Standing Technical Committee
The Standing Technical Committee is selected based on individual expertise, and its primary objective is to provide independent scientific advice to the Commission, the Executive Committee and the Secretariat.
Name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|
Stephan Zientara (Chairperson) | France | Director, Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES) - Animal health laboratory |
Nick De Regge | Belgium | Head of Service, Exotic and Vector-borne diseases, Sciensano (EURL for Capripoxviruses) |
Guillaume Girault | France | Deputy Head, EURL for FMD, ANSES |
Carola Sauter-Louis | Germany | Head of the Epidemiology Institute, Friedrich Loeffler Institute (Federal Research Institute for Animal Health) |
Giovanni Savini | Italy | Director, EURL for RVF, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell' Abruzzo e Molise |
Santina Grazioli | Italy | Head of NRL for vesicular diseases, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell' Emilia-Romagna |
German Caceres Garrido | Spain | Head of Epidemiology Department of the General Sudirectorate of Animal Health, Hygiene and Traceability (MAPA) |
Katharina Stärk | Switzerland | Head of Science Department, Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen (BLV) |
Phaedra Eblé | The Netherlands | Senior scientist, Virology Department, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) |
Abdulnaci Bulut | Türkiye | Virologist, Head of Serology, Şap Institute |
Anna Ludi | United Kingdom | Head of Serology, WRL-FMD, The Pirbright Institute |
James Wood | United Kingdom | Alborada Professor of Equine and Farm Animal Science at the University of Cambridge |

