Experience

CESSDA ERIC

• Norway
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  CEO and legal representative of CESSDA ERIC. I am responsible for providing strategic, HR and operational leadership for the organisation and external relations and strategic communications. CEO and legal representative of CESSDA ERIC. I am responsible for providing strategic, HR and operational leadership for the organisation and external relations and strategic communications.



Science Europe

• Belgium
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Research Affairs

  • Jun 2012 - Jul 2021

  Main Achievement: • Contributed to the organisational and operational set-up of Science Europe and reputation of the RA division for evidence-based science advice into policies. • Established the science and legal advice service and the international multi-stakeholder networks (different DGs, corporate partners, NGOs, philanthropists, public sector). • Act as bridge-builder between policy and research matters. • Provide foresight on a wide range of research and policy developments. Main Achievement: • Contributed to the organisational and operational set-up of Science Europe and reputation of the RA division for evidence-based science advice into policies. • Established the science and legal advice service and the international multi-stakeholder networks (different DGs, corporate partners, NGOs, philanthropists, public sector). • Act as bridge-builder between policy and research matters. • Provide foresight on a wide range of research and policy developments.



European Science Foundation

• France
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Manager of the European Icebreaker Consortium Aurora Borealis

  • Jul 2010 - May 2012

  Main Achievement: • Provided decision-making information to the Member States to build a research icebreaker to operate in the Arctic and Antarctic. • Acquired new governmental and industrial partners as potential investors. • Managed the budgets and 13 staff members with offices in two countries. Main Achievement: • Provided decision-making information to the Member States to build a research icebreaker to operate in the Arctic and Antarctic. • Acquired new governmental and industrial partners as potential investors. • Managed the budgets and 13 staff members with offices in two countries.



AWI (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

• Project Manager of the European Icebreaker Consortium Aurora Borealis

  • Aug 2009 - May 2010

  Main Achievement: Ensured the day-to-day operations of the EU funded project. • Brief and advise governance and logistical departments. Main Achievement: Ensured the day-to-day operations of the EU funded project. • Brief and advise governance and logistical departments.



Laboratoire CEREGE

• France
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Science Coordinator for the ECORD Science Support & Advisory Committee

  • Aug 2007 - Jul 2009

  Main Achievement: Set up transparent processes for staffing scientists for panels and expeditions. Launched a new web page. • Implement the decisions of the European consortia (15 European countries and Canada). • Safeguard the European interests in the international marine research program (IODP). • Manage grants and educational programmes. • Contribute to international outreach activities (press conferences, town hall meetings). Main Achievement: Set up transparent processes for staffing scientists for panels and expeditions. Launched a new web page. • Implement the decisions of the European consortia (15 European countries and Canada). • Safeguard the European interests in the international marine research program (IODP). • Manage grants and educational programmes. • Contribute to international outreach activities (press conferences, town hall meetings).



University of Potsdam

• Germany
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Programme Manager - International Continental Drilling Program Germany

  • 2005 - 2007

  Main Achievement: Managed all the research, funding, and communication activities of the German hub. • Successful application for a €15 million grant for five years. • Promotion of the interest of Germany in the programme. Main Achievement: Managed all the research, funding, and communication activities of the German hub. • Successful application for a €15 million grant for five years. • Promotion of the interest of Germany in the programme.



Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems

• PR and EU Liaison Officer

  • 2002 - 2004

  Main Achievement: Set up the communication and grant writing service. • Manage all activities related to the Six Framework Program (FP6). • Manage all PR activities of the institute (eight directors and 120 staff members). Main Achievement: Set up the communication and grant writing service. • Manage all activities related to the Six Framework Program (FP6). • Manage all PR activities of the institute (eight directors and 120 staff members).



Centre Européen de Recherche et d’Enseignement des Géosciences de l’Environnement

• Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • 1999 - 2002

  Main Achievement: Research on isotope geochemistry, ocean circulation and climate change. Led the diplomatic mission to the National Institute of Oceanography of Goa, India, funded by the Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (CEFIPRA). • International collaboration with research groups from the University of Amsterdam, Cambridge, Oxford, the ETH Zurich, the Max Planck Institute and the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris. • Trained and supervised early-career scientists. Show less