International Advisory Board ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** The International Advisory Board (IAB) was established by the Rector, as his advisory body to decide on the major ways of research and educational work of the university, its resear internal funding system. The purpose of the board [ URL "https://cuni.cz/UKEN-1702.html"] is to support the interna recognition of Charles University, and to help improve the quality of the research and edu to help the university succeed in the international competition, and stamp itself as an in acclaimed “research university”. That’s why the board consists of important representative and educational world, working in top international institutions. We expect the board to m once a year, in Prague, at important anniversaries of Charles University. This meeting is with the Rector's Advisory Board [ URL "https://cuni.cz/UKEN-1725.html"] . IAB also meets throughout the year via teleconferences or the internet. ****************************************************************************************** * Members ****************************************************************************************** Doris AlexanderTrinity College Dublin Doris Alexander is the Associate Director of European Engagement, Trinity College Dublin. Trinity College’s Research Development Office in 1994 and together with previous researche has a history of interaction with the EC Research Framework Programme (both policy and pro dating back to Framework 2. Coupled with experience of other EU programmes, Doris is an EU strategy expert who drove the successful development, implementation, and delivery of the first in-depth Research Diversification Strategy. Doris took up post as the Associate Dire Engagement in 2019 and works to track, influence, and disseminate EU Policy relevant to th missions. She is on the Executive Board of the European University alliance, CHARM-EU, Ste the LERU European Research Projects Managers Group and is an ambassador for EARMA. She is University Council and sits on the College’s Research Committee. In 2023 she received an I excellence in Research Management leadership. Doris has previously represented Ireland on of Member states on the Horizon Europe/Horizon 2020 Model Grant Agreement and has been a b EARMA. Doris holds a BA(Hons) in Mathematical Science and an MSc in Computer Science (Heal from Trinity College. David BogleUniversity College London Professor of Chemical Engineering at University College London (UCL) with research interes Systems Engineering and Systems Biology. Scientific Vice President of the European Federat Engineers. Fellow of Institution of Chemical Engineers and elected a Fellow of the Royal A Engineering in 2005. Pro-Vice-Provost of the University College London (UCL) Doctoral School - the role is to l for early career researcher development (doctoral and postdoctoral) at UCL. UCL has over 5 students and 3500 postdoctoral researchers. Chair of the League of European Research Unive Doctoral Studies Policy Group and member of several advisory boards for early career resea in Europe. Tim ClarkFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Professor Tim Clark graduated in chemistry from the University of Kent. He obtained his Ph Queen’s University Belfast in 1973 for his work on the thermochemistry and solid phase pro adamantane and diamantane derivatives. He served as the Technical Director of the Computer in Erlangen from its fundation in 1993 until 2016, when he moved to a purely research posi research focuses on the development and application of methods of quantum mechanics in ino and biological chemistry, electron transfer theory and simulations of organic and inorgani mechanisms, including the study of the mechanism activation of G protein coupled receptors author of more than 450 articles in scientific journals and two books, has an h-index of 5 founding editor of the Journal of Molecular Modeling. In 2009, he was awarded the Claus-Wi Lieth Medal of the Molecular Graphics and Modeling Society. Nik ClaesenEuropean Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) For more than 6 years Nik serves as the Managing Director of the  European Association of Research Managers and Administrators  [ URL "https://earma.org/"] His mission is to enhance the quality of research support across Europe by establishing a professional development and best practice sharing. EARMA members often act as a bridge be and public-funding agencies, charities, companies and governments. They help scientists to to organize projects and collaboration networks, and to demonstrate impact. Nik has experi administration, specifically EU-funded research for the University of Brussels (VUB) and b for Imperial College London. He holds master's degrees in management and history. Kurt DeketelaereLeague of European Research Universities (LERU) Since July 2009, Kurt Deketelaere is the Secretary-General of the  League of European Research Universities [ URL "http://www.leru.org/"] (LERU), an associat three leading research-intensive universities which promotes the interests of frontier res EU institutions. Before joining LERU, he was the chief legal advisor (2004-2007) and the c (2007-2009) of the Flemish Minister for Public Works, Energy, Environment and Nature. Sinc also a professor of law (on parttime leave since 2007) at the University of Leuven, the un he studied law (1984-1989), obtained his PhD in Law (1989-1995) and spent (until now) his career. Furthermore, he was awarded the Hou-De Honorary Chair at the National Tsing Hua Un Taiwan, and has been a visiting professor of law at the Universities of London, Sydney, Si Chuo, Malta and Dundee. Maria J. EstebanCEREMADE, Université Paris-Dauphine Maria J. Esteban is a French mathematician. After her studies at the University of the Bas got her PhD and Habilitation at Sorbonne Université in Paris. Currently she’s an emerita s at CNRS at Paris-Dauphine and PSL Research Universities. Her research areas are nonlinear partial differential equations, Mathematical Physics and application of variational methods in Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Chemistry.  Among other responsibility positions, Professor Esteban was the head of the committee for Mathematics of the European Mathematical Society (EMS), and has been president of the Fren Applied and Industrial Mathematics (SMAI) and of the International Council for Industrial Mathematics (ICIAM) between 2015 and 2019. She has received numerous honorary awards and p Keith GullOxford University Keith Gull is a professor of Molecular Biology at Oxford University; since 2002, he has be the Gull Lab at Sir William Dunn School of Pathology. He has been awarded many prizes and such as Marjory Stephenson Prize, awarded by the Society for General Microbiology (1996). on tropical medicine to doctors and students at Oxford University, especially molecular mi of parasites that cause diseases such as malaria, African trypanosomiasis, and leishmanias research focus is biochemistry and the ‘cell biology of microtubules’. His interests are n on trypanosomes – parasites causing sleep sickness, devastating especially the Sub-Saharan laboratory is particularly interested in the structural and molecular mechanisms of pathog disease. Rolf-Dieter HeuerCERN Having graduated in physics from Universität Stuttgart, Rolf-Dieter Heuer received his PhD Heidelberg, to continue working there as a member of the academic team. Throughout his car involved in structure and use of large detection systems to study interactions between ele positrons. During 1984 and 1998, he assumed important positions in the European Organizati Research (CERN) in Geneva; then, until 2009, he was the head of research department at Uni Professor Heuer served as a Director-General of CERN since 2009 until December 2015. He’s many honorary doctorates and important awards, including the memorial medal of the Charles Joseph JankovicBaylor College of Medicine Joseph Jankovic is a professor of Neurology, Distinguished Chair in Movement Disorders, an Director of the Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic (PDCMDC), Departm Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. After completing his Neurology training at Col New York City, he joined the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine in 1977. Since that tim clinical and research team that focuses on etiology, pathophysiology, and experimental the Parkinson’s disease and related neurodegenerative and movement disorders. Under the direction of Dr. Jankovic the PDCMDC has been recognized as "Center of Excellenc Parkinson’s Foundation, the Huntington Disease Society of America, and the Tourette Associ Past president of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society and of the Int Neurotoxin Association, Dr. Jankovic is the recipient of many awards including the America Neurology (AAN) Movement Disorders Research Award, Dr. Jankovic has published over 1,200 o and over 50 books. He has been selected among “World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds”. Hans-Georg KräusslichUniversität Heidelberg Professor Krausslich studies infectious medicine and molecular virology, especially the HI obtained his PhD at the Munich University, he’s worked at Stony Brook University, New York Eckard Wimmer. Then he founded his own laboratory, aimed at HIV biology, in the German Ins Cancer Research in Heidelberg. Later on, he received a professorship at Heinrich-Pette-Ins Currently he’s in charge of the virology department at the university clinic in Heidelberg Prof. Krausslich is a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and the Heidelb Sciences. He’s got international reputation as a top specialist in biology of retroviruses He’s also the visiting professor of the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University. Peter KuhnUSC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience Professor Kuhn is a physicist studying the early detection and interception of cancer. He at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität in Würzburg, and later at the University at Albany, receive his PhD in 1995. Following his work in structure-based drug design while on the fa University, he