Project Committees

Project Advisory Committee

ATTRACT’s Project Advisory Committee (PAC) comprises leading representatives
of international public and private organisations

The Committee tenders strategic advice on scaling up the ATTRACT Project. In providing such advice, the PAC may establish an open dialogue with public and private stakeholders, including high-level policy-makers, to raise their interest in investing in and continuing the ATTRACT Project.

John Wood

John Wood

Chair, Project Advisory Committee of ATTRACT
Sergio Bertolucci

Sergio Bertolucci

Professor, University of Bologna & former scientific director at CERN
Daria Tataj

Daria Tataj

Strategy advisor, board member and entrepreneur
Patrick Terroir

Patrick Terroir

President of Innovation Legal, Chair of LESI patent and technology licensing committee, Legal counselor, Project Advisory Committee of ATTRACT

Special advisors

Henry Chesbrough

Henry Chesbrough

Special Advisor of the PAC; Faculty Director, Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation, University of California-Berkeley; Professor, ESADE Business School
Claus Madsen

Claus Madsen

Senior adviser; Former Senior Counsellor for International Relations, European Southern Observatory (ESO)

R&D&I Committee

The R&D&I Committee (IC) is a fully independent committee of top-level experts in the domain of detector & imaging technology for science, industry and the private investor community

Sergio Bertolucci

Sergio Bertolucci

Chair, R&D&I Committee (IC) of ATTRACT; Professor, University of Bologna & former scientific director at CERN
Andrea Cuomo

Andrea Cuomo

Executive Vice President AST & Special Projects STMicroelectronics International
Cinzia Da Via

Cinzia Da Via

Professor of Physics at the University of Manchester UK
Dimitra Darambara

Dimitra Darambara

Senior Team Leader, The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Heinz Graafsma

Heinz Graafsma

Head of the Photon-Science Detector Group at DESY & Adjunct Professor at Mid Sweden University
Ralf Kaiser

Ralf Kaiser

Professor, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Glasgow
Sijbren Otto

Sijbren Otto

Professor of Systems Chemistry, University of Groningen
Bernd Schmitt

Bernd Schmitt

Group Leader in Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
Pawel Sobkowicz

Pawel Sobkowicz

Deputy Director for Innovation and Commercialisation, National Centre for Nuclear Research, Świerk, Poland
Norbert Wermes

Norbert Wermes

Professor of Physics, University of Bonn; Director, Institute of Physics

Project Consortium Board

The Project Consortium Board (PCB) manages the ATTRACT Project
and is the ultimate decision-making body of the Project Consortium

Michael Krisch

Michael Krisch

Chair, Project Consortium Board; Scientist in charge of the biomedical beamline ID17, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
Alex Nussem

Alex Nussem

Secretary General of the European Industrial Research Management Association (EIRMA)
Kalevi Ekman

Kalevi Ekman

Professor of integrated product development and machine design, AALTO University
Martti Jerkku

Martti Jerkku

Project Manager, Aalto University Design Factory and Deputy PCB member from Aalto University
Andrew McCarthy

Andrew McCarthy

Team leader, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation
Paolo Mutti

Paolo Mutti

Head of Instrument Control Department, Head of Scientific Computing Department, Institut Laue-Langevin
Thomas Tschentscher

Thomas Tschentscher

Scientific Director, European X-Ray Free Electron Laser Facility (European XFEL)
Andy Williams

Andy Williams

External Relations Officer, European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Project Administrative Office

The Project Administrative Office (PAO) is the dedicated
administrative body for the delivery of the ATTRACT Project

Markus Nordberg

Markus Nordberg

Head of Resources Development of the Development and Innovation Unit (IPT-DI), CERN

 Dissemination, Communication & Outreach Office

The Dissemination, Communication & Outreach Office (Comms team) is dedicated to promoting communication, outreach and media activities for the ATTRACT Project