Avi Staiman
Founder & CEO, Academic Language Experts · Creator, AI Boot Camp
I'm the Founder and CEO of Academic Language Experts, an author services company supporting multilingual and ESL researchers in producing clear, rigorous, publication-ready work. I built ALE from scratch to a multi-million-dollar business working closely with researchers, publishers, and institutions worldwide.
Over the past several years I've become one of the most active practitioner-voices on generative AI in scholarly communication. I've trained 30,000+ researchers and research managers across leading European universities — Imperial College London, KU Leuven, Corvinus, Aalto, EARMA — and run hands-on boot camps that focus on how AI tools actually fit into the daily workflow of a working researcher, grants office, or NCP.
I'm a regular Chef at The Scholarly Kitchen, where I write about AI's impact on peer review, author disclosure, and publication ethics. I'm a core member of CANGARU — the international working group developing AI use and reporting guidelines for academic writing, representing the European Association of Science Editors (EASE). I co-host the New Books Network — Scholarly Communication podcast and review for Learned Publishing (Wiley).
My focus is the practical and behavioral side of AI in research: how authors actually use these tools, how publishers and funders are responding, and how policy can support responsible adoption without undermining trust or research integrity. That perspective — built from thousands of hours sitting next to real researchers as they try real tools on real work — is what shapes every session of the boot camp.
Where I show up.
- ●Guest lecturer at NYU, the University of Tokyo, and across European research universities
- ●Trained 30,000+ researchers, research managers, and NCPs on practical AI workflows
- ●Essays in Times Higher Education, The Scholarly Kitchen, and Learned Publishing
- ●Built the AI Boot Camp — a hands-on program adopted by Imperial College London, Corvinus, EARMA, KU Leuven and 30+ institutions
Topics I speak on
A concrete customization process.
- 1Discovery call
A free 30-minute conversation about format, audience, funder mix, and what success looks like.
- 2Audience, funder & workflow mapping
We map the disciplines, seniorities, funding programs, and day-to-day workflows in the room.
- 3Module selection
We choose modules from the catalogue that match those workflows and the time you have.
- 4Prep page & tool-access instructions
Participants get a shared prep page with required readings and the tools to register for in advance.
- 5Live Boot Camp
Hands-on sessions, on-site or via Zoom. Participants work on their own grants, drafts, datasets, and courses.
- 6Materials, recordings, prompts & follow-up support
Slides, recordings, prompt libraries, and 2 hours of follow-up with your institution on training needs, participant questions, refining workshop outputs, or planning future training.
- 7Optional follow-up session
A later check-in to review what stuck, troubleshoot what didn't, and plan the next step.
Articles, podcasts & interviews
Avi's writing on AI in scholarly publishing — plus podcast appearances and video interviews — now lives in one place on the Resources page.