spent a decade at Scripps Research developing new methods to find cancer si He joined the University of Southern California in 2014 where he is currently University P serves as the Director of the USC Michelson Convergent Science Institute in Cancer (CSI-Ca holds the position of Honorary Professor of Cancer Science at the University of Manchester Kingdom. His long term goal is to contribute the science necessary to improve outcomes for affected by cancer. Brigid LaffanEuropean University Institute Professor Brigid Laffan is a political scientist, a specialist in European integration. Ha from the University of Limerick, Ireland, she obtained her PhD at the Trinity College in D Later on, she became the founding director of the European Institute at the same universit she’s the director and professor in the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, and di global governance program at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. She has been granted numerous awards, is a member of Royal Irish Academy of Sciences, and Ordre National du Mérite. Sally MapstoneUniversity of St Andrews Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE is the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University Scotland, a position she took up in 2016. During Dame Sally’s tenure, the University attai “double first”, ranking top of the two leading University league tables in the UK: the Tim Times Good University Guide 2024 and the Guardian University Guide 2024. At a national and international level, Professor Mapstone has served as the Convener of Un Scotland, Vice-Chair of the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, and as Chair International Advisory Board for the University of Helsinki. She is currently the Chair of Education Policy Institute (HEPI) board, a trustee of the Europaeum, and in August 2023 sh President of Universities UK (UUK). Before St Andrew, Dame Sally’s career was spent at the University of Oxford, where she was Vice Chancellor for Education in the University, and Professor of Older Scots Literature i English, as well as a Fellow of St Hilda’s College. Michael SchaepmanUniversity of Zurich Professor Michael Schaepman studied geography, experimental physics and informatics at the Zurich and earned his doctoral degree at the Department of Geography UZH in 1998. Followin work at the University of Arizona in Tucson, USA, he returned to the UZH Department of Geo to head up a research group. In 2003, Michael Schaepman was appointed professor of geograp science at the Department of Environmental Sciences at Wageningen University (Netherlands) professor of remote sensing at the Department of Geography at the University of Zurich sin research priorities include Earth observation, remote sensing and spectroscopy to measure space. Michael Schaepman was appointed Vice Dean and then Dean of the Faculty of Science i respectively. From 2017 to 2020 he was the member of the Executive Board of the University the areas of research, innovation and academic career development. He has been President o of Zurich since 1 August 2020. Jeff SkinnerLondon Business School Jeff specializes in commercializing early stage technologies, principally from universitie commercial director at University College London (UCL), where he built its Technology Tran – including the creation of two seed-funds and new units to stimulate consultancy, industr and spin-out creation. Working alongside senior academics, he co-founded more than 30 tech spin outs that collectively raised more than ?30 million in first round capital. He also i management education for engineers and created the first Research Masters Programs at UCL. Review Committee of the Alliance of Technology Transfer Professionals – the global technol professional body – and is past president of the leading UK and European Technology Transf (PraxisUnico and ASTP Proton). He is author of the Leadership Foundation’s  publication Co Skills for Academics and Researchers and has written more than 20 teaching case studies, c aspects of university technology transfer. Iva StrnadovaUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney Iva Strnadova is a professor in Special Education and Disability Studies at the University Wales Sydney (UNSW), Australia. She also leads the research agenda of the Disability Innov (DIIU) at the UNSW Sydney. Her research aims to contribute to better understanding and the of the life experiences of people with disabilities, especially people with intellectual d Combining research with advocacy is essential in her research program, which builds on sup determination (including self-advocacy) of people with intellectual disabilities, and is g innovative inclusive research approach, in which people with intellectual disabilities are role of researcher. Iva has a particular research interest in the well-being of people wit disabilities (intellectual disabilities and autism) and their families over the life span, transitions in the lives of people with disabilities; girls and women with intellectual di parents with intellectual disabilities; people with profound