{"id":320,"date":"2019-03-06T20:46:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T20:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/?page_id=320"},"modified":"2026-10-15T21:40:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T19:40:43","slug":"who-are-we","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/about\/who-are-we\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are we?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-982\" src=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bre2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bre2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bre2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bre2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bre2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bre2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bre2-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption><b>Brecht Slootmaekers | <em>Co-chair<\/em><\/b><br \/>Gravitational Waves<br \/>Maastricht University<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1054\" src=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jelle-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jelle-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jelle-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jelle-768x1133.jpg 768w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jelle-1041x1536.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jelle.jpg 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption><b>Jelle Koorn | <em>Co-chair<\/em><\/b><br \/>Theory<br \/>Nikhef<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-979\" src=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pim-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pim-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pim-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pim-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pim-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pim.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption><b>Pim van Dillen<\/b><br \/>Astroparticle Physics<br \/>Radboud University<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1056\" src=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/nad-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/nad-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/nad-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/nad-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/nad.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption><b>Nadia Dobreva | <em>Secretary<\/em><\/b><br \/>ATLAS<br \/>CERN<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1055\" src=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bart-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bart-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bart-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bart-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bart-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bart.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\r\n<figcaption><b>Bart Schellenberg | <em>Webmaster<\/em><\/b><br \/>NL-<em>e<\/em>EDM<br \/>University of Groningen<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1063\" src=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/akaria2.jpg-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/akaria2.jpg-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/akaria2.jpg-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/akaria2.jpg-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/akaria2.jpg-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/akaria2.jpg.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br \/>\r\n<figcaption><b>Abhay Karia<\/b><br \/>Gravitational Waves<br \/>Maastricht University<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Former Council members:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2025-2026: Lisa Lehmann (ATLAS), Bastiaan Nijman (NL-eEDM), Marta Burgos (LHCb), Wouter Morren (LHCb), Yashwant Sing Bothra (GW), Ya\u011fmur Zubaro\u011flu (Theory)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2024-2025: Lisa Lehmann (ATLAS), Bastiaan Nijman (NL-eEDM), Marta Burgos (LHCb), Vincent Kueviakoe (KM3NeT), Anh Vu Phan (Dark Matter), Mariia Selina (ALICE)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2023-2024: Luise Kranzhoff (GW), Pranati Kharbanda (Dark Matter), Carolina Bolognani (LHCb), Clara Gatius Oliver (KM3NeT)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2022-2023: Gijs van Weelden (ALICE), Mohit Saharan (Pierre Auger Observatory), Dylan van Arneman (ATLAS), Maria Domenica Galati (LHCb)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2021-2022: Aleksandra Snoch (LHCb), Emily Brookes (Dark matter)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2020-2022: Serena Di Pede (Dark Matter), Alexandra Mitchell (GW), Bouke Jisse Jung (Neutrino Telescopes), Alessio Pizzini (ATLAS)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2019-2021: Avanish Basdew-Sharma (Theory), Igor Kostiuk (LHCb), Lennart van Doremalen (ALICE)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2018-2020: Anamika Aggarwal (ATLAS), Alice Alfonsi (ATLAS), Br\u00edan \u00d3 Fearraigh (Neutrino Telescopes)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2017-2019: Maria Bader (R&amp;D), Zhanna Khabanova (ALICE), Ruben Jaarsma (Theory), Marc de Beurs (ATLAS)<\/p>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Ancient times:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"float: left; text-align: left;\">\r\n<li>Milo Vermeulen<\/li>\r\n<li>Erik Hogenbirk<\/li>\r\n<li>Jorinde van de Vis<\/li>\r\n<li>Alis Rodriguez Manso<\/li>\r\n<li>Gabriele Sabato<\/li>\r\n<li>Joris van Heijningen<\/li>\r\n<li>Stergios Tsigaridas<\/li>\r\n<li>Panagiotis Tsopelas<\/li>\r\n<li>Roel Aaij<\/li>\r\n<li>Thijs Broek<\/li>\r\n<li>Lisa Hartgring<\/li>\r\n<li>Geert-Jan Besjes<\/li>\r\n<li>Lucie de Nooij<\/li>\r\n<li>Serena Oggero<\/li>\r\n<li>Veerle Heijne<\/li>\r\n<li>Rolf Schon<\/li>\r\n<li>Marten Bosma<\/li>\r\n<li>Daniel Geerts<\/li>\r\n<li>Pieter van der Deijl<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Council members: 2025-2026: Lisa Lehmann (ATLAS), Bastiaan Nijman (NL-eEDM), Marta Burgos (LHCb), Wouter Morren (LHCb), Yashwant Sing Bothra (GW), Ya\u011fmur Zubaro\u011flu (Theory) 2024-2025: Lisa Lehmann (ATLAS), Bastiaan Nijman (NL-eEDM), Marta Burgos (LHCb), Vincent Kueviakoe (KM3NeT), Anh Vu Phan (Dark Matter), Mariia Selina (ALICE) 2023-2024: Luise Kranzhoff (GW), Pranati Kharbanda (Dark Matter), Carolina Bolognani 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