Scientific Writing / Author Workshop with OPTICA
Workshop, 28 September 2026, 9:00-12:00 hrs
Presenter: Dr. Claus Roll
Content and aim of the workshop
This workshop provided by OPTICA will bring insights into the preparation for writing a scientific article, its structure, the journal selection as well as ethical issues governing driving experiments but also during the publishing process.
The session will also bring further information on the Journal Editors’ expectations regarding a submitted manuscript and about the peer reviewing process, together with the authors’ supposed involvement in this process.
The final part of the event will be a short session of abstract writing, based on the ideal structure of abstracts, as shown during the workshop.
Trainer
Dr. Claus Roll is Deputy Senior Director, Europe for Optica, which he joined at the beginning of 2020. His tasks comprise developing, building and sustaining relationships and connections with Optica members and customers in northern Europe.
Prior to working for Optica, Claus Roll worked for 20 years for several STM publishers, managing mainly journals in various domains. This activity brought him deep insights into all aspects of scientific publishing, including research assessment and evaluation in various countries and scientific domains.
Before joining the positions in scientific publishing, Claus obtained a PhD degree in molecular biophysics, working on structure determination of DNA helixes by NMR and molecular dynamics.
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