Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is, similar to a government, the IBO executive body that enacts IBO’s rules and guidelines. It represents the IBO association legally and manages its daily affairs.
The Steering Committee members illustrate the diversity of this worldwide competition.
Main point of contact for the Steering Committee: office@ibo-info.org
Lenka Libusová
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.
Saman Hosseinkhani
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.
Roel Baars
Secretary | Send an email
Roel holds a PhD in physical chemistry and works as lecturer 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.
Ahmad Faizal
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.