Leonid Schneider

Leonid Schneider (born 1977) is a Ukrainian-German science journalist and molecular cell biologist. He is known for his blog For Better Science that covers research integrity and ethics. and moved to Germany to attend university. He earned an MSc in biology at the University of Cologne in 2003 and a PhD in biology at the University of Düsseldorf in 2008, with the dissertation Role of the mitotic spindle associated protein TACC3 in cell proliferation and survival. In 2020 his blog published an article by Elisabeth Bik and three co-authors that revealed the existence of a Chinese "paper mill" believed to be responsible for over 1,300 fraudulent papers by Chinese authors.

He is an active member of the Green party in Germany (Grünen) and has been involved in the recent political campaign as well as writing a scolding letter about the interview of a local CDU party chair in Erlensee Germany.

Legal problems Schneider has occasionally been sued over his blog posts; for example by a German scientist couple, in connection with the scandal around Paolo Macchiarini. More recently, he has been involved in legal disputes brought by Didier Raoult, Jan van Deursen and Gabrio Bassotti.