Europe Leadership

SETAC Europe Board of Directors

The SETAC Europe Board of Directors consists of 19 members elected by the SETAC Europe membership at the Annual General Assembly, usually in May during the SETAC Europe Annual Meeting. The board of directors aims to achieve equal representation from government, business, and academia. Only full SETAC members are eligible to hold office as a member of the board of directors. Members of the board of directors shall be elected for a period of three (3) years, which may be renewed for only one consecutive term.

The board of directors elects the incoming president (vice president) from amongst their voting members, who becomes president the following year and immediate past president the year thereafter. The board of directors has appointed an Executive Director (Chief Operating Officer) to manage the affairs of SETAC Europe.

SETAC Europe Board of Directors 2025-2026

President
Susana Loureiro, Aveiro University, Portugal

Vice President
Sandrine Andres, French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks (INERIS), France

Immediate Past-President
Sabine E. Apitz, SEA Environmental Decisions Ltd, UK

Treasurer
Iseult Lynch, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Members
With academic affiliation

  • Michelle Bloor, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom 
  • Alexander Feckler, Research associate (PostDoc) at University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany
  • Juliane Hollender, Eawag, Switzerland
  • Daniela Maria Pampanin, University of Stavanger, Norway
  • Hans Sanderson, Sr Scientist at Aarhus University, Denmark

With business affiliation

  • Katrien Arijs, Regulatory Affairs Manager at ARCHE Consulting, Ghent, Belgium
  • Fola Ogungbemi, Senior Expert at Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG, Germany
  • Claudia Vaj, Country Regulatory Manager at Corteva Agriscience, Italy
  • Watze de Wolf, Owner & principal scientist at regMSC, Finland
  • Arnd Weyers, Bayer AG, Crop Science, Germany

With government affiliation

  • Laia Navarro Martin, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Spain
  • Hanna Schreiber, Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Austria
  • Raisa Turja, Finnish Environment Institute, SYKE, Finland
  • Jose Tarazona, Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain

Student Representatives (nominated by the SETAC Europe Student Advisory Council)
Jana-Sophie Appelt, PhD student at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom

SETAC Europe Executive Director
Karel De Schamphelaere, ex officio