Scientific Committee

The Scientific Committee is the governing body of the PCST Network and is responsible for managing the Network.

Until 2013, the Committee was elected internally. Since 2014, the 28 members of the Committee have been elected by the members of the Network at the bi-annual PCST Conference.

The term of election is four years, with half the members of the Committee stepping down at each conference.

Of the 28 members of the Committee:

  • eight members are elected from those normally resident in the Americas and Africa
  • eight are elected from those normally resident in Europe
  • eight are elected from those normally resident in Asia, Australasia and all other areas of the world; and
  • four are elected from any geographical area but who are under the age of thirty-five on the date of the election.

Only members of the Network are eligible to stand for election and vote in the election.

Meet our Scientific Committee members

2016–2025

Sook-kyoung Cho

President
Asia, Australasia and the rest of the World

Re-elected 2021
Term ends 2025

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2021–2025

Mohamed Elsonbaty Ramadan

Vice President
Africa and the Americas

Elected 2021
Term ends 2025

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2023–2027

Fabien Medvecky

Secretary
Asia, Australasia and the rest of the World

Elected 2023
Term ends 2027

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2021–2025

Alexandra Borissova Saleh

Treasurer
Under 35

Elected 2021
Term ends 2025

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2018–2027

Germana Barata

Committee member
Africa and the Americas

Re-elected 2023
Term ends 2027

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2016–2025

Martin W Bauer

Committee member
Europe

Re-elected 2021
Term ends 2025

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2023–2027

Mohamed Daoud

Committee member
Under 35 years

Elected 2023
Term ends 2027

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2016–2025

Lloyd Davis

Committee member
Asia, Australasia and the rest of the World

Re-elected 2021
Term ends 2025

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2021–2025

Anne Dijkstra

Committee member
Europe

Elected 2021
Term ends 2025

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2018–2027

Heather Doran

Committee member
Europe

Re-elected 2023
Term ends 2027

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2023–2027

Declan Fahy

Committee member
Europe

Elected 2023
Term ends 2027

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2023–2027

Alice Fleerackers

Committee member
Africa and the Americas

Elected 2023
Term ends 2027

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2023–2027

Lars Guenther

Committee member
Europe

Elected 2023
Term ends 2027

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2021–2025

Marlit Hayslett

Committee member
Africa and the Americas

Elected 2021
Term ends 2025

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2021–2025

Richard Holliman

Committee member
Europe

Co-opted

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2021–2025

AP Jayaraman

Committee member
Asia, Australasia and the rest of the World

Elected 2021
Term ends 2025

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2023–2027

Siddharth Kankaria

Committee member
Asia, Australasia and the rest of the World

Elected 2023
Term ends 2027

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2023–2027

Joan Leach

Committee member
Asia, Australasia and the rest of the World

Elected 2023
Term ends 2027

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2023–2027

Nan Li

Committee member
Africa and the Americas

Elected 2023
Term ends 2027

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2021–2025

Carolina Llorente

Committee member
Under 35

Elected 2021
Term ends 2025

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2023–2027

Sandra Murriello

Committee member
Africa and the Americas

Elected 2023
Term ends 2027

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2016–2025

Ana Claudia Nepote

Committee member
Africa and the Americas

Re-elected 2021
Term ends 2025

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2021–2025

Luz Helena Oviedo

Committee member
Africa and the Americas

Elected 2021
Term ends 2025

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2023–2025

Yu-Yen Pan

Committee member
Student representative

Elected 2023
Term ends 2025

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2016–2025

Michelle Riedlinger

Committee member
Asia, Australasia and the rest of the World

Re-elected 2021
Term ends 2025

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2023–2025

Tara Roberson

Committee member
Under 35 years

Elected 2023
Term ends 2025

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2016–2025

Melanie Smallman

Committee member
Europe

Re-elected 2021
Term ends 2025

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2021–2025

Maarten van der Sanden

Committee member
Europe

Elected 2021
Term ends 2025

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2018–2027

Guoyan Wang (Ruby)

Committee member
Asia, Australasia and the rest of the World

Re-elected 2023
Term ends 2027

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Scientific Committee nominations

New members of the Scientific Committee are nominated and selected in the following way:

  • Members of the Scientific Committee make nominations before each international conference to the Executive Committee.
  • Any individual may request to a member of the Scientific Committee that a specific name (including his or her own) be placed in nomination.
  • The Executive Committee recommends to the Scientific Committee those members whose terms should be extended, based on the active involvement of those members and the need to maintain diversity of gender, background, and geographic region.
  • The Executive Committee recommends to the Scientific Committee other members from the nominations received.
  • The Scientific Committee discusses the recommendations of the Executive Committee and select new members.
  • The chairs of previous International Conferences of the PCST Network serve as honorary non-voting members of the Scientific Committee.