Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)


The Scientific Advisory Board consists of three renowned persons who represent the three disciplines and research priorities of the VDS PhaNuSpo. They support the doctoral school with their expertise and discuss strategic issues with the faculty members.

The members are either internationally renowned scientists or representatives from industry who are appointed by the Steering Committee for a (renewable) term of two years on the basis of proposals from the PI-Panel. The SAB gives recommendations and opinions on the educational concept of the VDS PhaNuSpo and on its scientific and structural development. The members are invited to visit the doctoral school on a regular basis.

Marcel van der HEYDEN

Associate Professor at the Department of Medical Physiology of the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Christophe MATTHYS

Associate Professor at the Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology Unit, Department of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium.

Daniela CAPOROSSI

Full Professor of Applied Biology at the University of Rome "Foro Italico", Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, and Chair of the Unit of Biology and Genetics of Human Movement, Italy.