Who We Are

Board members

The Board of EPDA is elected every year at the association’s General Assembly in December. The Board members play a central role in ensuring that EPDA serves its members (PostDocs) effectively, and engages with EPFL management to represent PostDocs’ interests (the latest example is the hiring of a PostDoc Advisor by the Career Center).

The main responsibilities of the board are: setting the association’s goals, making key decisions, and securing resources to support events and community-driven initiatives.

Current (2025) Board:

Management team

The Management team assists the Board in the day to day operations of the Association. It coordinates activities of all the working groups and teams, and is responsible with the Board for implementing tasks and promoting the interests of the EPFL postdoc community.

Every motivated PostDoc can join the Management team. Do you have ideas that you wish to see implemented?

Send us an email to [email protected] or talk to us during one of our social events.

Purpose and goals

EPDA is the Postdoc association of EPFL, an association run by postdocs, for all postdocs at EPFL. Created in 2012 as a Postdoc Association of Life Sciences (SV) faculty, it has been extended to the entire EPFL, and gained official recognition in 2020. Our statutes are available here (in English).

EPDA strives to:

  •  Create an environment of excellence for postdoctoral research training
  •  Build a thriving community of EPFL’s postdocs
  •  Promote training of postdocs as the future generation of responsible leaders

Connections

  • EPFL postdoc center: resources available for EPFL postdocs
  • ADAS (UNIL): The official representative association for postdocs and Ph.D.s from the FBM and our sister association.
  • BSNL (UNIL-EPFL): Joint association for members from both universities.
  • Skills for Scientists (UNIL): Professional career development at Epalinges.
  • KNOVA (EPFL): Startup centered events with the EPFL Vice Presidency for Innovation.

Past Board Members

  • 2024
    • President: Matthias Durrieu
    • Vice President: Giannis Savva
    • Treasurer: Anna Poryvai
  • 2023
    • President: Matthias Durrieu
    • Vice President: Giannis Savva
    • Treasurer: Bruce Weaver
  • 2022
    • President: Fabian Schneider
    • Vice President: Anita Nasrallah
    • Treasurer: Charlotte Gehin
  • 2021
    • President: Fabian Schneider
    • Vice President: Sanjin Marion
    • Treasurer: Charlotte Gehin
  • 2020
    • President: Jamshid Asadzadeh
    • Vice President: Oksana Sergeeva
    • Treasurer:
  • 2019
    • President: Galina Glousker
    • Vice President: Jamshid Asadzadeh
    • Treasurer: