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.

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Our members are passionate about our university and wish to make an impact on academia beyond their research and education activities. 

If you want to get involved and there is no open selection round, see how here.

Information about the MYA alumni can be found here.

Current Members

Vanessa LaPointe (Chair)

Research field: Regenerative medicine 

Department of Cell Biology–Inspired Tissue Engineering, Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Life Sciences 

Read Vanessa's complete profile 

Watch the video about her research: Improving regenerative medicine therapies

Vanessa LaPointe

Christoph Rausch (Vice Chair)

Research field: Cultural anthropology, social studies of art and finance

University College Maastricht, Faculty of Sciences and Engineering

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Watch the video about his research: Studying global relations between art and finance in the 21st century

Christoph Rausch

Christof Defryn

Research field: Operations research

Department of Quantitative Economics, School of Business and Economics

Read Christof's complete profile 

 Watch the video about his research: Developing smart and collaborative logistics for a more sustainable future

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Sonja Fransen

Research field: Forced migration and development

Department of United Nations University (UNU-MERIT), School of Business and Economics

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Katleen Gabriels

Research field: Ethics and philosophy of (computer) technology 

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Read Katleen's complete profile

Watch the video on her research: Ethics and Philosophy of (Computer) Technology

Katleen Gabriels

Francesco Gentile

Research field: Speech processing and audiovisual integration

Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience

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Therese Grohnert

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

Department of Educational Research & Development, School of Business and Economics

Read Therese's complete profile 

Watch the video about her research: Workplace learning for judgment and decision-making in professional service forms

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Mark Kawakami

Research Field: International business law, corporate social responsibility & human rights

Department of Private Law, Faculty of Law

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Watch the video about his research: Studying pro-social company behaviour for improving societal and environmental outcomes

Mark Kawakami

Lotte Lemmens

Research Field: Clinical psychology

Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience

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Watch the video about her research: Optimising psychotherapy treatment outcomes for the betterment of science and society

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Aurore Lyon

Research field: Computational cardiovascular research

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Life Sciences

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Watch the video about her research: Computational Cardiovascular Research

Aurore Lyon

Veerle Melotte

Research field: Enteric nervous system in colorectal cancer

Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Read Veerle's complete profile

 Watch the video about her research: The Enteric Nervous System 

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Costas Papadopoulos

Research field: Digital humanities, archaeology, and heritage

Department of Literature & Art, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 

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Watch the video on his research: Digital Humanities, Archaeology, and Heritage

Costas Papadopoulos

Janosch Prinz

Research Field: Contemporary political philosophy

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

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Jenny Schell-Leugers

Research field: Legal psychology

University College Maastricht, Faculty of Science and Engineering

Read Jenny's complete profile 

Watch the video on her research: Legal Psychology

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Anna Schüth

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

Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology & Neuroscience

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Marijn ten Thij

Research field: Computational social science & network science

Department of Advanced Computing Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering

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Lilian Tsourdi

Research field: 

Department of International and European Law, Faculty of Law

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Donna Yates

Research field: Art and cultural heritage crime

Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law

Read Donna's complete profile 

Watch the video on her research: Art and Cultural Heritage Crime

Donna Yates