MYA members
The Maastricht Young Academy comprises 18 selected members, three from each of Maastricht University's faculties. Members are appointed for four years and 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.
We are currently recruiting 8 new members from FHML (2 members), FPN (2 members), FSE (1 member), Law (2 members), and SBE (1 member). The deadline to submit your application is October 10 2023 at 14.00. Download the form here.
Information about the MYA alumni can be found here.
Current Members
Vanessa LaPointe (Chair)
Research field: Cell therapies for regenerative medicine
Department: Cell Biology–Inspired Tissue Engineering; Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Life Sciences
Read Vanessa's profile
Watch a video about her research
MYA term: 31/01/2020 – 31/01/2024
Sonja Fransen
Research field: Forced migration and development
Department: Department of United Nations University (UNU-MERIT); School of Business and Economics
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MYA term: 24/01/2022 – 24/01/2026
Projects: Growing Up in Science, Social safety
Francesco Gentile
Research field: Speech processing and audiovisual integration
Department: Cognitive Neuroscience; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
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MYA term: 31/01/2020 – 31/01/2024
Projects: Growing Up in Science, Outreach
Therese Grohnert
Research field: Workplace learning for judgment and decision-making in professional service firms
Department: Educational Research & Development; School of Business and Economics
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Watch a video about her research
MYA term: 24/01/2022 – 24/01/2026
Projects: Interdisciplinary grant, Work pressure
Mark Kawakami
Research field: International business law, corporate social responsibility & human rights
Department: Private Law; Faculty of Law
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Watch a video about his research
MYA term: 31/01/2020 – 31/01/2024
Projects: Growing Up in Science, Interdisciplinary grant, Social safety
Janosch Prinz
Research field: Contemporary political philosophy
Department: Philosophy; Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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MYA term: 01/04/2023 – 01/04/2027
Projects: Internationalization, Work pressure
Anna Schüth
Research field: Light-sheet microscopy, post-mortem human brain, prostate cancer
Department: Cognitive Neuroscience; Faculty of Psychology & Neuroscience
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MYA term: 24/01/2022 – 24/01/2026
Projects: Social safety, Work pressure
Marijn ten Thij
Research field: Computational social science & network science
Department: Advanced Computing Sciences; Faculty of Science and Engineering
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MYA term: 01/04/2023 – 01/04/2027
Projects: Interdisciplinary grant
Lilian Tsourdi
Research field:
Department: International and European Law; Faculty of Law
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MYA term: 31/01/2020 – 31/01/2024
Projects: Internationalization, Lumiere × MYA, Recognition & Rewards
