MYA members

MYA comprises 18 selected members, three from each of Maastricht University's (UM) faculties. Members are appointed for four years. We hold an open application round when a vacancy becomes available. Our members are passionate about our university and wish to make an impact on academia beyond their research and education activities. Want to know more about our alumni? Visit the MYA alumni page.  

We recently selected 9 new members to join the MYA beginning in February 2024. Our congratulations and warmest welcome to: Boukje Compen (FHML), Bram Fleuren (FPN), Skander Galand (LAW), Sejla Imamovic (LAW), Michelle Moerel (FSE), Irina Nikolova (SBE), Gabriel Paiva Fonseca (FHML), Janny Stapel (FPN), and Tom van der Zanden (SBE). 

We are also thrilled to announce the election of Jenny Schell-Leugers as the next Chair of the MYA and Janosch Prinz as the next Vice-Chair. Both will assume their leadership in February 2024 when the term of the current chairs will end. 

Meet the MYA Members and their research

Contact information of the members

Research field: Legal psychology
Jenny Schell-Leugers (Chair)

Janosch Prinz (Vice Chair)

Research field: Contemporary political philosophy

Department: Philosophy; Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
MYA term: 01/04/2023 – 01/04/2027

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Janosch Prinz MYA

Boukje Compen

Research field: Faculty Development, inclusive learning environments, teacher identity

Department: Educational Development and Research; Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Projects: Recognition & Rewards, Training & Workshops, Work Pressure & Well Being
MYA term: 01/02/2024 – 31/01/2028

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Portrait of Boukje Compen, MYA member

Bram Fleuren

Research field: Work and organizational psychology, sustainable employability

Department: Work and Social Psychology; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience 
Projects: Work Pressure & Well Being, MYA x Lumière
MYA term: 01/02/2024 – 31/01/2028

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Portrait of Bram Fleuren, MYA member

Katleen Gabriels

Research field: Ethics and philosophy of (computer) technology

Department: Philosophy; Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Projects: Lumière × MYA, Recognition & Rewards
MYA term: 24/01/2022 – 24/01/2026

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Katleen Gabriels

Skander Galand

Research field: International criminal law, international human rights law, international humanitarian law 

Department: International and European Law; Faculty of Law
Projects: Recognition & Rewards, Outreach
MYA term: 01/02/2024 – 31/01/2028

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Portrait of Skander Galand, MYA member

Therese Grohnert

Research field: Workplace learning for judgment and decision-making in professional service firms

Department: Educational Research & Development; School of Business and Economics
Projects: Interdisciplinary grant, Work pressure
MYA term: 24/01/2022 – 24/01/2026

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Šejla Imamović

Research field: European Human Rights Law, European and Comparative Constitutional Law

Department: Public Law; Faculty of Law
Projects: Recognition & Rewards, Internationalization
MYA term: 01/02/2024 – 31/01/2028

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Portrait of Šejla Imamović, MYA member

Veerle Melotte

Research field: Enteric nervous system in colorectal cancer

Department: Pathology; Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Projects: Recognition & Rewards, Social safety
MYA term: 24/01/2022 – 24/01/2026

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MYA Portrait

Michelle Moerel

Research field: Cognitive and computational neuroscience, auditory cortical and subcortical processing, functional MRI, ultra-high field MRI

Department: Maastricht Centre for Systems Biology; Faculty of Science and Engineering
Projects: Interdisciplinary Grant, Growing up in Science
MYA term: 01/02/2024 – 31/01/2028

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Portrait of Michelle Moerel, MYA member

Irina Nikolova

Research field: Organizational change, digitalized workplaces, working conditions, employee adaptation, leadership, organizational climate, employee well-being

Department: Organisation,Strategy & Entrepreneurship; School of Business and Economics
Projects: Recognition & Rewards, Work Pressure & Well Being
MYA term: 01/02/2024 – 31/01/2028

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Portrait of Irina Nikolova, MYA member

Gabriel Paiva Fonseca

Research field: Medical imaging, 3D printing, robotics, electronics

Department: Radiotherapy (GROW School for Oncology & Reproduction), MAASTRO Clinic; Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Projects: Internationalization, Training & Workshops 
MYA term: 01/02/2024 – 31/01/2028

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Portrait of Gabriel Paiva-Fonseca, MYA member

Costas Papadopoulos

Research field: Digital humanities, archaeology, and heritage

Department: Literature & Art; Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 
Projects: Internationalization, Recognition & Rewards
MYA term: 24/01/2022 – 24/01/2026

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Costas Papadopoulos

Anna Schüth

Research field: Light-sheet microscopy, post-mortem human brain, prostate cancer

Department: Cognitive Neuroscience; Faculty of Psychology & Neuroscience
Projects: Social safety, Work pressure
MYA term: 24/01/2022 – 24/01/2026

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MYA Portrait

Janny Stapel

Research field: Motor learning and motor development of children, computational modelling

Department: Cognitive Neuroscience, Development; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
Projects: Internationalization, Growing up in Science
MYA term: 01/02/2024 – 31/01/2028

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Marijn ten Thij

Research field: Computational social science & network science

Department: Advanced Computing Sciences; Faculty of Science and Engineering
Projects: Interdisciplinary grant
MYA term: 01/04/2023 – 01/04/2027

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Marijn ten Thij

Donna Yates

Research field: Art and cultural heritage crime

Department: Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law
Projects: Interdisciplinary grant, Internationalization, Recognition & Rewards
MYA term: 24/01/2022 – 24/01/2026

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Donna Yates

Tom van der Zanden

Research field: Data science, business and economics research, (parameterised) algorithms for network problems, graph algorithms

Department: Data Analytics and Digitalisation; School of Business and Economics
Projects: Internationalization, Interdisciplinary Grant
MYA term: 01/02/2024 – 31/01/2028

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Portrait of Tom van der Zanden, MYA member