Who we are


Ecsite thrives on the contributions of many volunteers from within our membership and a small team based in the office in Brussels. Scroll down to see all the people contributing to Ecsite's daily activities.

Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Bruno Maquart, © Sandrine Expilly

President


Bruno Maquart

Universcience

Chairman and CEO

Paris  

France

Contact

Treasurer


Amito Haarhuis

Rijksmuseum Boerhaave

Director

Leiden  

Netherlands

Contact

Vice Presidency


Maria João Fonseca

Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto (MHNC-UP)

Head of Communication / Director of the Hall of Biodiversity - Ciência Viva Center

Porto  

Portugal

Contact

Herbert Muender

Past Presidency representative


Herbert Muender
Universum Managementges GmbH

General Manager

Bremen  

Germany

Contact

Executive Director


Catherine Franche

Ecsite

Executive Director

Brussels  

Belgium

Contact

Board of Trustees

Leonardo Alfonsi

Leonardo Alfonsi

Psiquadro scarl

Director at Psiquadro

Perugia  

Italy

Solveig Arnesen

Vitenparken

CEO

Ås

Norway

Photo of Miriam Atienza, Content Manager of City of Arts and Sciences

Miriam Atienza

Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències - Museu de les Ciències Príncep Felipe

Content manager

Valencia  

Spain

Baerbel Auffermann

Baerbel Auffermann

Stiftung Neanderthal Museum

Director

Mettmann  

Germany


Aude Bosquet Barth

Cité des Télécoms

Secrétaire Générale de la Fondation Cité des Télécoms - Directrice de la Cité des Télécoms

Pleumeur-Bodou  

France

Alexandra Burch

The Natural History Museum

Director of Public Programmes

London  

United Kingdom

photo of Hilde De Laet

Hilde De Laet

Hidrodoe

Manager Hidrodoe

Herentals  

Belgium

Image of Tania Johnston, Head of ESO Supernova

Tania Johnston

ESO European Southern Observatory

Head of ESO Supernova

Garching bei München  

Germany

Lisa Månsson

Swedish Museum of Natural History

Director General, PhD

Stockholm  

Sweden

Mikko Myllykoski

Heureka, the Finnish Science Centre

CEO

Vantaa  

Finland

ACPC Chairperson


Marjolein van Breemen

Director Museum

Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Expert


Marianne Achiam

Associate professor

Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen

Expert


Mairead Hurley

Assistant Professor in Science Education

Trinity College Dublin

2025 Conference host representative


Joanna Kalinowska

Development Director

Copernicus Science Centre

Expert


Lale Dobrivoje

Head of Department of International Cooperation

Centar za promociju nauke

Expert


Vasyl Dunets

Project coordinator

Science Museum of Kyiv - Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Expert


Raphael Chanay

Head of Museological Projects

Universcience

Expert


Christian Sichau

Director Exhibition Development

experimenta

2024 Conference Host representative


Jurij Krpan

Director

Kersnikova Institute

Expert


Pedro Russo

University Professor Astronomy & Society

Ciência Viva & Leiden University

Ecsite Office representative


Catherine Franche

Executive Director

Ecsite

Ecsite Office representative


Wiktor Gajewski

Events Manager

Ecsite

Ecsite Office representative


Nicola Hamilton

Senior Communications Manager

Ecsite

Ecsite Awards Jury


New chairperson to be

appointed autumn 2024

Jury Member


Andrea Bandelli

Chairman and Manager Director

Woven Foundation for Creative Climate Communication


Jury Member


Anna Omedes

Former Director

Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona

Jury Member


Francis Duranthon

Director

Toulouse Natural History Museum

Jury Member


Justin Dillon

Professor of science and environmental education

University College London


Special interest groups

Research and Evaluation (REV) Group steering committee

Chairperson


Anne Land

Assistant professor informal science education

Leiden University

Steering Committee Member


Ilona Iłowiecka-Tańska

Director of Innovations

Copernicus Science Centre


Steering Committee Member


Nadine Herrmann

Audience Research & Evaluation Professional

experimenta

Steering Committee Member


Luisa Massarani

Researcher and science communicator

National Institute of Public Communication of Science and Technology

Steering Committee Member


Inga Specht

Head of Visitor and Educational Research

Leibniz Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels


Space Group streering committee

Co-chair


María Menéndez

Head of Outreach Coordination office

European Space Agency - ESA

Co-chair


Sandra Benítez Herrera

Education Scientist & ESAC Communication Officer

European Space Agency - ESA

Co-chair


Catherine Franche

Executive Director

Ecsite


Ecsite Team

Executive Director


Administration

Florence Boivin

HR & Finance Manager

Email Florence

Madisson Pillikse-Laidsaar

Community Engagement & Administrative Assistant

Email Madisson

Communications and Events

Nicola Hamilton

Senior Communications Manager

Email Nicola

Roxanne Gillon

Marketing Communications Associate

Email Roxanne

Maxine Boi

Communications Assistant

Email Maxine

EU Projects team


Senior Project Manager

Email Stephanos

Greta Alliaj

Project Manager

Email Greta

Denis Saggese

Project Manager Assistant

Email Denis


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