Partnering with Dryad

Written By Laurel Haak

Exploring identity workflows in open research repositories

Data repositories are a critical component of how research is done and shared. Dryad is a leading open research data repository with a strong community focus and 20 years of experience curating and publishing a wide variety of data types. 

VeriMe is excited to partner with Dryad on identity verification workflows. Partnering with Dryad aligns with our community trust-building purpose and together our work will help to define and drive adoption of researcher-first digital identity protocols for research data on a global scale.

“Dryad supports researchers to publish their datasets with minimal effort and a high degree of quality, leveraging information that the researchers already have available so they do not have to duplicate work,” said Ryan Scherle, head of platform development at Dryad. “We are excited to work with VeriMe to further enhance that experience, providing certainty about researcher identities while reducing effort and allowing researchers to retain control over personal information.”

“Learning that Dryad started in 2008 and, in 2025, represents the work of over 200,000 researchers while continuing to grow and stay relevant is inspiring,” said Chris Phillps, VeriMe co-founder.  “Dryad has shown what it means to truly support the research community by curating data for the long term and continually investing in the latest technology. At VeriMe.coop, we’re excited to collaborate on the VeriMe integration to strengthen the provenance of researchers and their datasets, ensuring trust and reliability into the future.”

For more information:

VeriMe Cooperative is a limited cooperative association based in Colorado, US.  VeriMe is founded upon the principle of cooperation.  We benefit from and contribute to the research ecosystem, particularly to increase trust in digital infrastructure that supports scholarship and research; supply methods and services for supporting integrity and trust in digital research contributions; and ensure trust and integrity in research contributor digital identity worldwide.  

For media and other inquiries, see our website at verime.coop or contact us directly at info@verime.coop. 

Dryad is a non-profit organization based in the United States. Dryad is an open data publishing platform and a community committed to the open availability and routine re-use of all research data. Our vision is for a future in which the open availability and routine reuse of all research data enables the acceleration of discovery across domains and the translation of research into benefits for society worldwide. We advance our vision through our mission: to enable the open publication and routine reuse of all research data.

For media and other inquiries, see our website at https://datadryad.org or contact us directly at https://datadryad.org/contact. 

Laurel Haak

Founder and CEO of Mighty Red Barn, enjoys exploring and testing new ideas. She uses her experiences as a biomedical researcher, policy wonk, company leader, and non-profit Board member to support impact-based organizations building digital infrastructure. She takes a collaborative approach to align growth with social benefit, experiment and refine value-adding products, and evaluate mission success. Laure has created and contributed to several tech start-ups, pioneered and scaled virtual teams and companies, and built communities of practice and collaborative work environments across government, academic, non-profit, and corporate sectors.

https://www.mightyredbarn.com
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