The role of the Scientific Committee
The Scientific Committee is an advisory body of the BBI JU established in accordance with BBI JU Regulation. The Scientific Committee assists the BBI JU in providing scientific advice on the areas of work undertaken by the BBI JU.
The Scientific Committee has two major tasks:
a) Advise on the scientific priorities to be addressed in the annual work plans;
b) Advise on the scientific achievements described in the annual activity report.
Moreover, the Governing Board can ask the Scientific Committee to provide advice on a specific matter of interest to the BBI JU such as the adjustment of the Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda (SIRA).
The composition of the Scientific Committee
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Dagmar Stengel
Senior Lecturer / Head of Botany and Plant Science National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway) |
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Joe Gallagher
Head of Industrial Biotechnology Institute Director of Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation |
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Lígia O. Martins
Assistant Professor Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica – Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
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Mariya Marinova
Ph.D., P.Eng. Adjunct Professor Department of Wood and Forest Sciences, Laval University, Quebec, Canada |
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More information on the BBI JU Scientific Committee:
- Council regulation establishing the BBI JU for functioning and tasks of the Scientific Committee
- Rules of Procedure of the BBI JU Scientific Committee
- Current members of the Scientific Committee
- Privacy statement for processing of personal data related to the selection of experts by the BBI JU