360 Carla Advisory Boards

360 CARLA collaborates with experts in academia and industry from the photonics ecosystem in the different verticals, organized into advisory boards. These experts contribute with their specialized knowledge and insights to build the tailored “360 CARLA Career Development Programs” and shape the design of activities within them.

Health: Biotech and Medical Photonics

  • Alzbeta Marcek Chorvatova
    Ph.D., Professor, Head of the Department of Biophotonics at International Laser Center of the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information, Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Heidi Ottevaere
    Ph.D., Professor, Head of Department of Applied Physics and Photonics, Faculty of Engineering, Programme Director MSc in Photonics Engineering, Interuniversity MSc programme VUB-UGent of Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
  • Laura Lechuga
    Ph.D., Full Professor & Group Leader, Nanobiosensors & Bioanalytical Applications Group, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Spain
  • Simonetta Grilli
    Ph.D., Director of Research at the Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems of the National Research Council (CNR-ISASI), Italy
  • Thomas Demuyser
    Ph.D., Professor and Clinical Microbiologist, Department of Microbiology at Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Belgium

Quantum Technologies and Communications

  • Adrian Mahlkow
    Ph.D., CEO of OptecBB and member of Berlin Quantum, Germany
  • Désirée Ehlers
    DipI.-lng., ministry, Federal Ministry Republic of Austria Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, Austria
  • Nathalie Vermeulen
    Ph.D., Professor at Brussels Photonics/Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
  • Oxana Mishina
    Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow CNR-INO, Trieste, Italy
  • Vanesa Granullaque Diaz
    CEO of LuxQuanta, Spain

Energy, Environment and Sustainability

  • Andrea Siniscalco
    Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Design at Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  • Joanna Kargul
    Ph.D., Professor and Head of Solar Fuels Laboratory, Centre For New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Poland
  • Per Frankelius
    Ph.D., Associate Professor at Linköping University, Sweden
  • Valerio Verderio
    Director of Circularity, Milan, Italy
  • Wendy Meulebroeck
    Ph.D., Professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Manufacturing/Industry 4.0

  • Alison McLeod
    Ph.D., Director of Photonics Scotland, Technology Scotland
  • Barbara Previtali
    Ph.D., Professor in Manufacturing and Production Systems, Politecnico di Milano
  • Jessica van Heck
    CEO of Photonics4
  • Paul Hartmann
    Ph.D., Professor and Head of the Institute Materials of JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Austria
  • Wilbert Ijzerman
    Ph.D., Head of Sector Lighting Technology, Signify