Management team
CogniGron's management structure features several key bodies: The daily operations are overseen by the Scientific Director, the Programme Board, and the Coordinating Office. The Supervisory Board, together with the Programme Board, handles long-term strategic planning. Meanwhile, the Scientific Advisory Panel offers expert advice and external perspectives to maintain high research quality.
Scientific Director
The Scientific Director is responsible for the scientific program and chairs the Programme Board. The director functions as the official representative of the center.
The founding Scientific Director of the Groningen Cognitive Systems and Materials Center, is Prof. dr. Beatriz Noheda.
Beatriz Noheda received her PhD in Physics in 1996 from the UAM in Madrid. After various stays and positions at University of Saarlandes, Clarendon Laboratory in Oxford, Brookhaven National Lab in New York and Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, in 2003 she was awarded a Rosalind Franklin Fellowship by the University of Groningen, where she is now Full Professor. Noheda is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and has served as member of numerous national and international committees and several editorial boards. She is author of more than 100 publications, receives more than 10 invitations per year to speak in international conferences and has given 6 plenary and keynote talks. More information can be found at her personal page
Programme Board
The Programme Board is responsible for determining the scientific strategy, for the daily running of the scientific programme, the allocation of budget, as well as the recruitment of new staff.
Prof. dr. Tamalika Banerjee
Professor Physics of Nanodevices
e-mail: t.banerjee rug.nl
More information can be found at her personal page
Prof. dr. Georgi Gaydadjiev
Professor Innovative Computer Architectures
e-mail: g.gaydadjiev rug.nl
More information can be found at his personal page
Prof. dr. Maria Antonietta Loi
Professor Photophysics and Optoelectronics
e-mail: m.a.loi rug.nl
More information can be found at her personal page
Prof. dr. Lambert Schomaker
Professor Artificial Intelligence
e-mail: l.r.b.schomaker rug.nl
More information can be found at his personal page
Dr. Alef Sterk
Assistant Professor Dynamical Systems, Geometry, and Mathematical Physics
e-mail: a.e.sterk rug.nl
More information can be found at his personal page
Prof. dr. Niels Taatgen
Professor Artificial Intelligence and Director Bernoulli Institute for Mathematics, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
e-mail: n.a.taatgen rug.nl
More information can be found at his personal page
Prof. dr. Moniek Tromp
Professor Materials Chemistry and Director Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials
e-mail: moniek.tromp rug.nl
More information can be found at her personal page
Advisor to the Programme Board
Prof. dr. ir. Ton Engbersen
University of Groningen, Netherlands
Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board approves the budget and reviews with the Progamme board the long-term strategy of the program at a yearly basis. It also supervises and discusses with the Programme Board significant changes in focus and implementation. The board consists of the Vice President of the board of the University of Groningen, the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) and the Managing Director of the FSE.
drs. Hans Biemans
Member of the Board of the University of Groningen
tel:+31 50 363 6578
e-mail: J.A.W.M.Biemans rug.nl
Prof. dr. Joost Frenken
Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering
tel:+31 50 36 34617;
e-mail: j.w.m.frenken rug.nl
Dr. mr. Esther Marije Klop
Managing director of the Faculty of Science and Engineering
tel:+31 50 36 338945;
e-mail: e.m.klop rug.nl
Coordinating Office
The Coordinating Office assists the Scientific Director and the Board in all aspects of their management, outreach and commmunication activities.
Luisella Kraak
Management Assistant
E-mail: l.j.kraak rug.nl | cognigron rug.nl
Dr. Judith Paridaen
Scientific Coordinator
E-mail: j.t.m.l.paridaen rug.nl
Scientific Advisory Panel
CogniGron is proud to count on an external advisory panel of international renowned experts. The role of the Scientific Advisory Panel is to advise the Scientific Director and the Programme Board on the scientific merits of research plans and assist in delineating new scientific directions.
Prof. dr. G. Indiveri
UZH / ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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Prof. dr. J. Grollier
CNRS/Thales, France
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dr. H. E. Riel
IBM Zurich, Switzerland
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Prof. dr. I. K. Schuller
University of California San Diego, USA
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dr. Y. B. van de Burgt
TU/Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Prof. dr. ir. W. G. van der Wiel
University of Twente, Netherlands
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Prof. dr. C. Eliasmith
University of Waterloo, Canada
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Prof. dr. S. Stepney
University of York, United Kingdom
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Prof. dr. T. Kenyon
University College London, United Kindom
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