Executive Board

Raquel Silva Peixoto

President

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Saudi Arabia

Board member since 2022

Phil Hugenholtz

Past-President

The University of Queensland
Australia

Board member since

Gabriele Berg

Vice-President

Graz University of Technology
Austria

Board member since 2024

Joana Falcão Salles

Treasurer

Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences
The Netherlands

Board member since 2020

International Board

David Walsh

Board Member

Concordia University
Canada

Board member since 2022

Debbie Lindell

Board Member

Israel Institute of Technology
Technion, Israel

Board member since 

Jillian Petersen

Board Member

University of Vienna
Austria

Board member since 2020

Fengping Wang

Board Member

Shanghai JiaoTong University
China

Board member since 2020

Kelly Wrighton

Board Member

Colorado State University
United States

Board member since 2020

Thomas Curtis

Board Member

Newcastle University
United Kingdom

Board member since 2022



 

Advisors to the Board

Nicole Dubilier

Past Executive Board Member

Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Germany

Advisor since 2024

Burak Avci

Chair of the Early Career Scientist Committee

Aarhus University
Denmark

Advisor since 2024