Daren Howell is vice president of research intelligence, leading nature research intelligence and Springer Nature’s internal research intelligence team. Daren’s early career focused on commercial R&D across environmental, automotive, defense and consumer goods, resulting in several patents. Since then, Daren has helped organizations achieve significant growth via the scientific application of data and AI to deliver effective decisions. With nature research intelligence, Daren’s passion for using data to drive effective decisions now extends beyond Springer Nature to academic, government and corporate research organizations.