Polish Young Academy representative elected president of YASAS
On December 2, the general assembly of the Young Academies Science Advice Structure (YASAS) elected Dr. Jacek Ł. Kolanowski, delegate of the Polish Young Academy of the Polish Academy of Sciences, as the first president. YASAS, a European initiative bringing together young academies, was born in July 2020.
Dr Jacek Ł. Kolanowski (photo: Polish Young Academy)
The new Management Board is composed of: Maral Dadvar (Global Young Academy), Lucas Haffert (Germany), Maria Jose van Tol (Netherlands), and Moniek Tromp (Young Academy of Europe). YASAS authorities were elected for a 2-year term.
Dr. Jacek Ł. Kolanowski works in the area of chemical biology and biological chemistry. He is the head of the Department of Molecular Probes and Prodrugs and the Center for High Throughput Screening Studies at the PAS Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry in Poznań. Currently, he is a lead researcher for several grant projects, and is actively engaged in developing international scientific cooperation and popularizing science. He has been elected as Vice Chair of the Polish Young Academy for 2019-2021 term.
The YASAS initiative was born during the meeting of Young Academies from all over Europe on 4-5 July 2020 and was established after four months of intense debate in a working group, attended by the representative of the Polish Young Academy (PYA). On November 6, 2020, during the general assembly, members of the PYA made a decision to join the YASAS structure.
YASAS aims to join a European project to improve the scientific input to policy making under the future version of SAPEA (Science Advice for Policy by European Academies) program. It includes young academies from the following European countries: Romania, Germany, Scotland, Spain, Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Hungary and Norway, and two international academies based in Germany: Young Academy of Europe and Global Young Academy.
Source of information: Polish Young Academy
