COMMITTEE
2nd Edition
Basic Sciences

Martin Quack
Head of Molecular Kinetics and Spectroscopy Group, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry at ETH Zurich (Switzerland)

Theodor W. Hänsch
Director of the Division of Laser Spectroscopy at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (Germany) 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics

Gerardo Delgado
Research Professor and Director of the Instituto de Física Fundamental of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Biology and Biomedicine

Bruce Whitelaw
Deputy Director (Partnerships) and Genus Chair of Animal Biotechnology in the The Roslin Institute and RDSVS at the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)

Robin Lovell-Badge
Senior Group Leader and Head of Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Genetics at the Francis Crick Institute (London, United Kingdom)

Dario Alessi
Director of the Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit in the College of Life Sciences at Dundee University (United Kingdom)
Information and Communication Technologies

Oussama Khatib
Professor of Computer Science and and Director of the Robotics Laboratory at Stanford University (United States)

Ramón López de Mántaras
Research Professor with the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Director of its Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (Spain)
Ecology and Conservation Biology

Wilhelm Boland
Professor in the Department of Bioorganic Chemistry at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (Jena, Germany).

Pedro Jordano
Research Professor in the Department of Integrative Ecology at the Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC (Spain)
Climate Change

Edward S. Rubin
Alumni Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering and Science at Carnegie Mellon University (United States)

Miquel Canals
Director of the Department of Earth and Ocean Dynamics. University of Barcelona (Spain)
Economics, Finance and Management

Manuel Arellano
Professor of Economics in the Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI) of Banco de España (Spain)

Hervé Moulin
George A. Peterkin Professor of Economic Theory at Rice University (Houston, United States)
Music and Opera

Luis de Pablo
Professor of Composition and member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando (Spain)

Siegfried Mauser
President of the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts and Head of the Music Department of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts (Germany)
Development Cooperation

José García Montalvo
Professor of Economics at ICREA-Academia Fellow of the Pompeu Fabra University (Spain)

Francisco Pérez
Professor of Economic Analysis at the University of Valencia and Research Director of the Valencian Institute of Economic Research (Ivie), (Spain)

Norman Loayza
Lead Economist in the Development Research Group of the World Bank (United States) and heads the World Bank Research Hub in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

Francesco Caselli
Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom).