Who we are: Meet the Professional Services team
Elsevier Professional Services is a global team of practice leaders and project managers with backgrounds in data science, informatics, pre-clinical research, and clinical development. As experts in scientific domains, industry-standard taxonomies and the manual curation of content, the team is committed to accelerating science and improving health through industry partnerships and Elsevier-sponsored research efforts.
Practice leaders
![Headshot of Eric J. Gilbert](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/5pBzOUTBnBMYAX4hyp9sU7/fca08adf2e8132a8da5d98d7465dc061/Gilbert.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
EJG
![Headshot of Maria Shkrob](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/2eIYhtPYxEifZ4O8f81m5i/a4f7a455088be34391095fc42f590d3e/Shkrob.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
MS
![Headshot of Frederik van den Broek](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/2wzA1uVpls5aR3SScZ53IS/94bb7771e31ba1cbb63a0be3cb50cb20/Broek.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
FVDB
![Headshot of Anton Yuryev](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/1A0Qks7dPXZ7JxqyebAXyU/3f9e2dcb8aa7ae76dd6c42d0dca223d8/Yuryev.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
AYP
Anton Yuryev, PhD
Consulting Director, Professional Services, Biology
Elsevier
Read more about Anton Yuryev, PhD![Headshot of David Wöhlert](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/xU4qL0od7YwvtP6KQNH7n/6222431fe3ff80110029fd42f42c1f30/David-Wohlert.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
DW
Commercial engagement
![Headshot of Thomas Boettjer](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/VD4owmGeiDphR7du4ZA1A/d69fcf3a76321478296f81df5d9b3ece/Boettjer.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
TB
Thomas Boettjer
Business development director, Professional Services EMEA & APAC
Read more about Thomas Boettjer![Headshot of Markus Bussen](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/7qL4z0g1RoCgQN3neDJChD/c65dfcb365fff5b485929b7b9638466e/Bussen.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
MB
![Headshot of Aurora Costache](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/2CiZkSKadavdWH2GqnWz53/676113ea3117b251cb3eca23466bf44d/Aurora_Costache_rev.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
AC
![Headshot of Paul Dockerty](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/70BUqrX6Il4hQpPdtjc7sm/c3631456c412f4312b6e30571aa3ac63/Dockerty.jpg?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
PD
![Headshot of Yapeng Zhang](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/1hTOLStABbYwn1FkWES9xV/c496b935ea2d3fa107381d24cd8df461/Zhang.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
YZ
Project management
![Headshot of Maureen J. McDevitt](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/4kNPCRL7Cz4CUAoUPA0ZaS/60d0cd3dedac7c8a1e49424fdc48901d/mcdevitt.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
MJM
![Headshot of Yuri Shikhanovich](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/7JpyBQrhHuFjSAxafeB7Ai/5ce1c6ee4f7d45f8bbeddfb8cc38ca9f/Shikhanovich.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
YS
![Headshot of Laura J. Szymanski](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/5mBg4e7y4LGNJ40hGQdmRr/e279e15d815816912ed0f45840dff17c/Szymanski.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
LJS
Laura J. Szymanski
Senior Project Manager
Life Sciences Solutions Professional Services Group, Elsevier
Read more about Laura J. Szymanski![Headshot of Tom Williams](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/6wzWLIR27wT8GboQonsGhF/68b0ff0ba222c99ec7753fb1ac7cd909/Williams.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
TW
![Headshot of Ritu Bhandari](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/6F4Y8QFQzMOEj3bqrzjLea/f6a872291daa8df1e700e4c108622338/Ritu-Bhandari.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
RB
![Headshot of Yuko Ishida](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/5JQrhzf2spyopJfsWW5fZ/fbb2ff310b974da5cb7a82a8ed936ca6/Yuko-Ishida.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
YI
![Headshot of Kathleen Maffei](http://images.ctfassets.net/o78em1y1w4i4/5g8NdDvFMpeyOghUoPMiHB/c526e68e8bb499c57e5c23af7886142a/Kathleen-Maffei.png?fm=webp&w=88&q=75)
KM