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. 

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

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MYA term: 31/01/2020 – 31/01/2024

Vanessa LaPointe

Christoph Rausch (Vice Chair))

Research field: Cultural anthropology, social studies of art and finance
Department: University College Maastricht; Faculty of Sciences and Engineering

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MYA term: 31/01/2020 – 31/01/2024

Christoph Rausch

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

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Katleen Gabriels

Research field: Ethics and philosophy of (computer) technology
Department: Philosophy; Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

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MYA term: 24/01/2022 – 24/01/2026

Projects: Lumière × MYA, Recognition & Rewards

Katleen Gabriels

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

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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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MYA term: 24/01/2022 – 24/01/2026

Projects: Interdisciplinary grant, Work pressure

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Mark Kawakami

Research field: International business law, corporate social responsibility & human rights
Department: Private Law; Faculty of Law

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MYA term: 31/01/2020 – 31/01/2024

Projects: Growing Up in Science, Interdisciplinary grant, Social safety

Mark Kawakami

Lotte Lemmens

Research field: Clinical psychology
Department: Clinical Psychological Science; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience

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MYA term: 31/01/2020 – 31/01/2024

Projects: Lumiere × MYA

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Veerle Melotte

Research field: Enteric nervous system in colorectal cancer
Department: Pathology; Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

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MYA term: 24/01/2022 – 24/01/2026

Projects: Recognition & Rewards, Social safety

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Costas Papadopoulos

Research field: Digital humanities, archaeology, and heritage
Department: Literature & Art; Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences 

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MYA term: 24/01/2022 – 24/01/2026

Projects: Internationalization, Recognition & Rewards

Costas Papadopoulos

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

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Jenny Schell-Leugers

Research field: Legal psychology
Department: University College Maastricht; Faculty of Science and Engineering

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MYA term: 24/01/2022 – 24/01/2026

Projects: Interdisciplinary grant, Work pressure

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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

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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

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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

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Donna Yates

Research field: Art and cultural heritage crime
Department: Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law

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MYA term: 24/01/2022 – 24/01/2026

Projects: Interdisciplinary grant, Internationalization, Recognition & Rewards

Donna Yates