Robin Padilla is the director of product management for Digital Life Science Solutions at Springer Nature. Having over a decade of product management experience, Robin began his career in chemistry research, with a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and then as a researcher at BASF in Heidelberg, Germany. Transitioning to scientific publishing, with stints at Georg Thieme Publishers and Wiley, Robin joined Springer Nature's product team. After working as a front-line product manager for a material science platform, Robin took up his current product leadership role. Originally from New York and now London-based, Robin leads a team that develops products to empower and support life scientists making advancements in biopharma, agriculture, and more.