Board of Directors

The current board of directors consists of 26 elected and ex officio membersAccording to the Bylaws, elections are held to replace three or four outgoing directors each year. The board elects its officers. The duties carried out by members of the board can be seen here.

2026 Board of Directors

Thomas Nowotny

Thomas Nowotny
 
University of Sussex, UK
 
President
Leonid Rubchinsky

Leonid Rubchinsky
 
IUPUI & Indiana University School of Medicine, US
 
Vice-President and Secretary
Volker Steuber

Volker Steuber
 
UH Biocomputation, University of Hertfordshire, UK
 
Ex President
Gennady Cymbalyuk

Gennady Cymbalyuk
 
Georgia State University, Atlanta, United States
 
Treasurer
Julie Haas

Julie Haas
 
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, US
 
Program Chair
Robert McDougal

Robert McDougal
 
Yale University, US
 
Website/Infrastructure Chair


Shailesh Appukuttan

Shailesh Appukuttan
 
CRMBM & INT, Aix-Marseille University, France
 
Publications Chair
Demian Battaglia

Demian Battaglia
 
University of Strasbourg / CNRS France
 
Deputy Workshops Chair
Roman Baravalle

Roman Baravalle
 
SUNY Downstate, US
 
Newsletter Chair
Alexander Dimitrov

Alexander Dimitrov
 
Washington State University, US
 
Deputy Tutorials Chair
Skirmantas Janusonis

Skirmantas Janusonis
 
UC Santa Barbara, US
 
Registration Chair
Kerstin Lenk

Kerstin Lenk
 
Graz University of Technology, Austria
 
Social Media Chair
Eirini Mavristaki

Eirini Mavristaki
 
Birmingham City University, UK
 
Training and EDI Chair
Alberto Mazzoni

Alberto Mazzoni
 
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
 
Tutorials Chair
Michelle Moerel

Michelle Moerel
 
Maastricht Centre for Systems Biology, Netherlands
 
Travel Awards Chair
Trang Anh Nghiem

Trang Anh Nghiem
 
Stanford University, US
 
Deputy Membership Chair
Adam Newton

Adam Newton
 
SUNY Downstate, US
 
Deputy Website/Infrastructure Chair
Rodrigo de Oliveira Pena

Rodrigo de Oliveira Pena
 
Florida Atlantic University, US
 
Membership Chair
Athanasia Papoutsi

Athanasia Papoutsi
 
IMBB, Greece
 
Workshops Chair
Maurizio de Pitta

Maurizio de Pitta
 
University of Toronto, Canada
 
Sponsorship Chair
Cesar Renno-Costa

Cesar Renno-Costa
 
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
 
Deputy Travel Awards Chair
Ausra Saudargiene

Ausra Saudargiene
 
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania
 
Deputy Social Media Chair
Ankur Sinha

Ankur Sinha
 
University College London, UK
 
Newsletter Chair
Sergio Solinas

Sergio Solinas
 
University of Sassari, Italy
 
Previous Local Organizer
Nada Yousif

Nada Yousif
 
University of Hertfordshire, UK
 
Deputy Training and EDI Chair


Thomas Trappenberg

Thomas Trappenberg
 
Dalhousie University, Canada
 
Local Organizer

 

Boards of Directors for: 2025