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 project.

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

  • Maria Faury (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, France)

 

Vice Chair of the Council

  • Martin Meedom Nielsen (Technical University of Denmark)


 

Delegates

Denmark

  • Morten Scharff (Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation)
     

France

  • Pascal Debu (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)
  • Emmanuelle Lacaze (Centre national de la recherche scientifique)

 

Germany

  • Volkmar Dietz (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)
  • Helmut Dosch (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron)
     

Hungary

  • Dénes Lajos Nagy (Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Academy of Science)

 

Italy

  • Carlo Pagani (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
  • Corrado Spinella (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche)

 

Poland

  • Mateusz Gaczyński (Ministry of Science and Higher Education)
  • Grzegorz Wrochna (National Centre for Nuclear Research)
     

Russia

  • Mikhail Kovalchuk (National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute")
  • Andrey Anikeev (Ministry of Education and Science)

 

Slovak Republic

  • Karel Saksl (Institute of Materials Research, Academy of Science)
  • Pavol Sovák (P.J. Šafárik University)
     

Sweden

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

 

Switzerland

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

 

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  • James Naismith (UK Research and Innovation - Research Complex at Harwell)
  • Neil Pratt (UK Research and Innovation - Science and Technology Facilities Council)


 

Observers

Spain

  • Guadalupe C. de Córdoba Lasunción (Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades)
  • Miguel Aranda (University of Málaga)

 

 

 

Advisors

France

  • N.N. (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)

 

Germany

  • Christian Harringa (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron)
  • Andreas Volz (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)

 

Italy

  • Federico Boscherini (University of Bologna)
  • Paolo Michelato (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

 

Poland

  • Zbigniew Gołębiewski (National Centre for Nuclear Research)
  • Tomasz Leżański (National Centre for Nuclear Research)

 

Russia

  • N.N. (National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute")

 

Slovak Republic

  • Róbert Szabó (Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport)

 

Switzerland

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

 

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  • Amber Vater (United Kingdom Research and Innovation)

 

 

Secretary to the Council


 

Vice Secretary to the Council