GOVERNANCEGENERAL ASSEMBLYCollege 1Representatives ofresearch and highereducation institutionsCollege 2Representativesof businessesCollege 3QualifiedPersonalitiesBOARD OF DIRECTORSORIENTATIONCOMMITTEEKey public fundinginstitutions and partnersAnne BESNIERPRESIDENTYves-Michel GINOTCONGRESSALUMNI FELLOWSPhilippe VENDRIXGENERALSECRETARYSENIOR SCIENTIFICADVISORSCIENTIFIC COUNCILDominique LANGEVINOPERATIONALTEAMLE STUDIUMRESEARCH FELLOWSGovernance & Scientific Council 2017112LE STUDIUM Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies is a non-profit organisation of Law 1901 registeredin 1996 in Orléans, France. It is administered by a General Assembly of Members, a Board of Directors,an Orientation Committee and a Management team. The General Assembly of members is composed of3 collegia:Representatives of research institutions and universities,Representatives of businesses,Qualified personalities,and meets annually to review past year’s activities. Every four years, this General Assembly reviews thecomposition and elects a new Board of Directors. Local and regional institutions are represented at LESTUDIUM Orientation Committee. The Board of Directors and the Orientation Committee meet two tothree times a year to review the activities according to an agreed strategic plan. The Board of Directorsprepares reports and decisions to be submitted to the General Assembly. The President of LE STUDIUMis appointed for four years and reports to the Board of Directors. LE STUDIUM President oversees theactivities performed by a small dynamic team based in Orléans.
SCIENTIFIC COUNCILLE STUDIUM Scientific Council establishes the final ranking of applications and recommends fellowship,professorship and consortium awards. It is composed of independent external senior scientists who gatheronce a year in June to analyse the scientific reviews provided by a pool of more than 600 experts and to finalizethe selection of the Smart Loire Valley General Programme for Research Fellows who will next come inresidence and other awards such as Professorship or Consortium.The Scientific Council members are also regularly consulted for their expertise to perform independentevaluations in the course of required recruitments occurring across the Ambition Research Development2020 programmes.For the campaign and call for applications 2018-2019, LE STUDIUM Scientific Council members were:PRESIDENTDominique LANGEVINResearch Director at CNRS, Physics and Engineering Sciences, Laboratory of Solid State Physics at theUniversity of Paris-Sud-Orsay- FRMEMBERSDominique ALLARTProfessor, Director of Service d’Histoire etTechnologie des Arts plastiques (Tempsmodernes), University of Liège - BELaura BACIOUProfessor, Biophysicist, Laboratory of PhysicalChemistry at the University of Paris-Sud - FRJean-Claude BERNIERProfessor, Chemistry and Interfaces in Physicsand Biology, Strasbourg - FRGordon CAMPBELLProfessor in Renaissance and seventeenthcentury studies, University of Leicester - UKJames A. DIASProfessor, Biomedical Sciences, University of theState of New York - USAMark GOERBIGProfessor Theoretical Physiscs, CNRS ResearchDirector, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides,Université Paris-Sud, Saclay - FRMarc GOUJONSocial and Human Sciences, French NationalScientific Research Centre - FRAylin Carla HANYALOGLUDoctor in Molecular Biology, Imperial CollegeLondon, Faculty of Medicine - UKTHE FOLLOWING PERMANENT GUESTS ATTENDED THE COUNCIL MEETINGS:REPRESENTATIVES OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS AND REGIONAL INSTITUTIONSChristian ANDRESInserm Scientific CorrespondentChristelle BARTHETScientific Assistant, CEA Le Ripault, ToursCatherine BEAUMONTPresident Centre INRAE Val-de-LoireDavid HULMESResearch Director in biology, Centre Nationalde Recherche Scientifique, Ecole NormaleSupérieure of Lyon - FRPiotr LAIDLERProfessor, Head Chair of Medical Biochemistry,Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow - PLJean-Claude LECRONProfessor in biochemistry and Immunology,University of Poitiers, Hospital practitioner at theUniversity Hospital of Poitiers - FRFederica MIGLIARDOProfessor in Biophysicist, Universita’ degli Studi diMessina, Italy / Institut de Biologie Intégrative dela Cellule, CNRS, Saclay - FRJohn O’BRIENProfessor, Director of Studies in the Schoolof Modern Languages and Cultures, DurhamUniversity - UKDavid OGDENDirector of Research, Laboratory of BrainPhysiology and Biophysics, University Paris-Descartes, Paris - FRAlain PAVEProfessor, Biometrics and Evolutionary Biology,Lyon. Member of the Academy of Technologies - FRAry BRUANDPresident University of Orleans, represented byIoan TODINCA, Vice-President ResearchYves-Michel GINOTDirector of Pharmaceuticals Innovation, ServierGroup, Orléans, LE STUDIUM PresidentAlain PRIOUProfessor, Physics, Université Paris OuestNanterre La Défense - FRSébastien ROSER&D Director of Axyntis Group, Fine chemistryand engineering, Pithiviers, FRJean-Pierre SAMAMAResearch Director in biophysics, Centre Nationalde Recherche Scientifique, Synchrotron Soleil - FRAlain THORELDoctor in physico-chemistry, MINES ParisTech - FREmmanuel TRELATProfessor, Mathematics, La Sorbonne University,Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions, CNRS - FRLaurent TISSOTProfessor in Contemporary history, University ofNeuchâtel - CHRalph WATZELProfessor, Geology and geophysics, President ofthe Federal Institute for Geosciences and NaturalResources (BGR), Hannover - DEFriedrich-W WELLMERProfessor, Geology and geophysics, FormerPresident of the Federal Institute for Geosciencesand Natural Resources - DEHélène PAUWELSResearch Branch, BRGM, OrléansPhilippe VENDRIXPresident University of Tours, represented byDaniel ALQUIER, Vice-President ResearchGovernance & Scientific Council 2019113