{"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":"2025-11-21T14:42:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:42:51","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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-965 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC00805-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC00805-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC00805-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC00805-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC00805-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC00805-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC00805-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br \/><strong>Lisa Lehmann<\/strong><br \/>ATLAS | Chair<br \/>Nikhef<br \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-966\" src=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-08-at-08.27.10-217x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-08-at-08.27.10-217x300.jpeg 217w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-08-at-08.27.10.jpeg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><br \/><b>Bastiaan Nijman<br \/><\/b>NL-eEDM<br \/>University of Groningen<br \/><br \/><\/div>\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\">\r\n<figcaption><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-968\" src=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/UMCard_photo-217x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/UMCard_photo-217x300.jpeg 217w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/UMCard_photo-740x1024.jpeg 740w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/UMCard_photo-768x1063.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/UMCard_photo-1110x1536.jpeg 1110w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/UMCard_photo-1480x2048.jpeg 1480w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/UMCard_photo.jpeg 1507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><br \/><b>Marta Burgos<\/b><br \/>LHCb<br \/>University of Maastricht<br \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-970\" src=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3176-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3176-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3176-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3176-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3176-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_3176-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\">\r\n<figcaption><strong>Vincent Kueviakoe<\/strong><br \/>KM3NeT | <em>Webmaster<\/em> <br \/>Nikhef<br \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-978\" src=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wou-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wou-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wou-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wou-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wou.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\">\r\n<figcaption><strong>Wouter Morren<\/strong><br \/>LHCb | <em>Webmaster<\/em><br \/>Nikhef<br \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone 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\" \/><br \/><strong>Pim van Dillen<\/strong><br \/>Astroparticle Physics<br \/>Radboud University<br \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-980\" src=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/yag-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/yag-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/yag-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/yag-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/yag.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><br \/><strong>Ya\u011fmur Zubaro\u011flu<\/strong><br \/>Theory<br \/>Nikhef<br \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone 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\" \/><br \/><strong>Brecht Slootmaekers <\/strong><br \/>Gravitational Waves<br \/>Maastricht University<br \/><br \/><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-967\" src=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/picture_Yashwant-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/picture_Yashwant-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/picture_Yashwant-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/barm.nikhef.nl\/phdcouncil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/picture_Yashwant.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\r\n<figcaption><strong>Yashwant Sing Bothra<\/strong><br \/>Gravitational Waves\u00a0<br \/>Nikhef<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Former Council members:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>2024-2025: Anh Vu Phan (Dark Matter), Mariia Selina (ALICE)<\/p>\r\n<p>2023-2024: Luise Kranzhoff (Gravitational Waves), Pranati Kharbanda (Dark Matter), Carolina Bolognani (LHCb), Clara Gatius Oliver (KM3NeT)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>2022-2023: Gijs van Weelden (ALICE), Mohit Saharan (Pierre Auger Observatory), Dylan van Arneman (ATLAS), Maria Domenica Galati (LHCb)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>2021-2022: Aleksandra Snoch (LHCb), Emily Brookes (Dark matter)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>2020-2022: Serena Di Pede (Dark Matter), Alexandra Mitchell (Gravitational Waves), Bouke Jisse Jung (Neutrino Telescopes), Alessio Pizzini (ATLAS)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>2019-2021: Avanish Basdew-Sharma (Theory), Igor Kostiuk (LHCb), Lennart van Doremalen (ALICE)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>2018-2020: Anamika Aggarwal (ATLAS), Alice Alfonsi (ATLAS), Br\u00edan \u00d3 Fearraigh (Neutrino Telescopes)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>2017-2019: Maria Bader (R&amp;D), Zhanna Khabanova (ALICE), Ruben Jaarsma (Theory), Marc de Beurs (ATLAS)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Ancient times:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Council members: 2024-2025: Anh Vu Phan (Dark Matter), Mariia Selina (ALICE) 2023-2024: Luise Kranzhoff (Gravitational Waves), Pranati Kharbanda (Dark Matter), Carolina Bolognani (LHCb), Clara Gatius Oliver (KM3NeT) 2022-2023: Gijs van Weelden (ALICE), Mohit Saharan (Pierre Auger Observatory), Dylan van Arneman (ATLAS), Maria Domenica Galati (LHCb) 2021-2022: Aleksandra Snoch (LHCb), Emily Brookes (Dark matter) 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