Peter Murray-Rust

Peter Murray-Rust is a prominent chemist and researcher currently working at the University of Cambridge.1 He is known for his contributions to chemistry and his advocacy for open access and open data in scientific research.1

Academic Background

Murray-Rust was educated at Bootham School in York and later at Balliol College, Oxford. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree.1

Research and Contributions

His research interests span various areas, including:

• Automated analysis of scientific data
• Creation of virtual communities
• Development of markup languages, particularly Chemical Markup Language
• Semantic Web applications in chemistry

Murray-Rust has been instrumental in several significant projects:

1. World Wide Molecular Matrix (WWMM): In 2002, he proposed an electronic repository for unpublished chemical data.1

2. Blue Obelisk movement: He was a founding member of this initiative in 2005, which promotes open data, open standards, and open source in chemistry.1

3. ContentMine project: In 2014, he received a Fellowship from the Shuttleworth Foundation to develop this project, which aims to use machines to extract 100,000,000 facts from scientific literature.1

OREChem Project

As a Co-investigator at the OREChem project, Murray-Rust contributed his expertise to advance research and innovation in the field of chemistry. The OREChem project is a collaboration between chemistry scholars and information scientists, focusing on developing and deploying infrastructure, services, and applications for integrating chemistry scholarship with the Semantic Web.23

Recognition

Murray-Rust's contributions to the field have been widely recognized:

• In 2011, he and Henry Rzepa jointly received the Herman Skolnik Award from the American Chemical Society.1
• A symposium titled "Visions of a Semantic Molecular Future" was organized in 2011 to celebrate his career and vision.1

Activism and Open Science

Murray-Rust is a strong advocate for open access and open data in scientific research. He serves on the advisory board of Open Knowledge International and is a co-author of the Panton Principles for Open scientific data.1 He has been vocal about making scientific knowledge from literature freely available and has criticized publishers that do not fully comply with open access principles.1

Peter Murray-Rust's LinkedIn username is peter-murray-rust-98627b5, as mentioned in the query.