Ten new members for Amsterdam Young Academy (AYA)

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Four young academics from VU Amsterdam, three from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and three from Amsterdam UMC have been appointed as members of the Amsterdam Young Academy (AYA): the network of young academics at VU Amsterdam, UvA and Amsterdam UMC.

is a network of promising, young Amsterdam academics whose research extends beyond their own discipline. It was founded in 2018 by a number of Amsterdam-based members of De Jonge Akademie and commits to interdisciplinary research, social dialogue and research policy.

The ten new members in 2024 are:

VU Amsterdam:
  • Maarten Bolhuis, Department of Criminology (Faculty of Law)
  • Laura Dreissen, Department of Physics (Faculty of Science)
  • Giuliana Spadaro, Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology (Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences)
  • Kristina S. Weißmüller, Department of Political Science and Public Administration (Faculty of Social Sciences)
  • Micha Heilbron, Brain and Cognition (Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences)
  • Alberto Pérez de Alba Ortíz, Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences and Informatics Institute (Faculty of Science)
  • Gulnaz Sibgatullina, Department of History, European Studies, and Religious Studies (Faculty of Humanities)


Amsterdam UMC:
  • Callista Mulder (Reproductive Biology)
  • Elena Rampanelli (Experimental Vascular Medicine)
  • Dirk Jan Stenvers (Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism)