In Memoriam: Dr. Jon Tennant, IGDORE

Johannah White, Baton Rouge Community College

It is with great sadness and shock that the Open community notes the loss of renowned trailblazing Open Scholar, Dr. Jonathan (Jon) Tennant due to a motorcycle accident in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, on April 9, 2020 at the age of 31.  Earning his doctorate in  paleontology in 2017 from Imperial College London, as a graduate student he was transformed into an outspoken advocate for Open Science and creator of the open scholarly platform for paleontology research, PaleoArxiv. Current Fellow of the Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education (IGDORE), Dr. Tennant worked tirelessly in support of open access publishing and open peer review as a means of magnifying the impact scholarly work can have on greater society. He co-founded the Open Science MOOC , wrote numerous articles on the benefits of OA, authored a book, The (R)evolution of Open Science, as well as encouraging new scholars and other advocates in the Open arena in his short, but prolific career. His brilliant mind and kind heart will be greatly missed. His family is creating a foundation to continue his work.