Miron Ya AMUSIA is a Professor of Physics at The Racah Institute of Physics at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. After a PhD degree in Physical and Mathematical Sciences from Leningrad State University, he was engaged in teaching as junior scientist, senior scientist, leading scientist and then visiting professor at the A.F.Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, CTSPS, Clark Atlanta University, Yamado Foundation, Imperial College London, Hebrew University, University of Aarhus and Argonne National Laboratory. Miron has also occupied various academic education and professional positions in the Russian Ministry of Higher Education. He is a distinguished associate member, board member or honorary advisory member of advisory boards, editorial panels and organising committees of well-known international meetings and journals on atomic physics. He has written a number of books and many social and political publications and review articles. Miron won the P. L. Kapitz and B. P. Konstantinov medal and price and he is a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.

Martin ANDLER was born in 1951, Martin Andler is a Professor of Mathematics at the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin (UVSQ). After a higher studies scholarship at the Ecole Normale Supérieure and a doctorate in science from the Université Paris 7, he has pursued a teaching and research career (Université Paris 7, Ecole normale supérieure, Rutgers University, Princeton university and MIT) and held administrative positions as the editor of the Gazette des mathématiciens, chairperson of the mathematics department of UVSQ, vice president of the Société mathématique de France, president of Animath2. Martin currently sits as board member of UVSQ, as associate member of the Comité d'initiative des Etats généraux de la recherche and as representative for ‘Sauvons la Recherche’ to the Initiative for Science in Europe, and was a team member for the Paris bid for ESOF2010. Mathematics, history of mathematics, science communication, science education and science in the media are his main research fields.

Enric BANDA was born in Girona (Spain) in 1948. He is a solid Earth geophysicist. He carried out a postdoctorate at the Federal Politechnical School in Zurich where he participated in research projects at European scale. In 1987 he was appointed as Research Professor of Spanish National Scientific Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC) and appointed Director of the Earth Sciences Institute in Barcelona. In 1994 he was appointed General Secretary of the National R+D Plan and in 1995 Secretary of State for Universities and Research until May 1996. In November 1997 he was elected Secretary General of the European Science Foundation, a position that he took over in June 1998 until the end of 2003. In 2004 he was appointed Director of the Catalan Research and Innovation Foundation (FCRI) and of the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA).
He has been vice-president of the European Geophysical Society. He is member of the "European Academy", belongs to numerous scientific societies, and has been editor-in-chief of Tectonophysics and European editor of Geophysical Research Letters (American Geophysical Union). His research work as geophysicist has focused on the structure and evolution of the earth’s lithosphere in subjects related with both basic and applied research. The main scientific lines can be included within seismology, potential fields, tectonics and geodynamic modelling. He is author of more than 160 scientific papers and has been invited to give conferences in several European and American universities.

Gail CARDEW is Head of Programmes at the Royal Institution, where she is responsible for the strategic development of the Royal Institution's science communication, science education and science policy activities. She is co-Vice President of Euroscience, and a member of the EPSRC Peer Review College, ScienceWise Grant Review Panel, Specialist Schools Trust Science Expert Panel Group, Edinburgh Festival Planning Committee, Euroscience Open Forum Programme Committees 2004-2006 and European Science Policy Forum. She was a British Association Crest Award Judge in 2003-2005, and a judge for the Altran Foundation Prize for Innovation in 2005. She is the Royal Institution's representative on the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. She obtained her DPhil at Sussex University in 1994 on the regulation of the cell cycle; and her First Class BSc Hons. Biology in 1989, also at Sussex University.

Corina CATANA was born in 1964, Corina Catana is a Romanian senior lecturer in Plant Biotechnology. After her doctorate in Genetics and Plant Breeding, she worked as a researcher, assistant professor, lecturer and then senior lecturer in a laboratory of Plant Physiology, Biological Research Institute and in Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Universities. She has participated in several NATO-Advanced Study Projects and other multinational programmes in Italy, Belgium as well as in the Erasmus mobility framework. She has conducted Bio-safety and biotechnology projects, published 3 books, scientific papers and tutorial materials. Nelly is an active member of ISBR, SNBC, ESNA, AFANet, European Association of Stevia and of Euroscience since 2002.

Peter GREEN has worked in advertising and public relations for over 30 years. From the early 1970's he worked as a UK government publicity and press officer for scientific and technical departments. His final two government posts were as Head of Publishing and Publicity at the Natural Resources Institute, the UK's tropical agricultural research establishment, and Head of Information at the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council. Whilst at PPARC Peter created the AlphaGalileo European research news service. He is now working with colleagues on the Communiqué initiative to enhance the role and performance of the European press officers in research bodies.

Lauritz HOLM-NIELSEN was born in 1946, Lauritz Holm-Nielsen is a Danish citizen. A botanist, after having held posts as an associate professor, subsequently professor and researcher at the Aarhus University (Denmark), at the Danish Research Academy, at the Universidad Católica (Ecuador) and an expatriation in the World Bank headquarters, he was appointed Rector of the University of Aarhus in 2005. He has written a total of 131 research publications and the latest publication (2008) concerns the mobility of talents. He is involved as chairman, member or representative in many organisations (NUS, DU, DRC, NAS, DERP, NERC; DNSRC; DCDR, IPGRI, ICTA, ESRC, DANS), is a founding member of Euroscience and was established Knight of First Class of the Order of Dannebrog.

Michael GREWING was born in 1940 in Hamburg (Germany). He specialized in astrophysics after studying physics, mathematics and astronomy at the University of Hamburg. In 1969 he became Associate Professor at the University of Bonn, and later Full Professor for Astronomy at the University of Tuebingen, and Director of the Astronomical Institute. From 1990-2005 he was Director of the French/German/Spanish Institute for Radioastronomy at Millimeter-Wavelengths (IRAM) in Grenoble. His research interests include the physics and chemistry of the interstellar medium, the structure and evolution of envelopes around highly evolved stars, the physics of pulsars/neutron stars, and of QSOs. In addition to his data analysis and modeling work, he engaged in the development and application of new observing techniques, both for groundbased and for space experiments. Most of these projects were carried out in bi-lateral or multi-lateral collaborations. Improving the conditions for setting up international scientific collaborations and related funding schemes will be main topics that he will pursue as a member of the Euroscience Board.

Zinayida KLESTOVA was born in 1957 in Ukraine. Her scientific field is Biology, with investigations in pathogens of infectious diseases and creation means against their. Some of her activities are : Managing of Postgraduate students department, establishment of the Local Section of Euroscience in Ukraine and promotion of the achievements of Ukrainian science on international conferences. She aims to push society to better situation thanks to a European cooperation, to integrate Ukraine in a stronger Europe and develop new open multidisciplinary scientific area without borders; and to develop the international cooperation between higher education institutions, researcher institutions, scientific centers with special attention on East-West relations.

Istvàn PALUGYAI was born in 1954, Istvan Palugyai is Hungarian. He attended a Journalist Academy and then conducted a thesis on behavioural genetics at the University of Eotvos Lorand before going for a 21st Century Trust's Fellowship (Cambridge, UK). He worked as a science editor, science reporter and dubbing controller for Nepszabadsag, for Magyar Hírlap, and for Film Studio Pannonia. He was also president, general secretary of the Club of Hungarian Science Journalists (CHSJ), president of the European Union of Science Journalist Associations (EUSJA), and vice president of the World Federation of Science Journalists. He was awarded the Hevesy Award, the Academicals Journalist Award, the Zooscar Award etc. After officiating as a TV moderator and editor of Those amazing animals and Delta 2000, he wrote There, behind the bars, 1990, produced and edited Safety Bio-industry, 2000, Safe Food, 2003, For the habitable Earth, 2003 and Curing with Biotechnology, 2002 (films). Istvan was also the president of the Local Organizing Committee of the 2nd World Conference of Science Journalists supported by UNESCO.

Roland POCHET is a Belgian Professor who was born in 1947. His scientific fields are Cell Biology and Neuroscience. He has been an EMBO predoctoral fellow and a NATO fellow. One of his achievement is the discovery of a new calcium binding protein. He is the General Secretary of the European Calcium Society. He is now involved in one neurodegenerative disease (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). He aims to promote Science in a higher standard in terms of European value.

W. Gerhard POHL was born in 1938 in Vienna, Austria. His scientific fields are Biophysical Chemistry and History of Science. He is currently vice-chairman of the working Party “History of Chemistry” of the Austrian Chemical Society. His professional experience consists in research and teaching in diverse countries. As member of Euroscience his motivations are: articulating activities of Austrian science educators on a European scope, furthering links between Central and Eastern European countries, comparing science managing strategies of European countries, and initiating cooperation between persons and groups working in the field of history of science and technology.

Enrico PREDAZZI: Formerly Dean of Science (Univ. of Torino) and Chairman of the National Conference of the Deans of Science of Italy (2001-2006). Member of the Academy of Sciences of Torino and honorary member of the Italian Physical Society. Professor of theoretical physics at the University of Torino, has served as member of the National Executive Board of INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare).
Founder and first President of Agorà Scienza a center of the Univ. of Torino for promoting science. His research activity has been focussed on the fields of theoretical high energy hadronic physics and the verification of Quantum Mechanics. He is the author of over 260 publications in international journals, of three research books and two teaching books.
Has given countless seminars on his research activity and conferences on Science problems. Has been visiting professor for a total of several years at a number of universities in the USA, UK, CERN, Brazil, France, Germany, Russia etc.


