The SAPEA board
The SAPEA board consists of the presidents of each of SAPEA’s Academy Networks. These presidents together act as the central body for decisions on joint activities within SAPEA.
If a member of the board is unavailable, an alternate member designated by the Network can act in their place.
![]() | Eloy Álvarez Pelegry | Chair of Euro-CASE | Member | |
![]() | Ferry Breedveld | President of FEAM | Member | |
![]() | Noel de Miranda | President of YASAS and Member of SAPEA Board | Member | |
![]() | Donald Dingwell | President of Academia Europaea | Chair | |
![]() | Lise Øvreås | President of EASAC | Member | |
![]() | Paweł Rowiński | President of ALLEA and Member of SAPEA Board | Member |
![]() | Stefan Constantinescu | Former president of FEAM | |
![]() | Patrick Maestro | Secretary general of Euro-CASE | |
![]() | Marie Louise Nosch | Member of the ALLEA board | |
![]() | Hanna-Leena Pesonen | EASAC Vice-President. | |
Jeroen van Schependom | Associate Professor of NeuroEngineering at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium |
SAPEA staff
Scientific policy officers
Scientific policy officers are employed by our Academy Networks. Their main role is to manage SAPEA’s evidence review process.
![]() | Guna Dauvarte | Scientific Policy Officer | FEAM |
![]() | Louise Edwards | Scientific Policy Officer (50%) | Academia Europaea |
![]() | Anda Popovici | Scientific Policy Officer | YASAS |
![]() | Mariana Rei | Scientific Policy Officer | Euro-CASE |
![]() | Frederico Rocha | Scientific Policy Officer | EASAC |
![]() | Sara Saba | Scientific Policy Officer | ALLEA |
![]() | Ali Woodhouse | Scientific Policy Officer (50%) | Academia Europaea |
Communications staff
The SAPEA communications team is based in Brussels and employed by ALLEA. Along with colleagues in the SAM secretariat, their role is to communicate about the work of the Scientific Advice Mechanism.
![]() | Lionel Dutrieux | Digital Communications Manager |
![]() | Alaa Jbour | Head of Communications |
![]() | Justine Moynat | Communications Manager |
Management and coordination staff
The team that manages and coordinates the SAPEA project is based in Berlin and Munich. The coordinating organisation is Ludwig-Maximillians-Universität, Munich.
![]() | Margot Gehringer | Team assistant |
![]() | Rudolf Hielscher | Manager - SAPEA |
![]() | Simon Schneider | Coordinator |






















