Researcher Spotlight

Yuanxi Fu

Yuanxi Fu is a PhD student in Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She holds a BS in chemistry from Nanjing University in China, a PhD in chemistry and a MS in bioinformatics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on argumentation in science.

What do you see as the primary benefit to you of archiving your data in a repository? Is there anything else you would like to share about the Research Data Service, Illinois Data Bank, or your research?

The primary benefit is to share the data publicly that I used to produce my research. As a person also studies methods in science, I understand it is possible to reach different conclusions using different methods. Yet the underlying data are always the same. Sharing the data is a way of showing honesty about my research and leaving the door open for future examination.

Research Data Service staff brought to our attention several errors and inconsistencies in our data, although we have done checking several times and thought our dataset was water-tight. Having another pair of eyes always help!