Council

The European XFEL Council is the supreme organ of the company in which up to two delegates represent the shareholders of each contracting party. It meets at least twice a year. The Council functions as the shareholders’ assembly and decides on important issues of the company and its facility.

Each delegation to the Council can be accompanied by up to two advisors. The Council may decide to hear experts, invite guests and admit observers. It is led by a chairperson and a vice-chairperson who are elected from among the delegates for a period of two years and who become supra partes after their election.


 

Chair and Vice Chair

Chair of the Council

  • Federico Boscherini (IOM – CNR, on leave from University of Bologna)

 

Vice Chair of the Council

  • Ryszard Sobierajski (Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences)


 

Delegates

Denmark

  • Martin Meedom Nielsen (Technical University of Denmark)
  • Nicolai Narvestad (Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science)

 

France

  • Catalin Miron (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)
  • Sylvain Ravy (Centre national de la recherche scientifique)

 

Germany

  • Beate Heinemann (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron)
  • Dirk Steinbach (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt)

 

Hungary

  • András Siegler (National Research, Development and Innovation Office)
  • György Vankó (Wigner Research Centre for Physics)

 

Italy

  • Stefano Fabris (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche)
  • Carlo Pagani (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

 

Poland

  • Michał Goszczyński (Ministry of Science and Higher Education)
  • Marcin Sikora (Jagiellonian University)

 

Russia

  • Mikhail Kovalchuk (National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute")

 

Slovak Republic

  • Karel Saksl (Technical University of Kosice; Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling)
  • Pavol Sovák (P.J. Šafárik University)
     

Sweden

  • Lars Börjesson (Chalmers University of Technology)
  • Johan Holmberg (Vetenskapsrådet - Swedish Research Council)

 

Switzerland

  • Gabriel Aeppli (Paul Scherrer Institute)
  • Simon Berger (State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation)

 

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  • Helen Beadman (UK Research and Innovation)
  • Jon Marangos (Imperial College London)


 

Observers

Spain

  • Guadalupe C. de Córdoba Lasunción (Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades)
  • Rodolfo Miranda (IMDEA Nanociencia / Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

 

 

Advisors

France

  • Marie-Hélène Mathon (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)
  • Denis Morineau (Centre national de la recherche scientifique)

 

Germany

  • Svenja Kruse (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt)
  • Wim Leemans / Britta Redlich / Iris Wilhelm (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron)

 

Italy

  • Alberto Morgante (University of Trieste and IOM-CNR)
  • Daniele Sertore (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

 

Poland

  • Katarzyna Jarzembska (University of Warsaw)
  • Tomasz Leżański (National Centre for Nuclear Research)

 

Slovak Republic

  • Martin Šponiar (Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth)

 

Sweden

  • Maja Hellsing (Vetenskapsrådet - Swedish Research Council)

 

Switzerland

  • Doris Wohlfender-Bühler (State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation)

 

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  • Georgina Freeman (UK Research and Innovation)

 

 

Secretary to the Council


 

Vice Secretary to the Council