intellectual and multiple dis inclusive research. She is a world-recognised leader in and a passionate advocate for co-p matters relevant to people with intellectual disabilities and on the autism spectrum. Peter TomkaInternational Court of Justice Peter Tomka has been a Judge of the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, the In Court of Justice (ICJ), since 2003. He served as its President from 2012?2015, and as Vice 2009?2012. He was born in Banská Bystrica and graduated from Charles University where he a his PhD in 1985. Prior to his election to the ICJ he was a Member of the United Nations In Commission. He served as Legal Advisor and Director?General of Slovakia’s Ministry of Fore later as Ambassador Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He was Chairman of the of the UN General Assembly and chaired a number of other UN legal bodies. He has been a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (since 1994), an Associate Memb Institut de droit international (since 2011) and a Member of the Curatorium of the Hague A International Law. ****************************************************************************************** * Former members ****************************************************************************************** Marie-Elizabeth DucreuxCentre de recherches historiques, EHESS Professor Ducreux is a French bohemicist, specialized mainly in the history of the Central 17th and 18th century. Her PhD thesis, defended at the Paris University in 1982, studied t the Czech counter-reformation. Currently she’s the director of CNRS in Paris. In the 1990s in founding the French Institute of Research in Social Sciences (Centre français de recher sociales, CEFRES) in Prague. Professor Marie-Elizabeth Ducreux keeps close links to the Cz society, for example, as the member of the CEFRES Advisory Board, or as the trainer of PhD the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. In 2009, she was awarded the honorary doctorate a University in Prague. She’s been a member of numerous international societies and expert o She served as Chair of the IAB until 2023. Aaron J. CiechanoverRuth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, T Aaron Ciechanover is an Israeli biochemist, a winner of the Nobel Prize for the discovery used by the cells during the protein degradation using ubiquitin. Born in Haifa in the Pol family, he studied at the Hadassah Medical School, to receive the PhD in biochemistry at t Technology Institute (Technion) in Haifa in 1981. He followed his studies in the postdocto the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, with Professor Harvey Lodish. Current Technion – Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute. Professor Ciechanover is a member of the Israeli Academy of Sciences, Pontifical Academy o international member of the National Academy of Sciences in the U.S. He’s been awarded wit and honorary doctorates by top universities over the world. Gary W. MarksUniversity of North Carolina a Universiteit van Amsterdam Professor Gary Marks obtained his PhD at the Stanford University, California, in 1982. Lat at the University of Virginia, and then at the University of North Carolina, where he beca 1994. Since 2004, he’s been head of the Multilevel Governance Department at Universiteit v Professor Marks is mostly involved in comparative political science, mainly aimed at the E He’s been awarded with numerous prices, including Humboldt Prize for 2011. Jozef Mathias RitzenMaastricht University Jozef Marie Mathias „Jo“ Ritzen is a Dutch economist and politician. Having graduated in p Technische Hogeschool in Delft, he received his PhD at Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, in entering politics, Professor Ritzen worked as a consultant in Eastern Pakistan (now Bangla the University of California. In 1989, he became Minister of Education and Science, and la Health and Culture in the Dutch government. His school system reform is considered the gro of Dutch universities in the 21st century. After leaving the government, he became the con the World Bank President, and later its Vice-President. Until 2011, he was the rector of t University. Now he’s Professor Emeritus at the latter, and consultant/member of important of global institutions. Timothy SnyderYale University Professor Timothy Snyder is an American historian, who focuses on modern history of Centra work, and a professor at Yale University. He is the author of several treatises about mode Central and Eastern Europe. Providing a vivid picture of the troubled history of the regio Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin (2013) and Black Earth (2015) became phenomen century historiography and international bestsellers. Especially valued is his On Tyranny: from the Twentieth Century, encouraging civic engagement in the face of the crisis of demo work, he focuses primarily on the Holocaust and the relationships between Russia and Europ numerous awards, such as the VIZE 97 Prize, the Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought, Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding.