Committees | EMIM 2026

1 – Physics, Engineering & Technologies

a – PET/SPECT, Hybrid: Guen Bae Ko, Daejon – Javier Caravaca, Berkeley – Nikos Efthimiou, Boston – Antonio Gonzalez, Valencia – Claudia Kuntner-Hannes, Vienna – Gabriela Llosa, Paterna – Wendy McDougald, Edinburgh – Negar Omidvari, Davis – Mailyn Perez-Liva, Madrid – Elena Zannoni, Austin

b – MRI, MPI: Yannick Crémillieux, Bordeaux – Uzay Emir, Oxford – Paula Foster, London, ON – Ozlem Ipek, London – Joshua Kaggie, Cambridge – Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, Krakow – Chris Laustsen, Aarhus – Francesca Reineri, Torino – Franz Schilling, Munich – Rui Simoes, Porto – Chris Vanhove, Ghent – Lijing Xin, Lausanne

c – Optical: Guanyu Cai, Paris – Zhenyue Chen, Shanghai – Peter Friedl, Nijmegen – Dimitris Gorpas, Munich – Fernanda Ramos Gomes, Göttingen – Jošt Stergar, Ljubljana

d – Ultrasound, Optoacoustic: Juan Aguirre, Madrid – Christian Baker, London – Beatrice Berthon, Paris – Thomas Chaigne, Marseille – Charlie Demené, Paris – Hailong He, Munich – Baptiste Heiles, Passadena – Tali Ilovitsh, Tel Aviv – Kirby Lattwein, Rotterdam – François Varray, Lyon – Junjie Yao, Durham

e – X-Ray: Alberto Bravin, Milano – Sandro Donato, Catanzaro – Michela Esposito, London – Bartosz Leszcynski, Krakow – Martin Pichotka, Freiburg

f – Spatial Tissue Omics (incl. MSI, Genomics): Nina Ogrinc, Lille – Nicole Strittmatter, Munich – Christoph Trautwein, Tuebingen

2 – Probe Chemistry & Reporter Genes

a – PET/SPECT, X-Ray, CT: Filipe Elvas, Antwerp – Lara Garcia Varela, Santiago de Compostela – Maria Rosaria Ruggiero, Rome – Mirkka Sarparanta, Helsinki – Peter Scott, Ann Arbor MI – Yann Seimbille, Rotterdam – Johanna Steen, Amsterdam – Adriana Tavares, Edinburgh

b – MRI, MPI: Fernando Herranz, Madrid – Dario Longo, Torino – Arnab Mukherjee, Santa Barbara – Rachele Stefania, Torino – Frank Wiekhorst, Berlin

c – Optical, Optoacoustic, Ultrasound: Christine Goze, Dijon – Donal O’Shea, Dublin – Juan Pellico, Barcelona – Andre Stiel, Munich

d – Theranostics, Multimodal Agents: Weibo Cai, Madison – Kristina Djanashvili, Delft – Ruslan Dmitriev, Ghent – Ermal Ismalaj, San Sebastian – Scott Lyons, New York – Sophie Poty, Dijon – Sarah Spreckelmeyer, Berlin

3 – Data Processing, Analysis & Modeling

a – Acquisition, Reconstruction & Processing: Thomas Kuestner, Tuebingen – Matija Milanič, Ljubljana – Francesa Pennati, Milano – Harry Tsoumpas, Groningen

b – Quantification & Analysis: Pablo Aguiar, Santiago de Compostela – Ronald Boellaard, Amsterdam – Marta Casquero-Veiga, Madrid – Emma Muñoz-Moreno, Barcelona – Sara Neyt, Ghent – Jesus Silva Rogriguez, Santiago de Compostela – Floris van der Velden, Leiden

c – Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Modelling: Marco Aiello, Napoli – Zuhir Bodalal (Elkarghali), Amsterdam – Lisa Duff, Glasgow – João Santinha, Lisbon – Riccardo Scodellaro, Goettingen

4 – Image-Guided Therapy

a – Image-Guided Drug Delivery: Imke Bartelink, Amsterdam – Clemens Bos, Utrecht – Wim Ceelen, Gent – Philippe Garrigue, Marseille – Andrea Markus, Göttingen – Peter Stephen Patrick, London

b – Application of Theranostics: Rafael de Rosales, London – Cinzia Imberti, London – Susanne Lütje, Aachen – Maya Thanou, London

c – Interventional & Surgical Imaging: Jim Delikatny, Philadelphia – Sophie Hernot, Brussels – Wouter Nagengast, Groningen – Lisanne Neijenhuis, Leiden – Pieter van der Zaag, Groningen – Max Witjes, Groningen

