Gloria Juan, PhD

University of València

Pharmacy/Biochemistry

Gloria understands the needs of researchers in academia and industry, having spent a 25-year U.S. career in both realms. She's been an author on 70 peer-reviewed articles and a frequent invited speaker at courses and international conferences. She knows from personal experience about the challenges faced by women, mothers, and immigrants in science.

She left Spain in 1995 to pursue projects in cell cycle regulation and apoptosis at New York Medical College. Her publications on immunocytochemical detection of pRB and histone H3 phosphorylation were the first in the literature.

At Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, she applied imaging techniques to cancer research and developed her translational expertise, moving ideas and treatments from the laboratory to the clinic and bringing back clinical observations.

During 15 years at Amgen Inc in California, Gloria worked on the development of novel cancer therapies. She led teams in the discovery and validation of biomarkers for preclinical and clinical studies with the purpose of enabling clinical decisions. While refining techniques to test immunotherapies in solid tumors, she continued to publish peer-reviewed scholarship.

She speaks Catalan, Castilian Spanish, French, and English and can translate scientific writing.

Kevin Matthews, MPhil

Columbia University

English and Comparative Literature

Kevin learned to edit on student newspapers in Texas and developed his craft at New York City publishers, working on a consumer tech supplement to Fortune magazine and a current affairs–based reference work. Over the same period, he earned two advanced degrees in literature at Columbia University, where he taught undergraduates to write. 

He's spent most of his career in higher education. He covered international education and affairs for six years at the UCLA International Institute and told the story of Cal Lutheran, a private liberal arts university, for nine years as executive editor of the alumni magazine. Since 2020, he's been writing freelance articles and advising international applicants to US colleges on their admissions essays.

For Kevin, one of the best things about working at universities was the chance to read scholarship across academic disciplines. He has interviewed many scientists and physicians and written for nonspecialists on topics from exercise science to tree ring analysis. On all projects, he insists on good logical development, clarity of meaning in sentences, and precision in English usage.

He also speaks Spanish and is gradually gaining Catalan skills. In spare time, he is active in organizing a local book club with monthly selections in the two languages.