Lars Holm Nielsen

Lars Holm Nielsen is the Section Leader of Open Science Repositories in CERN's IT department.12 He is responsible for leading Open Science services and projects for large-scale scholarly repositories at CERN.3

Professional Background

Nielsen has extensive experience in managing projects related to open science and research data management. He is the project lead for Zenodo, a multidisciplinary research data repository developed at CERN.5 Zenodo has become a crucial tool for researchers worldwide, currently used by more than 8000 research organizations.2

Current Role and Responsibilities

As the Section Leader, Nielsen oversees:

• The development and operation of institutional repositories
• Open Science services for research data management
• Engagement with non-High Energy Physics (HEP) scientific communities1

He is actively involved in projects aimed at making research data more findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR). One such project is HORIZON-ZEN, which seeks to simplify the process of making data FAIR for researchers.2

Expertise and Interests

Nielsen is known for his expertise in:

• Open Access
• Open Data
• Open Science
• Open Source software6

He is also involved in the development of InvenioRDM, a research data management platform.4

Online Presence

You can find Lars Holm Nielsen on various professional platforms:

• LinkedIn: His username is lars-holm-nielsen-70170b
• Twitter: @larshankat6

Nielsen's work at CERN demonstrates his commitment to advancing open science and improving research data management practices across scientific disciplines.