5 – Cardiovascular & Respiratory

a – Cardiac Imaging: Bram Coolen, Amsterdam – Verena Hörr, Bonn – Frank Kober, Marseille – Min-Chi Ku, Berlin – Jesus Ruiz-Cabello, Madrid – Rick Southworth, London – Thomas Stiermaier, Lubeck – Gustav Strijkers, Amsterdam

b – Vascular Imaging: Thomas Bonnard, Caen – René Botnar, Santiago – Alexis Broisat, Paris – Alkystis Phinikaridou, London – James Thackeray, Hannover – Katrien Vandoorne, Haifa

c – Pulmonary Imaging: Andrea Aliverti, Milano – Sam Bayat, Grenoble – Mina Kim, London – Irma Mahmutovic Persson, Lund

6 – CNS & Peripheral Nerves

a – Brain Structure & Receptors: Jens Bankstahl, Hannover – Daniele Bertoglio, Antwerp – Eike Budinger, Magdeburg – Jason Cai, Yale – Srecko Gajovic, Zagreb – Mikael Palner, Copenhagen – Alejandra Sierra Lopez, Kuopio – Mª Luisa Soto-Montenegro, Madrid – Mattia Veronese, Padova

b – Brain Metabolism, Function & Perfusion: Celine Baligand, Fontenay-aux-Roses – Philipp Boehm-Sturm, Berlin – Susan Boretius, Goettingen – Shreya Goel, Salt Lake City – Abraham Martin, Bilbao – Noam Shemesh, Lisbon

c – Neuroimaging Tools in Disease Models: Diana Cash, London – Shannon Helsper, Leuven – Kristina Herfert, Tuebingen – Anne Landau, Aarhus – Nadja van Camp, Paris

7 – Oncology

a – Cancer Biology (incl. Metabolism) & Microenvironment: Simone Dalm, Rotterdam – Timo De Groof, Brussels – Yvonne Jauw, Amsterdam – Zhao-Hui Jin, Chiba – Manfred Kneilling, Tuebingen – Simone Krebs, Houston – Miles Miller, Boston – Volker Morath, Munich – Fay Nicolson, Boston – Alexandros Sofias, Aachen – Charles Truillet, Orsay – Alessia Volpe, USA – Bettina Weigelin, Tuebingen

b – Cancer Diagnosis: Erik Aarntzen, Groningen/ Nijmegen – Jan Grimm, New York – Gabriela Kramer-Marek, Sutton – Nivin Nyström, USA – Federica Pisaneschi, Houston – Vladimir Ponomarev, New York – Sheryl Roberts, Detroit – Johannes Schwenck, Tuebingen

c – Cancer Therapy (incl. Immunotherapy): Israt Alam, Stanford – Renske Altena, Stockholm – Bárbara Beatriz Báez Solveira, Madrid – Julia Baguña-Torres, Barcelona – Michael Breckwoldt, Heidelberg – Ivis Chaple Gore, Knoxville – Sarah Cheal, New York – Joop de Langen, Amsterdam -Alexandre Detappe, Strasbourg – Sandra Heskamp, Nijmegen – Katharina Lückerath, Essen – Assaf Zinger, Haifa

8 – Immunology, Inflammation & Infection

a – Immune System Dynamics: Karen Alt, Melbourne – Wissam Beaino, Amsterdam – Hendrikus Boersma, Groningen – Jeff Bulte, Baltimore – Ferdinand Knieling, Erlangen – Sara Martinez de Lizarrondo, Caen – Yongjian Liu, St. Louis – Mohammad Rashidan, Boston

b – Infection & Tissue Immunity: Nicolas Beziere, Tuebingen – Maxime Gauberti, Caen – Dima Hammoud, Bethesda – Uwe Himmelreich, Leuven – Thibaut Naninck, Fontenay-aux-roses – Marieke Stammes, Rijswijk

9 – In Vitro Models

Fikri Birey, Atlanta – Irene Marco-Rius, Barcelona – Mariam-Eleni Oraiopoulou, Cambridge