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
Janosch Prinz (Vice Chair)
Department: Philosophy; Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
MYA term: 01/04/2023 – 01/04/2027
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Boukje Compen
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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Bram Fleuren
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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Katleen Gabriels
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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Skander Galand
Department: International and European Law; Faculty of Law
Projects: Recognition & Rewards, Outreach
MYA term: 01/02/2024 – 31/01/2028
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Therese Grohnert
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
Department: Public Law; Faculty of Law
Projects: Recognition & Rewards, Internationalization
MYA term: 01/02/2024 – 31/01/2028
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Veerle Melotte
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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Michelle Moerel
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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Irina Nikolova
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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Gabriel Paiva Fonseca
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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Costas Papadopoulos
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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Anna Schüth
Department: Cognitive Neuroscience; Faculty of Psychology & Neuroscience
Projects: Social safety, Work pressure
MYA term: 24/01/2022 – 24/01/2026
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Janny Stapel
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
Department: Advanced Computing Sciences; Faculty of Science and Engineering
Projects: Interdisciplinary grant
MYA term: 01/04/2023 – 01/04/2027
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Donna Yates
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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Tom van der Zanden
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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Research field: Legal psychologyJenny Schell-Leugers (Chair)
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Research field: Contemporary political philosophyJanosch Prinz (Vice Chair)
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Research field: Faculty Development, inclusive learning environments, teacher identityBoukje Compen
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Research field: Work and organizational psychology, sustainable employabilityBram Fleuren
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Research field: Ethics and philosophy of (computer) technologyKatleen Gabriels
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Research field: International criminal law, international human rights law, international humanitarian lawSkander Galand
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Research field: Workplace learning for judgment and decision-making in professional service firmsTherese Grohnert
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Research field: European Human Rights Law, European and Comparative Constitutional LawŠejla Imamović
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Research field: Enteric nervous system in colorectal cancerVeerle Melotte
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Research field: Cognitive and computational neuroscience, auditory cortical and subcortical processing, functional MRI, ultra-high field MRIMichelle Moerel
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Research field: Organizational change, digitalized workplaces, working conditions, employee adaptation, leadership, organizational climate, employee well-beingIrina Nikolova
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Research field: Medical imaging, 3D printing, robotics, electronicsGabriel Paiva Fonseca
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Research field: Digital humanities, archaeology, and heritageCostas Papadopoulos
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Research field: Light-sheet microscopy, post-mortem human brain, prostate cancerAnna Schüth
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Research field: Motor learning and motor development of children, computational modellingJanny Stapel
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Research field: Computational social science & network scienceMarijn ten Thij
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Research field: Art and cultural heritage crimeDonna Yates
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Research field: Data science, business and economics research, (parameterised) algorithms for network problems, graph algorithmsTom van der Zanden