Our dedicated organisation

Advisory Board

Prof. dr. ir. Arnold Bregt
Dean of Education-WUR
Dr. ir. Ernst van den Ende
Managing Director Plant Sciences Group-WUR
Prof. dr. Perry den Brok
Chair 4TU Centre for Engineering Education-WUR
Sebastiaan Berendse
Corporate Director Value Creation-WUR
Tim van Hattum
Program Leader Green Climate Solutions-WUR
Dr. Nettie Buitelaar
Chief Business Officer – BiosanaPharma

Expert panel

Rio Pals
Manager - WUR Student Challenges – WUR
Fred Beekmans
Program Leader Circular & Climate-neutral Society – WUR
Stacy Pyett
Programma Manager Proteins for Life – WUR
Atze-Jan van der Goot
Professor Protein Structuring and Sustainability – WUR
Leo Marcelis
Professor Horticulture and Product Physiology – WUR
Edgar Suarez Garcia
Founder & CTO – Revyve
Tiffany Tsui
CEO – Springtide Strategy & Ventures
Wieger Wamelink
Ecologist en exobiologist - WUR

Jury

Bart van Meurs
Director at Division Q
Sophie van Weede
Investment Associate at ShiftInvest
Gulsah Uysal
Regional Director Food Systems Transformation at EIT Food
Charlotte Pouwels
CTO & CO-Founder at ICEE.Space
Ismaël Bawah
Science and Technology Community Coordinator at GFI Europe

Organising Team

Marta Eggers
Project Leader - WUR Student Challenges
Maria Theodoridou
Project Assistant - WUR Student Challenges
Rebeka Bílik
Social Media Manager – WUR Student Challenges