Key persons

Meet some of the key people involved in running the ACTPHAST4.0 Photonics Innovation Incubator.

Outreach Support Team

Paola Zuppella
Local Outreach Coordinator - ES CNR-IFN
Rafael Bueno
Local Outreach Coordinator - ES
Rui Santos
Local Outreach Coordinator - NL SPH
Jaume Castellà
Local Outreach Coordinator - ES UPC
Hartmut Bartelt
Local Outreach Coordinator - GE IPHT
Alicja Anuszkiewicz
Local Outreach Coordinator - PL ITME
Anna Gzegorczyk
Local Outreach Coordinator - PL UMCS
Marco Romagnoli
Local Outreach Coordinator - IT CNIT
Matthieu Roussey
Local Outreach Coordinator - FI UEF
Ruth Churchill
Local Outreach Coordinator - UK ORC
Ines Schedwill
Local Outreach Coordinator - GE HHI
Kimmo Solehmainen
Local Outreach Coordinator - FI VTT
Nuria Teigell Beneitez
Local Outreach Coordinator - BE IMEC
Marc Rensing
Local Outreach Coordinator - IE Tyndall-UCC
Anna Pakula
Local Outreach Coordinator - PL WUT
Jürgen Brandner
Local Outreach Coordinator - GE KIT
Nicolas Passily
Local Outreach Coordinator - FR CNRS
Pierre Chavel
Local Outreach Coordinator - FR CNRS
Myriam Zerrad
Local Outreach Coordinator - FR CNRS
Paul Van Dijk
Local Outreach Coordinator - The Netherlands LIO
Maria Konstantaki
Local Outreach Coordinator - Greece FORTH
Manfred Rothhardt
Local Outreach Coordinator - Germany IPHT
Marcin Witkowksi
Local Outreach Coordinator - Poland & Eastern Europe WUT
Tom Carr
Local Outreach Coordinator - UK ORC
Marco Romagnoli
Local Outreach Coordinator - Italy, Croatia CNIT
Sergi Ferrando
Local Outreach Coordinator - Spain, Portugal ICFO
Sophie Eve
Local Outreach Coordinator - France CNRS
Ernst Stelzmann
Local Outreach Coordinator - Austria JR
Raphael Clerc
Local Outreach Coordinator - France CNRS
Dimitris Apostolopoulos
Local Outreach Coordinator - Greece, Cyprus, Israel, Turkey ICCS
Mathias Heckele
Local Outreach Coordinator - Germany (South), Switzerland KIT
Francisco Soares
Local Outreach Coordinator - Germany (North) HHI
Nathalie Debaes
Central Outreach Coordinator & Project Finances, Central Contact Point VUB
Peter Doyle
Central Business Coach, Central Contact Point VUB
Darren Martindill
Central Business Coach, Central Contact Point VUB

SME Advisory Board

Kris Vander Velpen
Independent Consultant, Flanders Business School Other Strategic Affiliates
Sofie Baeten
QBIC Managing Partner Other Strategic Affiliates
Christ'l Joris
GIMVnv Board Member amongst other key business roles Other Strategic Affiliates
Markus Wilkens
Photonics21 Senior Technology Consultant Other Strategic Affiliates
Barbara Andreani
Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Brussels office Other Strategic Affiliates
Dirk Torfs
Flanders Make CEO Other Strategic Affiliates
Leo Van De Loock
Industry 4.0 Transition Manager Other Strategic Affiliates

Pilot Lines Advisory Board

Jose Pozo (EPIC)
MIRPHAB all-services integrated Pilot Line for the development of MID-IR photonics sensors in Europe Other Strategic Affiliates
Corne Rentrop
INSCOPE pilot line for international smart collaborative open-access hybrid printed electronics TNO
Peter O'Brien
Member of the TCT, Expert in Photonics Packaging Systems, Member of Pilot Lines Advisory Board representing PIXAPP Tyndall-UCC
Joanne Wilson
PI-SCALE Pilot Line for the manufacture and system-level integration of flexible OLEDs into products TNO

Central Business Coaches

Peter Doyle
Central Business Coach, Central Contact Point VUB
Darren Martindill
Central Business Coach, Central Contact Point VUB

Central Contact Point (CCP)

Bernadette Callebaut
Contracts Administration, Central Contact Point VUB
Veena Shetty
Project IT Systems, Central Contact Point VUB
Johan Vlekken
Project Workflow & Templates, Central Contact Point VUB
Nathalie Debaes
Central Outreach Coordinator & Project Finances, Central Contact Point VUB

Technical Coordination Team (TCT)

Peter Harmsma
Member of the TCT, Expert in Sensor Systems TNO
Hercules Avramopoulos
Member of the TCT, Expert in Optical Telecoms ICCS
Pentti Karioja
Member of the TCT, Expert in Photonics Assembly VTT
Peter O'Brien
Member of the TCT, Expert in Photonics Packaging Systems, Member of Pilot Lines Advisory Board representing PIXAPP Tyndall-UCC
Arne Leinse
Member of the TCT, Leader of Technology Platform 7 LIO
Malgorzata Kujawinska
Member of the TCT, Expert in Metrology WUT
Kevin Williams
Member of the TCT, Leader of Technology Platform 6 TU/e
Nadège Courjal
Member of the TCT, Leader of Technology Platform 4 CNRS
Roel Baets
Member of the TCT, Leader of Technology Platform 5 IMEC
Michael Vervaeke
Member of the TCT, Leader of Technology Platform 1 VUB
Jurgen Mohr
Member of the TCT, Leader of Technology Platform 3 KIT

Coordinators

Francis Berghmans
Francis Berghmans Vice Coordinator, Member of the TCT, Leader of Technology Platform 2 VUB
Hugo Thienpont
Project Coordinator VUB