BIO

Sara Lafia works on a NSF project, Developing Evidence-based Data Sharing and Archiving Policies, where she is analyzing curation activities and automatically detecting data citations to develop metrics for tracking the impact of data reuse. Sara's research considers issues related to research data discovery and reuse. She has a background in geographic information science, urban planning, and regenerative studies. She holds a PhD in Geography from the University of California, Santa Barbara.