COMMITTEE
7th Edition
Basic Sciences

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

Trevor Hastie
John A. Overdeck Professor, Professor of Statistics, and Professor of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University (United States)

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

Óscar Marín
Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders at King’s College London (United Kingdom)

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)

Ursula Ravens
Senior Professor at the Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine at the University Heart Center of the University of Freiburg (Germany)

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)
Information and Communication Technologies

Joos Vandewalle
Honorary President of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (Belgium)

Rudolf Kruse
Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Magdeburg (Germany)

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
Climate Change

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

Martin Heimann
Director Emeritus of the Department of Biogeochemical Systems at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (Germany)

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

Sandrine Bony
Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique / Sorbonne University (France)
Economics, Finance and Management

Jean Tirole
Honorary Chairman of the Fondation Jean-Jacques Laffont-Toulouse School of Economics (France) Nobel Prize in Economics 2014

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

Cristóbal Halffter
Associate Composer to the Madrid Symphony Orchestra and a member of the board of the Prince Pierre Foundation of Monaco

Paolo Pinamonti
Professor at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and director of the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples (Italy).

Tilman Kuttenkeuler
Managing Director of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Auditorium and Theatre Foundation (Spain).
Development Cooperation

Vicente Larraga
Research Professor of the Vaccine and Gene Expression Unit at the Center for Biological Research (CSIC), (Spain)

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)