Key persons

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

Outreach Support Team

Luca Busirano

Local Outreach Coordinator - Italy CNR-IFN ca.businaro@cnr.it

Anne Kwak

Local Outreach Coordinator - the Netherlands TU/e a.m.g.kwak@tue.nl

Ernst Stelzmann

Local Outreach Coordinator - Austria JR ernst.stelzmann@joanneum.at

Alexandros Liles

Local Outreach Coordinator_ Belgium IMEC Alex.Liles@imec.be

Peter Doyle

Local Outreach Coordinator_ Belgium VUB pdoyle@b-phot.org

Darren Martindill

Central Business Coach, Central Contact Point VUB dmartind@b-phot.org

Nathalie Debaes

Local Outreach Coordinator_ Belgium VUB nathalie.debaes@vub.be

Matthieu Roussey

Local Outreach Coordinator - Finland UEF matthieu.roussey@UEF.FI

Kimmo Solehmainen

Local Outreach Coordinator - Finland VTT

Sophie Eve

Local Outreach Coordinator - France CNRS sophie.eve@ensicaen.fr

Nicolas Passilly

Local Outreach Coordinator_ France CNRS nicolas.passilly@femto-st.fr

Myriam Zerrad

Local Outreach Coordinator_ France CNRS myriam.zerrad@fresnel.fr

Pierre Chavel

Local Outreach Coordinator_ France CNRS pierre.chavel@institutoptique.fr

Raphael Clerc

Local Outreach Coordinator - France CNRS raphael.clerc@institutoptique.fr

Manfred Rothhardt

Local Outreach Coordinator - Germany IPHT manfred.rothhardt@ipht-jena.de

Jürgen Brandner

Local Outreach Coordinator - Germany KIT juergen.brandner@kit.edu

Francisco Soares

Local Outreach Coordinator - Germany (North) HHI- FEP francisco.soares@hhi.fraunhofer.de

Hartmut Bartelt

Local Outreach Coordinator - Germany IPHT

Ines Schedwill

Local Outreach Coordinator - Germany HHI- FEP

Dimitris Apostolopoulos

Local Outreach Coordinator - Greece, Cyprus, Israel, Turkey ICCS apostold@mail.ntua.gr

Maria Konstantaki

Local Outreach Coordinator - Greece FORTH mkonst@iesl.forth.gr

Marc Rensing

Local Outreach Coordinator - Ireland Tyndall-UCC marc.rensing@tyndall.ie

Paola Zupella

Local Outreach Coordinator - Italy CNR-IFN

Marco Romagnoli

Local Outreach Coordinator - Italy, Croatia CNIT marco.romagnoli@cnit.it

Rui Santos

Local Outreach Coordinator - the Netherlands SPH

Bart Snijders

Local Outreach Coordinator - the Netherlands TNO bart.snijders@tno.nl

Paul Van Dijk

Local Outreach Coordinator - The Netherlands LIO p.w.l.vandijk@lionix-int.com

Paul Breddels

Local Outreach Coordinator - the Netherlands TNO paul.breddels@tno.nl

Anna Gzegorcyzk

Local Outreach Coordinator - Poland UMCS anna.gzegorcyzk@poczta.umcs.lublin.pl

Alicija Anuszkiewicz

Local Outreach Coordinator - Poland ITME

Anna Pakula

Local Outreach Coordinator - Poland & Eastern Europe WUT a.pakula@mchtr.pw.edu.pl

Jaume Castellà

Local Outreach Coordinator - Spain UPC

Sergi Ferrando

Local Outreach Coordinator - Spain, Portugal ICFO sergi.ferrando@icfo.eu

Tom Carr

Local Outreach Coordinator - UK ORC t.j.carr@soton.ac.uk

Ruth Churchill

Local Outreach Coordinator - UK ORC ruth.churchill@soton.ac.uk

Coordinators

Hugo Thienpont

Project Coordinator VUB

Francis Berghmans

Vice Coordinator VUB

Central Contact Point (CCP)

Peter Doyle

Central Contact Point, Central Business Coach VUB peter.doyle@vub.be

Darren Martindill

Central Contact Point, Central Business Coach VUB dmartind@b-phot.org

Penelope Schoutteet

Central Contact Point, Central Business Coach VUB penelope.schoutteet@vub.be

Johan Vlekken

Central Contact Point, Project Workflow & Templates, VUB jvlekken@b-phot.org

Bernadette Callebaut

Central Contact Point, Contracts Administration VUB bernadette.callebaut@vub.be

Veena Shetty

Central Contact Point,Project IT Systems VUB Veena.shetty@vub.be

Nathalie Debaes

Central Outreach Coordinator & Project Finances, Central Contact Point VUB nathalie.debaes@vub.be

Technical Coordination Team (TCT)

Michael Vervaeke

Member of the TCT, Leader of Technology Platform 1 VUB

Francis Berghmans

Member of the TCT, Leader of Technology Platform 2 VUB francis.berghmans@vub.be

Jurgen Mohr

Member of the TCT, Leader of Technology Platform 3 KIT

Nadège Courjal

Member of the TCT, Leader of Technology Platform 4 CNRS

Roel Baets

Member of the TCT, Leader of Technology Platform 5 IMEC

Dries Van Thourhout

Member of the TCT, Leader of Technology Platform 5 IMEC Dries.VanThourhout@ugent.be

Kevin Williams

Member of the TCT, Leader of Technology Platform 6 TU/e

Arne Leinse

Member of the TCT, Leader of Technology Platform 7 LIO

Peter O'Brien

Member of the TCT, Expert in Photonics Packaging Systems Tyndall-UCC

Malgorzata Kujawinska

Member of the TCT, Expert in Metrology WUT

Pentti Karioja

Member of the TCT, Expert in Photonics Assembly VTT

Hercules Avramopoulos

Member of the TCT, Expert in Optical Telecoms ICCS

Peter Harmsma

Member of the TCT, Expert in Sensor Systems TNO

Pilot Lines Advisory Board

Peter O'Brien

Director of the European Integrated Photonics Packaging Pilot Line, PIXAPP Tyndall-UCC

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

Joanne Wilson

PI-SCALE Pilot Line for the manufacture and system-level integration of flexible OLEDs into products TNO

Liesbet Lagae

PIX4life Pilot Line for multitype integrated biophotonic applications using silicon photonics integrated circuits IMEC

SME Advisory Board

Sofie Baeten

QBIC Managing Partner Other Strategic Affiliates

Kris Vander Velpen

Independent Consultant, Flanders Business School 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