Keynote Speakers
Meet the Keynote speakers for ECB2026! Click on each speaker’s image to learn more about their role and experience.
Salma Balazadeh
University of Leiden, The Netherlands
Nico Callewaert
VIB/University of Ghent, Belgium
Tom Clarke
University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Marjan De Mey
University of Ghent, Belgium
Helena Freitas
University of Coimbra, Portugal
Sofie Goormachtig
VIB/University of Ghent, Belgium
Camila Levy
Rovensa Next, Spain
Julian Ma
St George’s University of London, UK
Rosa Martinez Espinosa
University of Alicante, Spain
Arben Merkoci
ICN2 Barcelona, Spain
Jana Milucka
MPI Bremen, Germany
Mark Post
CSO Mosa Meat, The Netherlands
Chantal Pichon
University of Orleans, France
M. Auxiliadora Prieto
CSIC Madrid, Spain
Holger Puchta
JKIP Karlsruhe, Germany
Jeroen Raes
KU Leuven, Belgium
Isabel Rocha
ITQB NOVA, Portugal
Stefan Schmidt
Evitria, Switzerland
Mercedes Segura Gally
Editas Medicine, USA
Kaspar Valgepea
University of Tartu, Estonia
Kevin Verstrepen
VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Belgium
Edwin Van der Vossen
Solynta, The Netherlands
Nick Wierckx
Forschungszentrum Julich, Germany
Boris Zimmermann
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway