In May and June 2020 Croatian national node organized two webinars entitled "Research Data - What About Them?". The webinars were developed by SRCE – University of Zagreb University Computing Center in collaboration with the University Library Rijeka, the University of Split Library, the City and University Library in Osijek and the National and University Library in Zagreb. In total 410 participants attend webinars.

Here is what is happening inside the RDA-US in our interview with Adoption Manager and Senior Research Analyst, Anthony Juehne, who is driving adoption and dissemination regionally to support global efforts.

I participated in an RDA Plenary Meeting for the first time. I was just starting my adventure with Research Data Management and I was advised to go there to get connected with the community and to see what the current discussions in the field were.

Earlier this year, I was awarded  one of the  RDA Europe 4.0  Early Career Researcher grants  for attending the RDA 15th Plenary Meeting in Melbourne, Australia. My research focus is sex specificity of stress regulation in the brain with specific interest in connection of stress and neurodegeneration. The scientific project I currently lead, focuses on monitoring of epigenetic changes in brain memory center, upon stressful conditions.

It was my special pleasure to be one of the RDA Europe Early Career Grantees for the 15th Plenary Meeting and to get to know the RDA community at this occasion. I hope to continue to be part of RDA in the future, so in the following I would like to briefly elaborate on why RDA matters to me, what I am working on and how I perceived P15.