Leadership & Governance

The de Duve Institute is made up of two structural entities: an international non-profit association called de Duve Institute aisbl (abbreviated to DDI) and a UCLouvain institute (abbreviated to DDUV).

The two entities are managed in close collaboration by a Coordination Committee made up of four scientists from the Institute. A four-member International Scientific Council oversees the quality of research and recruitment.

The DDI is also managed by a Board of Directors including representatives from the Université Catholique de Louvain.

Coordination committee

The day-to-day management of the Institute is entrusted to a Coordination Committee made up of the three members of the management of the DDI entity and the President of the DDUV entity.
Benoit Van den Eynde
Director of the de Duve Institute aisbl (DDI)
Jean-François Collet
Co-director
Miikka Vikkula
Co-director
Sophie Lucas
President of the de Duve Institute UCLouvain (DDUV)

Board of Directors (DDI)

Alexia Autenne
Etienne Davignon
Françoise Smets
Luc Bertrand
Chairman of the de Duve Institute aisbl (DDI)
Agnès Guiderdoni
Jacques van Rijckevorsel
Thierry Boon-Falleur
Isabelle Leclercq
Emile Van Schaftingen
François Casier

Scientific Advisory Board

Dario Alessi
University of Dundee, United Kingdom
Michael N. Hall
University of Basel, Switzerland
Christine Jacobs-Wagner
Stanford University, USA
Diane Mathis
Harvard University, USA

Development and Expansion Council

Luc Bertrand
Sophie Lammerant
Olivia de Schorlemer
Pierre Coulie
Jean-Marc Legrand
Juliette Siaens
Yolande de Crayencour
Irène Mathieu
Benoit Van den Eynde
Vincianne Delvigne
Axelle Peers de Nieuwburgh
Emile Van Schaftingen
Isabelle de Duve
Serge Schmitz
Miikka Vikkula
Olivier de Duve

Gala Organising Committee

Aurélie Bertrand
Melissa Kandiyoti
Olivia de Schorlemer
Melina Cervesato
Aurélie Mahieu
Juliette Siaens
Isabelle de Duve
Axelle Peers de Nieuwburgh
Caroline Storme