DSpace Technical Support Engineer Announcement - Welcome Lia Eggleston!

[Bridget Almas]

Dear DSpace Community,

We are thrilled to announce that, starting today, January 20, 2026, Lia Eggleston has joined Lyrasis and the DSpace Program staff as the new DSpace Technical Support Engineer.

As Technical Support Engineer for DSpace, Lia will play a critical role in helping to ensure the success of both the contributors and users of DSpace. Among other responsibilities, she will oversee the Pull Request process and the bug ticket queue, contribute to initial verification and testing of changes, offer technical assistance to the DSpace user community, and contribute to the DSpace documentation and training materials.   

Lia has a BS in Computer Science and has worked as a software engineer on both commercial and open-source applications, most recently at EnergySage in Boston.  She has strong JavaScript and other front-end development skills, as well as data management and analysis skills using Python and SQL, and some experience with Java.  She has a background in scientific computing for astronomy and neuroscience research, and has published work with colleagues at the Yale School of Public Health on the NEURON open-source simulation software.  She also has interests in data visualization and science communication, contributing to projects such as the Yale Climate Opinion Maps.

 Finally, Lia is a native English speaker with experience living outside the United States and an interest in learning languages. She is fluent in Italian and has varying degrees of proficiency in Spanish, French, and Mandarin.  Outside of work she can also be found dancing, taking circus classes, and reading comics. Lia is looking forward to becoming a part of the Lyrasis and DSpace communities!

Please join us in welcoming Lia to the DSpace staff and community!

Bridget

Bridget Almas

Director of Operations for Community Supported Technologies, Lyrasis