Steering Committee

The IBO Steering Committee is the executive board of the international IBO Association. It manages the daily affairs of the association and represents the IBO legally. It also oversees the operations of the yearly IBO Competition, enacts its rules and guidelines and aides the host in their preparations. The Steering Committee members illustrate the diversity of this worldwide competition.

Please contact the Steering Committee via the IBO Office, office@ibo-info.org.

Chairperson | Send an email

Lenka is a cell biologist. Her main professional interest focuses on cytoskeleton and vesicular trafficking. She is a group leader at the Faculty of Science, Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic). Lenka experienced IBO as a participant, jury member, head of IBO Coordinating Centre and, since 2017, also as a member of Steering Committee.

Vice-Chairperson | Send an email

Saman is a professor of biochemistry in Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. His main research focuses on development of bioluminescent based assay for different cell death modalities. He has been active in IBO since 2004. He was also chairman of 29th International Biology Olympiad in Iran.

Secretary | Send an email

Roel is a lecturer of chemistry and life sciences at Inholland University of Applied Sciences / Netherlands. He has participated in multiple IBOs as a Jury member, has contributed substantially to IBO's transition towards an international association and has worked as an NBO coordinator for team Netherlands since 2012.

Treasurer | Send an email

Renée is a high school biology teacher at Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet, Gothenburg, Sweden. She has been part of the IBO since 2013 and took over as the NBO coordinator for team Sweden in 2021.

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Faizal (Ahmad Faizal's usual colloquial name) is an associate professor in plant biology at the School of Life Sciences and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia. He has been involved in IBO for a number of years, and he was the project manager for IBO 2014 in Indonesia. He is currently the NBO coordinator for team Indonesia.

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Takao is an assistant professor and the vice-dean for student affairs at the Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Poland. His primary research focus is on bioprospecting of cold-adapted enzymes from psychrophilic and psychrotolerant bacteria found in Arctic regions. He has been working with the IBO since 2017 as the national coordinator for Team Poland. Additionally, he was a member of the International Scientific Committee for the 34th IBO held in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.