8 November 2023
Six young academics from VU Amsterdam, three from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and one 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.
AYA 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 2023 are:
VU:
Animesh Trivedi (Computer Science)
Lisa Beinborn (Natural Language Processing)
Evgenia Lysova (Organizational Behaviour)
Gea Dreschler (Linguistics)
Frederic Béen (Chemistry)
Yusuf Celik (Digital Humanities & Islam)
UvA:
Tessa Blanken (Psychology)
Mark Boukes (Corporate Communication)
Aybüke Özgün (Epistemology and philosophy)
Amsterdam UMC:
Melissa Hooijmans (Radiology en Nucleaire Medicine)