Board of Directors
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| Karuna Sampath, PhD University of Warwick Coventry, UK (2026-2027) |
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| Past President | President-Elect | Secretary | Treasurer | |
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| Cecilia Moens, PhD Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Washington, USA (2026-2027) |
Filippo Del Bene, PhD Institut de La Vision Paris, France (2026-2027) |
Mary Goll, PhD University of Georgia Georgia, USA (2024-2027) |
Wiebke Herzog, PhD Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Erlangen, Germany (2026 - 2029) |
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| Africa Rep | Europe & West Asia Rep | US & Canada Rep | US & Canada Rep | |
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| Patrick Amoateng, PhD University of Ghana Accra, Ghana (2025-2028 |
Pascale Bomont, PhD Inserm Lyon, France (2024-2027) |
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Marc Ekker, PhD University of Ottawa Ottawa, Canada (2024-2027) |
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| Latin America & The Caribbean Rep | Europe & West Asia Rep | East Asia Rep | East Asia Rep | |
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| Carmen G. Feijoo, PhD Universidad Andres Bello Santiago, Chile (2025-2028) |
Nicholas S. Foulkes, PhD Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen & Heidelberg, Germany (2026-2029) |
Hiromi Hirata, PhD Aoyama Gakuin University Sagamihara, Japan (2025-2028) |
Fumi Kubo, PhD RIKEN Center for Brain Science Wako, Japan (2026-2029) |
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| East Asia Rep | US & Canada Rep | US & Canada Rep | Europe & West Asia Rep | |
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| Yoonsung Lee, PhD Kyung Hee University Seoul, Korea (2025-2028) |
Rubén Marín Juez, PhD University of Montreal Montreal, Canada (2026-2029) |
Mayssa H. Mokalled, PhD Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, USA (2024-2027) |
Steffan Scholpp, PhD Living Systems Institute Exeter, UK (2024-2027) |
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| Australia & Southeast Asia Rep | Central & South Asia | US & Canada Rep | Europe & West Asia Rep | |
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| Kelly A. Smith, PhD The University of Melbourne Melbourne, Australia (2025-2028) |
Mahendra Sonawane, PhD Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbia, India (2025-2028) |
Zhaoxia Sun, PhD Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, United States (2026-2029) |
Natascia Tiso, PhD University of Padova Padova, Italy (2024-2027) |
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