidad](https://ropensci.org/events/arcenso-2024/) · Meetup, R-Ladies Buenos Aires, RenBaires
- [Fomentando la Ciencia Abierta en América Latina - Programa de rOpenSci](https://ropensci.org/es/commcalls/champions-latino-2025/) · Community call
- [ARcenso: A Package Born from Chaos, Powered by Community](https://soyandrea.github.io/arcenso-useR2025/) · Conference talk, useR! 2025

[Website](https://soyandrea.netlify.app/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/SoyAndrea)

## Apoorv Anand

Mentor · CivicDataLab

- Mentoring: 2023-2024

### Outreach

- [Using R to tell (data science) stories](https://ropensci.org/events/coworking-2024-10/) · Coworking session

[Website](https://behindbars.netlify.app) · [GitHub](https://github.com/apoorv74)

## Athanasia Mo Mowinckel

Mentor · Center for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition, University of Oslo, Norway

- Mentoring: 2022-2023

### Outreach

- [Creating nice command-line interfaces with cli](https://ropensci.org/events/coworking-2023-10/) · Coworking session

[Website](https://drmowinckels.io/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/drmowinckels)

## Bastián Olea Herrera

Champion · Subsecretaría de Desarrollo Regional y Administrativo, Gobierno de Chile

- Cohort: 2026-2027

[Website](https://bastianolea.rbind.io) · [GitHub](https://github.com/bastianolea)

## Beatriz Milz

Mentor · University of Sao Paulo - Curso-R

- Mentoring: 2022-2023

### Outreach

- [Traduzindo o guia Dev da rOpenSci para o Português](https://vimeo.com/899603912) · Webinar, Angola Open-Source Community
- [Mentoring & training program for Scientific Open Source Champions](https://ropensci.org/commcalls/july2023-championprogram/) · Community call
- [A comunidade R fala português](https://ropensci.org/commcalls/translation-portuguese/) · Community call
- [Pacotes em R de Dados Brasileiros](https://rladies-sp.org/posts/2023-12-evento-pacotes/) · Meetup, R-Ladies São Paulo

[GitHub](https://github.com/beatrizmilz)

## Bilikisu Wunmi Olatunji

Champion · Business Data Laboratory Limited, Data Scientist Network(Nigeria)

- Cohort: 2022-2023

### Projects

- [chartkickR](https://github.com/BWOlatunji/chartkickR) · New package

### Outreach

- [2023 rOpenSci Champions Program: My Experience](https://ropensci.org/blog/2023/12/19/champions-program-2023-experience/) · Blog post
- [Working with JavaScript in R](https://www.meetup.com/rladies-abuja/events/294198849/) · Workshop, R-Ladies Abuja

[GitHub](https://github.com/BWOlatunji) · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bilikisuolatunji)

## Binod Jung Bogati

Champion · R User Group Nepal, Numeric Mind

- Cohort: 2023-2024

[Website](https://bjungbogati.com.np/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/bjungbogati)

## Bruna Wundervald

Mentor · ABI Inbev, Maynooth University

- Mentoring: 2023-2024

[Website](https://brunaw.com/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/brunaw)

## Carolina Pradier

Champion, Mentor · Center for population, employment and development Studies (CEPED) - Institute for Economic Research (IIE) - Faculty of Economic Sciences. Faculty of Social Sciences. University of Buenos Aires

- Cohort: 2022-2023
- Mentoring: 2025-2026

### Projects

- [eph](https://docs.ropensci.org/eph) · Reviewed package · [Code](https://github.com/ropensci/eph)

### Outreach

- [Paquete eph. Novedades e ideas para su uso](https://caropradier.github.io/slides_eph_ropensci/) · Webinar
- [Mentoring & training program for Scientific Open Source Champions](https://ropensci.org/commcalls/july2023-championprogram/) · Community call
- [Building your first R package](https://ropensci.org/events/coworking-2024-08/) · Coworking session

[GitHub](https://github.com/caropradier)

## Cesar Luis Aybar Camacho

Champion · Research, Trillium Europe. Image Processing Laboratory, University of Valencia. High Mountain Ecosystem Research Group, National University of San Marcos, Peru.

- Cohort: 2022-2023

### Projects

- [rgeeExtra](https://github.com/r-earthengine/rgeeExtra) · Updated package under review
- [FANGS - Fire Applications with Next-Generation Satellites](https://github.com/openjournals/jose-reviews/issues/197) · Paper review, JOSE

### Outreach

- [Preparing remote sensing data for deep learning using r-spatial](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ws2o5WwcRMcYd9YjKcfyLv5X4lOAwJztEU1sMRADTVk/) · Webinar, EDS Book
- [Fomentando la Ciencia Abierta en América Latina - Programa de rOpenSci](https://ropensci.org/es/commcalls/champions-latino-2025/) · Community call

[Website](http://csaybar.github.io/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/csaybar)

## Christina Maimone

Mentor · Northwestern University

- Mentoring: 2022-2023

[GitHub](https://github.com/cmaimone)

## Denisse Fierro Arcos

Champion · Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania; Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project (FishMIP)

- Cohort: 2026-2027

[Website](https://www.linkedin.com/in/denissefierro/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/lidefi87)

## Diana Garcia Cortes

Champion · Dana Farber Cancer Institute

- Cohort: 2025-2026

### Outreach

- [Software Libre de Investigación en América Latina](https://ropensci.org/es/commcalls/champions-latino-2026/) · Community call
- [Más Allá del Código: muestra abierta de los proyectos de nuestros campeon(a|e)s](https://ropensci.org/es/commcalls/mas-alla-del-codigo-2026/) · Community call
- [The MBCproject R Package: Enabling reproducible analysis of multi-omic data in metastatic breast cancer](https://rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_website/Abstracts.html#the-mbcproject-r-package-enabling-reproducible-analysis-of-m) · Conference talk, R/Medicine 2026

[GitHub](https://github.com/ddiannae)

## Durga Valentina Linares Herrera

Champion · Centro de Investigación de la Universidad del Pacífico (CIUP)

- Cohort: 2026-2027

[Website](https://www.linkedin.com/in/durgavalentinalinaresherrera/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/valentinalinares)

## Elina Gómez

Mentor · Universidad de la República, Uruguay

- Mentoring: 2025-2026

[Website](https://www.elinagomez.com/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/elinagomez)

## Elio Campitelli

Mentor · Universidad de Buenos Aires Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera

- Mentoring: 2022-2023, 2025-2026, 2026-2027

[Website](https://eliocamp.github.io) · [GitHub](https://github.com/eliocamp) · [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@eliocamp)

## Emi Tanaka

Mentor · Australian National University

- Mentoring: 2023-2024

[Website](https://emitanaka.org/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/emitanaka)

## Erick Isaac Navarro Delgado

Champion, Mentor · The University of British Columbia

- Cohort: 2025-2026
- Mentoring: 2026-2027

### Outreach

- [Software Libre de Investigación en América Latina](https://ropensci.org/es/commcalls/champions-latino-2026/) · Community call
- [Más Allá del Código: muestra abierta de los proyectos de nuestros campeon(a|e)s](https://ropensci.org/es/commcalls/mas-alla-del-codigo-2026/) · Community call

[Website](https://erick-navarrodelgado.netlify.app) · [GitHub](https://github.com/ErickNavarroD)

## Erika Siregar

Champion · BPS-Statistics Indonesia

- Cohort: 2023-2024

### Projects

- [rplaywright](https://erikaris.github.io/rplaywright/) · New package · [Code](https://github.com/erikaris/rplaywright)

[GitHub](https://github.com/erikaris)

## Erle Holgersen

Mentor · Deep Genomics

- Mentoring: 2023-2024

[Website](https://erle.bio/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/erleholgersen)

## Estefania Torrejón

Champion · NOVA Medical School, Lisboa, Portugal

- Cohort: 2026-2027

[Website](https://www.linkedin.com/in/estefania-torrejon-442982184/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/torrejoNia)

## Eunseop Kim

Mentor · Eli Lilly and Company

- Mentoring: 2023-2024

[GitHub](https://github.com/markean)

## Evelia Lorena Coss Navarrete

Champion · Laboratorio Internacional de Investigación sobre el Genoma Humano (LIIGH), UNAM

- Cohort: 2026-2027

[Website](https://eveliacoss.github.io/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/EveliaCoss)

## Ezekiel Adebayo Ogundepo

Champion · GBG Analytics Limited

- Cohort: 2023-2024

### Projects

- [bulkreadr](https://gbganalyst.github.io/bulkreadr/) · Updated package · [Code](https://github.com/gbganalyst/bulkreadr)

### Outreach

- [University of Ilorin R Users Group](https://www.meetup.com/unilorin-r-users-group/) · User group

[Website](https://bit.ly/gbganalyst) · [GitHub](https://github.com/gbganalyst)

## Francesca Belem Lopes Palmeira

Champion · RLadies Ribeirão Preto

- Cohort: 2023-2024

### Projects

- [pcir](https://fblpalmeira.github.io/pcir/) · New package · [Code](https://github.com/fblpalmeira/pcir)

### Outreach

- [A comunidade R fala português](https://ropensci.org/commcalls/translation-portuguese/) · Community call

[Website](https://fblpalmeira.github.io/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/fblpalmeira)

## Francisco Cardozo

Mentor · University of Miami

- Mentoring: 2023-2024, 2025-2026, 2026-2027

### Outreach

- [Harnessing Large Language Models for Reproducible and Controlled Data Extraction](https://www.meetup.com/unilorin-r-users-group/events/316297207/) · Meetup, University of Ilorin R Users Group
- [Fomentando la Ciencia Abierta en América Latina - Programa de rOpenSci](https://ropensci.org/es/commcalls/champions-latino-2025/) · Community call

[Website](https://focardozom.github.io/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/focardozom)

## François Michonneau

Mentor · Voltron Data

- Mentoring: 2023-2024

[Website](https://francoismichonneau.net/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/fmichonneau)

## Geraldine Gómez Millán

Mentor · IBM - Epiverse TRACE-LAC

- Mentoring: 2025-2026

[GitHub](https://github.com/GeraldineGomez)

## Ghozayel Elotteebi

Champion · Open Science Community Saudi Arabia (OSCSA). Jubail Industrial College. Royal Commission in Jubail and Yanbu, Saudi Arabi. University of Nottingham, UK

- Cohort: 2022-2023

[GitHub](https://github.com/Ghozayel)

## Gladys Choque Ulloa

Champion · Sao Paulo University

- Cohort: 2026-2027

[Website](https://linktr.ee/gladyschoqueulloa) · [GitHub](https://github.com/GladysUlloa)

## Guadalupe Pascal

Champion, Mentor · Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora - Universidad Católica Argentina

- Cohort: 2025-2026
- Mentoring: 2026-2027

### Outreach

- [Más Allá del Código: muestra abierta de los proyectos de nuestros campeon(a|e)s](https://ropensci.org/es/commcalls/mas-alla-del-codigo-2026/) · Community call

[Website](https://guadapascal.github.io) · [GitHub](https://github.com/guadapascal)

## Haydée Svab

Champion · ASK-AR

- Cohort: 2022-2023

### Projects

- [odbr](https://hsvab.github.io/odbr/) · New package · [Code](https://github.com/hsvab/odbr)

### Outreach

- [Traduzindo o guia Dev da rOpenSci para o Português](https://vimeo.com/899603912) · Webinar, Angola Open-Source Community
- [Pacotes em R de Dados Brasileiros](https://rladies-sp.org/posts/2023-12-evento-pacotes/) · Meetup, R-Ladies São Paulo

[GitHub](https://github.com/hsvab)

## Jacqui Levy

Champion · Environment and Climate Change Canada, rOpenSci

- Cohort: 2023-2024

[GitHub](https://github.com/Jacqui-123)

## Jonathan Keane

Mentor

- Mentoring: 2023-2024

[Website](https://jonkeane.com) · [GitHub](https://github.com/jonkeane)

## José Daniel Conejeros

Champion · Escuela de Gobierno, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; SENTINET

- Cohort: 2026-2027

[Website](https://jd-conejeros.com/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/JDConejeros)

## Laura DeCicco

Mentor · United States Geological Survey

- Mentoring: 2022-2023

[Website](https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/laura-decicco) · [GitHub](https://github.com/ldecicco-usgs) · [Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@ldecicco)

## Linda Jazmín Cabrera Orellana

Champion · SIDN Digital Thinking

- Cohort: 2026-2027

### Outreach

- [Versiona y comparte tus proyectos de RStudio con GitHub](https://github.com/lindateachtech/taller-github-rstudio-10102026) · Workshop, R & Python Week, Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Estadística (SEE)

[Website](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindateachtech/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/lindateachtech)

## Liz Hare

Champion · Dog Genetics LLC, ManyDogs Project, The Turing Way

- Cohort: 2023-2024

### Projects

- [emodnet.wfs](https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues/653) · Package review

### Outreach

- [Screen Reader Accessible Tools and Resources for Learning and Working with R](https://ropensci.org/events/rsr-learn-and-use/) · Webinar
- [Recursos para utilizar R con lectores de pantalla](https://ropensci.org/es/blog/2024/09/05/recursos_para_utilizar_r_con_lectores_de_pantalla/) · Blog post

[Website](http://doggenetics.com) · [GitHub](https://github.com/lizharedogs)

## Lucía Inés Rodríguez Planes

Champion · Administración de Parques Nacionales, Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego

- Cohort: 2025-2026

[GitHub](https://github.com/luciairp)

## Luis D. Verde Arregoitia

Mentor · Instituto de Ecología AC (INECOL)

- Mentoring: 2023-2024, 2025-2026, 2026-2027

### Outreach

- [Software Libre de Investigación en América Latina](https://ropensci.org/es/commcalls/champions-latino-2026/) · Community call

[Website](https://liomys.mx) · [GitHub](https://github.com/luisDVA)

## Lukas Wallrich

Mentor · Lecturer in Organisational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London

- Mentoring: 2022-2023

[Website](https://lukaswallrich.coffee) · [GitHub](https://github.com/LukasWallrich)

## Marc Choisy

Mentor · Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong

- Mentoring: 2022-2023

[Website](https://www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/team/marc-choisy) · [GitHub](https://github.com/choisy)

## Marcos Miguel Prunello

Champion · School of Statistics at the National University of Rosario, Argentina.

- Cohort: 2022-2023

### Projects

- [karel](https://ropensci.github.io/karel/) · Reviewed package · [Code](https://github.com/ropensci/karel)

### Outreach

- [Cómo crear un paquete de R y que sea multilingüe + qué es rOpenSci y cómo ser parte](https://mpru.github.io/charla_renrosario_2023/) · Meetup, RenRosario

[GitHub](https://github.com/mpru)

## María Florencia Tames

Champion · Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC)

- Cohort: 2026-2027

[Website](https://www.linkedin.com/in/florencia-tames/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/flortames)

## Maria Valentina Clavijo Mesa

Champion · LASAR3

- Cohort: 2025-2026

### Outreach

- [Más Allá del Código: muestra abierta de los proyectos de nuestros campeon(a|e)s](https://ropensci.org/es/commcalls/mas-alla-del-codigo-2026/) · Community call

[GitHub](https://github.com/Valentina9619)

## Marie Vendettuoli

Mentor · Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (2019 - 2023) and Bonneville Power Administration (2023-present)

- Mentoring: 2023-2024

[GitHub](https://github.com/mariev)

## Marina Cecilia Cock

Champion · INCITAP (CONICET-UNLPam), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UNLPam)

- Cohort: 2026-2027

[Website](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marina-cock-49b1b5171/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/MarinaCock)

## Mauro Lepore

Mentor · 2degrees

- Mentoring: 2022-2023

[GitHub](https://github.com/maurolepore)

## Mauro Loprete

Champion · Instituto de Estadística, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración,Universidad de la República.

- Cohort: 2025-2026

### Outreach

- [Más Allá del Código: muestra abierta de los proyectos de nuestros campeon(a|e)s](https://ropensci.org/es/commcalls/mas-alla-del-codigo-2026/) · Community call

[GitHub](https://github.com/mauroloprete)

## Milagros Mendoza

Mentor · Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco. R-Ladies Natal.

- Mentoring: 2025-2026, 2026-2027

[GitHub](https://github.com/lumimevi)

## Monika Avila Marquez

Champion, Mentor · Departamento de Métodos y Análisis de datos, Universidad de Ginebra

- Cohort: 2025-2026
- Mentoring: 2026-2027

### Outreach

- [Más Allá del Código: muestra abierta de los proyectos de nuestros campeon(a|e)s](https://ropensci.org/es/commcalls/mas-alla-del-codigo-2026/) · Community call

[Website](https://www.monikaavila.com/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/monikavila)

## Pablo Paccioretti

Mentor · Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)

- Mentoring: 2026-2027

[GitHub](https://github.com/PPaccioretti)

## Pablo Tiscornia

Mentor · C40 Cities

- Mentoring: 2025-2026

[Website](https://estacion-r.netlify.app/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/pablotis)

## Paola Corrales

Champion, Mentor · Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera - UBA - CONICET

- Cohort: 2022-2023
- Mentoring: 2025-2026, 2026-2027

### Projects

- [agroclimatico](https://docs.ropensci.org/agroclimatico) · Reviewed package · [Code](https://github.com/ropensci/agroclimatico)

### Outreach

- [Developing Software Together](https://paocorrales.github.io/git-developing-software-together/) · Workshop, rOpenSci Champions Program 2022-2023
- [Developing Software Together](https://paocorrales.github.io/git-developing-software-together/) · Workshop, rOpenSci Champions Program 2023-2024
- [Sharing your work with Quarto](https://ropensci.org/events/coworking-2024-04/) · Coworking session

[Website](https://paocorrales.github.io/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/paocorrales) · [Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@paocorrales)

## Patricia Andrea Loto

Champion · Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste / Lotería Chaqueña

- Cohort: 2026-2027

[Website](https://patricia-loto.netlify.app/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/PatriLoto)

## Ronny Alexander Hernandez Mora

Mentor · University of Alberta

- Mentoring: 2025-2026

[Website](https://ronnyale.com/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/ronnyhdez)

## Sehrish Kanwal

Champion · The University of Melbourne

- Cohort: 2023-2024

### Projects

- [RNAsum](https://umccr.github.io/RNAsum/) · New package · [Code](https://github.com/umccr/RNAsum)

[GitHub](https://github.com/skanwal)

## Soledad Andrea Araya Orrego

Champion · Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Dirección de Estudios Sociales de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales.

- Cohort: 2025-2026

### Outreach

- [Más Allá del Código: muestra abierta de los proyectos de nuestros campeon(a|e)s](https://ropensci.org/es/commcalls/mas-alla-del-codigo-2026/) · Community call

[GitHub](https://github.com/snaraya)

## Victor Ordu

Champion · DevSolutions Ltd

- Cohort: 2022-2023

### Projects

- [naijR](https://docs.ropensci.org/naijR/) · Reviewed package · [Code](https://github.com/ropensci/naijr)
- [gigs: Assess Fetal, Newborn, and Child Growth with International Standards](https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues/626) · Package review

### Outreach

- [Mentoring & training program for Scientific Open Source Champions](https://ropensci.org/commcalls/july2023-championprogram/) · Community call

[Website](https://victorordu.wordpress.com) · [GitHub](https://github.com/BroVic) · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-ordu-868a0b3)

## Yanina Bellini Saibene

Instructor

- Workshops taught: [Mentorship Training and Orientation](https://campeones-web.netlify.app/en/workshops/mentoring/index.md)

[Website](https://yabellini.netlify.app/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/yabellini) · [Mastodon](https://rstats.me/@yabellini) · [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/yabellini.bsky.social) · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yabellini) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4522-7466)

[See full profile](https://campeones-web.netlify.app/en/authors/yanina-bellini-saibene/index.md)

## Yi-Chin Sunny Tseng

Champion · University of Northern British Columbia

- Cohort: 2023-2024

### Projects

- [bbsTaiwan](https://sunnytseng.github.io/bbsTaiwan/) · New package · [Code](https://github.com/sunnytseng/bbsTaiwan)

### Outreach

- [From Novice to Contributor: Making and Supporting First-Time Contributions to FOSS](https://ropensci.org/commcalls/first-time-contributor/) · Community call

[Website](https://sunshineland.netlify.app/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/SunnyTseng)

## Zebulun Arendsee

Mentor · Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

- Mentoring: 2022-2023

[GitHub](https://github.com/arendsee)