Renzo RUBELE was born in Verona (Italy) in 1969 and graduated in Physics at the University of Padova. He is currently enrolled in a doctoral programme at the University of Salerno, and his doctoral research is in the field of Condensed Matter Theory.
He has been involved in the associative life of young researchers since 2001 both at the national and international level. In particular, he was Vice-President and later President of EURODOC, the European-wide Federation of national associations representing doctoral candidates and junior researchers. He contributed to numerous European events and took part in committees at the European Commission, among which a High-level Forum on University-based Research.

Raymond SELTZ was born in 1934 in France and obtained his doctorate in nuclear physics from the University of Strasbourg. Over a period of 25 years his research activities at CNRS were in experimental nuclear physics, accelerator technology and use of nuclear radiations in agriculture and industry. He has been director of the "Centre de Recherches Nucleaires- Strasbourg" from 1982 to 1991. Member of scientific committees at CNRS and CERN, he was a co-founder of NUPECC, the "Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee" of ESF.
From 1991 to 2000 he was in charge of the CNRS Bureau in Bonn (Germany) and joined the French Embassy as scientific attaché with the mission of improving French-German scientific collaboration.
Since 2000 he is the secretary general of Euroscience at the office in Strasbourg with the task of leading and co-ordinating Euroscience's activities.

Marie-Josée SIMOEN was born in 1943 in Wezembeek-Oppem (Belgium), Marie-Josée Simoen holds an Honorary Doctorate of the University of Liège, and an Honorary Doctorate of the Gembloux Agricultural University. She originally obtained a PhD in Political Science and International Law (Université de Lille). She is either General secretary, Governing Board member, representative or administrator of many Scientific sesearch funds as F.R.S. - FNRS, Council of Rectors (CRef), King Léopold III's, CERN, AUF, C.E.C.A.M, EUROHORCs, INSERM, CNRS, ESF, WERNAERS, Royal High Institute for Defence, Belgian Federal Council for Science Policy, Academia Belgica, Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation, Brocher Foundation, Wallonia-Brussels Group, Institut du Patrimoine Wallon (IPW), Simone et Pierre Clerdent Foundation and HFSJG. Marie-Josée was nominated Chevalier de l'Ordre national du mérite Français, Chevalier de l'Ordre national de la Légion d'Honneur, Member of the Legion d'Honneur Society - Belgian section, Commander of the Order of Leopold.

Carl Johan SUNDBERG is a Licensed Physician and part-time Associate Professor at the Dpt of Physiology and Pharmacology at Karolinska Institutet. His research group is focused on molecular mechanisms of angiogenesis and mitochondrial biogenesis in human skeletal muscle. He leads the Unit for Bioentrepreneurship which is focused on educational and training activities for students, clinicians and researchers. Carl Johan works part-time as investment manager at Karolinska Investment Fund, a 65 M€ biomedical VC-firm. His role there is to find, assess, invest and develop early stage companies. He is also the Course Director for three highly acclaimed industry training programs: Science Based Companies, Medicine for Journalists and Medicine/Drug Discovery for the Financial Industry. Carl Johan Sundberg is Coordinator Science & Society at the President's office at Karolinska Institutet and has extensive experience from science communication having designed several medical exhibitions at science centres and worked in the medical units of Swedish and American media. He was the Chairman of Euroscience Open Forum 2004. He has received the Karolinska Institutet Prize for Teaching Excellence, a Certificate of Commendation for Communication in the Life Sciences from EMBO, Ångpanneföreningen’s Prize for Research Communication and the European Commission´s Descartes Communication Prize for Excellence in Science Communication 2005. Carl Johan is a board member of NsGene A/S and Angiogenetics AB.

Alma SWAN was born in 1952 in London and trained as a biologist, obtaining a first class honours degree in zoology and a PhD in cell biology from the University of Southampton. After ten years in research and teaching she moved into science publishing, managing a biological sciences current awareness service from Elsevier and gaining an MBA from Warwick Business School. Ten years ago she founded a consultancy specialising in scholarly communication which carries out research for publishers and public bodies on a broad range of topics in science publishing and dissemination. She writes and speaks around the world about developments in science and the concomitant appearance of new modes of communication, and vice versa. Within Euroscience she hopes to further progress on new developments in the communication and dissemination of science research output, developments that increase the impact and effectiveness of Europe's scientific effort.

Georges WAYSAND is a French scientist who was born in 1941, and whose scientific field is physics. He is currently the Director of the « Laboratoire Souterrain Bas Bruit » de Rustrel-Pays d’Apt (Low Noise Underground Laboratory in Rustrel-Pays d’Apt). He was initially trained in optical pumping, and then joined the CNRS to work on Superconductivity. He devoted time to “science and society” issues too. As member of Euroscience he insists on building up a permanent dialog between scientists and European ordinary people.