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.
![]() | Stefan Constantinescu | Former president of FEAM | Chair | |
![]() | Donald Dingwell | Acting president of Academia Europaea | Member | |
![]() | Helen Eenmaa | President of YASAS | Member | |
![]() | Paweł Rowiński | President of ALLEA | Member | |
![]() | Tuula Teeri | Chair of Euro-CASE | Member | |
![]() | Wim van Saarloos | President of EASAC | Member |
![]() | Ferry Breedveld | President of FEAM | |
![]() | Patrick Maestro | Secretary general of Euro-CASE | |
![]() | Marie Louise Nosch | Member of the ALLEA board | |
![]() | Lise Øvreås | Vice-president of EASAC | |
![]() | Markus Prutsch | Associate Professor, Heidelberg University | |
![]() | Sarah Verhulst | Professor in Hearing Technology, Ghent University |
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.
![]() | Louise Edwards | Scientific Policy Officer | Academia Europaea |
![]() | Hannah Macdonald | Scientific Policy Officer | FEAM |
![]() | Mariana Rei | Scientific Policy Officer | Euro-CASE |
![]() | Céline Tschirhart | Scientific Policy Officer | ALLEA |
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.
![]() | Alaa Jbour | Communications Manager |
![]() | Toby Wardman | Head of Communications |
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.
![]() | Simon Schneider | Coordinator |
![]() | Rudolf Hielscher | Manager |