Meet the Mac4Me team 

Uniting academia, society and industry

to shape the scientists of tomorrow

Global Network

Creating a strong foundation for professional growth  

By integrating the expertise of our hosting centres with that of our associated partners, we offer a diverse array of opportunities in leadership development, specialized training, scientific innovation, and technical expertise.  


Partners institutions 


Associated partners 

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Our supervisors 

Renowned scientists from top-level universities 

Our supervisors have been selected for their exceptional academic qualifications as well as their extensive experience in guiding and supporting PhD students. 

Tero Aittokallio

Oslo University Hospital,  Norway

Jennifer Ashworth

PeptiMatrix™, UK

Katharina Bauer

Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Klaus Breitholz

Genevia Technologies, Finland

Johnathan Curd

PeptiMatrix™, UK

Murali Ghatkesar

TU Delft, The Netherlands

Franziska Linke

Erasmus University Medical Center, The Netherlands

Thomas Liuksiala

Genevia Technologies, Finland

Carolina Llorente

Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

Cathy Merry

University of Nottingham, UK

Teijo Pellinen

University of Helsinki, Finland 

Olga Piskareva

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland

Martina Rauner

University of Applied Sciences in Vienna, Austria 

Gema Revuelta

Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain 

Mark A.Rubin

University of Bern, Switzerland 

Silvia Scaglione

React4Life, Italy

Wytske van Weerden

Erasmus University Medical Center, The Netherlands

Andreas Weigert

Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany 

Hub Zwart

Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Our associated partners

Alexandra Boitor

European Association of Cancer Research (EACR), UK

Alessandra Bonfati

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Laura Cipolla

University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Thomas R.Cox

Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia

Christine Hodgdon

Guiding Researchers & Advocates to Scientific Partnerships (GRASP), United States 

Julia Maués

Guiding Researchers & Advocates to Scientific Partnerships (GRASP), United States 

Amanda McCann

University College Dublin, Ireland

Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)

Our expert guidance

Meet Mac4Me’s Scientific Advisory Board

Prof. Philip Cornford

(Urologist, UK)

Prof. Eric Danen

(Cancer Drug discovery, NL)

Dr. Agnes Jager

(Medical Oncologist, NL)

Prof. Paola Nistico

(Immunotherapy, IT)

Prof. Cormac Owens

(Pediatric Oncologist, IE)

Prof. Alana Welm

(Metastasis research, US)

Three rotating patient representatives

Our fellows 

Starting their career as scientists with Mac4Me 

Meet the 18 Doctoral Candidate (DC) who have started their PhD as part of the Mac4Me network. 

Aina Amat

UPF – Gema Revuelta and Carolina Llorente

Pierluca Cancellieri

RCSI – Olga Piskareva

Caroline de Aquino Guerreiro

TUDR – Martina Rauner

Lennart Linke

EMC – Wytske van Weerden and Franziska Linke

Loona Meyer

EMC – Wytske van Weerden and Franziska Linke

Apostolos Papadopoulos

TUDR – Martina Rauner

Muhammad Umar

OUS – Tero Aittokallio

Chunyu Yan

RCSI – Olga Piskareva

Sidney van der Zande

UH – Teijo Pellinen