Executive Board
The Executive Board of the Swiss Young Academy consists of a speaker and a vice-speaker as well as up to three other members of the Young Academy. The speaker represents the Young Academy internally and externally and heads the Executive Board. A new Executive Board is elected annually by the Members' assembly. The Executive Board appoints a new speaker and vice-speaker.
2026-27
Executive Board Member
Pamela Delgado
Assistant Professor
Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale (HES-SO)
Executive Board Member
Clément Meier
Postdoctoral Researcher
Faculty of Business and Economics
University of Lausanne
Executive Board Member
Emmanuel Senft
Research Scientist / Group leader
Human-centered Robotics and AI Group
Idiap Research Institute
Executive Board Member
Clara Zemp
Assistant Professor
Institute of Biology
University of Neuchâtel
2025/2026
Nawal Kinany (Speaker)
Sabrina H. Kessler (Vice-Speaker)
Celestin Mutuyimana
Emmanuel Senft
Eda E.Tibet
2024/2025
Sabrina H. Kessler (Speaker)
Nawal Kinany (Vice-Speaker)
Jovana Milić
Eda E. Tibet
2023/2024
Sofie Behluli (Speaker)
Silvia Maier (Vice-Speaker)
Darius Farman
Jovana Milić
Lerato Posholi
2022/2023
Florian Egli (Speaker)
Mey Boukenna (Vice-Speaker)
Sofie Behluli
Darius Farman
Lucas Mueller
2021/2022
Lucas Mueller (Speaker)
Stefanie Boulila
Florian Egli
Darius Farman
BinBin Pearce
2020/2021
Estefania Cuero (Speaker)
Stefanie Boulila
Florian Egli
Lucas Mueller
BinBin Pearce