SPAAM Steering Committee Elections 2026

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3 positions open • 4 candidates

About the Election

This year, SPAAM will hold the first elections for the Steering Committee. Following the Constitution, the Steering Committee should consist of 12 members with terms of 2 years tiered in two cohorts overlapping for one year, so in the future every year, 6 new members will be elected into the Steering Committee.

Since we are in the process of introducing the new system, this year we will elect only 3 new members into the Steering Committee. In 2027, the terms of 6 of the current members will end and we will start the regular election scheme.

Current Steering Committee Members

The following members are continuing for a period of at least one year:

Sierra Blunt

University of Bordeaux, France

Davide Bozzi

University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Anastasia Brativnyk

Francis Crick Institute, UK

Laura Carrillo-Olivas

National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico

Rémi Denise

University College Cork, Ireland

Mariana Escobar-Rodríguez

Institut Pasteur, France

Marcel Keller

University of Basel, Switzerland

Joanna H. Romeyer-Dherbey

Yale School of Medicine, USA

Wenqin Yu

Peking University, China

Candidates (4 for 3 positions)

Click on a poster to view it in full size. Each poster includes a QR code linking directly to the voting form.

Candidate poster: Cameron Logar

Candidate poster: Erin Barnett

Candidate poster: Gabriel Frassetto Raimundo

Candidate poster: Zoé Pochon

Cast Your Vote

Submit your vote by August 15, 2026 — 23:59 CEST

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