People20 Apr 2023

EBRAINS appoints new Chair of Science and Technology Committee

EBRAINS is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Renaud Jolivet as Chair of the EBRAINS Science and Technology Committee as of 27 March 2023.

In his role, Professor Jolivet will lead the EBRAINS Science and Technology Committee (ESTC). The ESTC is tasked with advising the Board of Directors on the strategic agenda of EBRAINS, as well as providing its expertise to all governing bodies of EBRAINS on relevant matters.

In 2005, he received his PhD in Computational Neurosciences from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, and since then he has held research positions at the University of Zürich, University College London, and the University of Geneva and CERN. In 2021, he became Full Professor of Neural Engineering and Computation in the Centre for Systems Biology at Maastricht University. His research focuses on how energy is consumed in the brain.

It is an immense honour to have been elected as the inaugural Chair of the EBRAINS Science and Technology Committee, and I hope that the work we will be doing within the Committee will consolidate the foundations of large-scale neuroscience in Europe.

Renaud Jolivet
EBRAINS Science and Technology Committee Chair

Professor Jolivet brings with him rich and versatile experience in both scientific research and leadership. We are delighted to announce his appointment as Chair of the EBRAINS Science and Technology Committee.

Paweł Świeboda
EBRAINS CEO