EATRIS Meets

Meet the people behind EATRIS. Our community brings together brilliant minds driving innovative projects across Europe. In the EATRIS Meets interview series, we shine a light on the people powering our work. Click the tiles below to discover their stories.

Ulrika Bäckman

Ulrika is the National Coordinator of EATRIS Sweden. Find out which types of dance classes Ulrika prefers here.

Nadia Grosios

Nadina is an EATRIS constulant on drug development. Find out who snores under her desk and more here.

Helena Baião

Helena serves as the National Coordinator of EATRIS Portugal. Find out which interesting language skills Helena has.

Laura Garcia Bermejo

Laura is the National Director of EATRIS Spain. Find out here what is Laura's main driver in her scientific work.

Daniel Ruiz Iruela

Daniel is the Governor for EATRIS Spain. Find out here which high honour Daniel was awarded in 2015.

David Velasco Gail

David is the National Coordinator of EATRIS Spain. Find out here which instrument David loves to play and dance to.

Pontus Aspenström

Pontus is our National Director for Sweden. Read here how he feels about his most recent hobby - playing the piano.

Florence Bietrix

Florence is our Deputy Director to the Executive Board. Read here where she would not want to run a marathon.

Piret Baur

Piret is our Communications Manager. Find out which country, with a population of 1.3 million, she calls home.

Rebecca Czolk

Rebecca is the winner of the EATRIS Next Gen Scientist Silver Prize together with her fellow PhD students Bianca Brandus and Rafaëla Schober. Find out here which scientific concept they translated into a comic.

Frank de Man

Frank is the EARIS Advisor to the Executive Board and recipient of the Spirit of EATRIS Award. Find out here what his his connection to Indonesia and more here.

Giovanni Migliaccio

Giovanni is EATRIS Senior Advisor and recipient of the Spirit of EATRIS Award. Find out here who is Féfé and more here.

Anuja Lipsa

Anuja is the recipient of the EATRIS Next Gen Scientist award from EATRIS Luxembourg node. See the video that earned Anuja the award here.

Dunja Urbančič

Dunja is the National Coordinator of EATRIS Slovenia. Find out what type of boxing is Dunja's favorite.

Emanuela Oldioni

Emanuela is EATRIS Scientific Programme Manager. Find out which Italian classic Emanuela could recite in her sleep.

Richard Crispin

Richard is a Senior CMC Scientist at SofOx Solutions in Norway and a TMex alumni. Find out what is the connection between Richard and banana costumes.

Toni Andreu

Toni is the EATRIS Scientific Director. Find out what illness flung Toni into the the realm of rare diseases.

Eliis Keidong

Eliis is Member Engagement Officer at EATRIS C&S. Find out what exotic creatures she tried in Thailand and Japan in the hunt for tastes around the world.

Rosan Kreeftmeijer-Vegter

Rosan is our Rare Disease Innovation Officer. Find out what balances her at the end of the day.

Courtney Stewart-Ferguson

Courtney was our Team Assistant & IT Coordinator. Read more about his road from London to Translational Medicine.

Nigel Wagstaff

Nigel was our Innovation Advisor. Find out what kind of diagnostic he relates to the most in his retierment.