# 2.7. Personal profile
Under the Personal tab, you can manage a wide range of information associated with your researcher profile. For example, you can add name variants, profile photo, ORCID, research description, and positions held outside of the PMU. **You are responsible for all the information included in your personal profile.** We recommend providing as much information as possible in your Personal profile.
Here is an *example* how to manage your name variants, for example, names before marriage or multiple middle names. This field also serves to improve accuracy in automated publication search.
To manage your *name variants*:
1. Click *Personal* in the header and go on *Edit profile* (located under the picture):[](https://wiki.pmu.ac.at/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/bild-14.jpeg)
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2. Click on the *Metadata* tab in the left navigation.
3. In the *Personal Identification* tab click on the *Add name variant*s button to expand the *Name variant* area: [](https://wiki.pmu.ac.at/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/bild-16.jpeg)
4. Enter the First Name and the Last Name you want to add, then click on *Create*.
Click on the minus icon to remove the names. Click on *Edit* to update the names.
5. Click on *Save*.
Your scientific work in numbers and graphs
Under your personal profile, your scientific work is visualized through numbers and graphs, including your research outputs, projects, research network, top co-authorships, and top organizational affiliations on research outputs.
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