Provisional Jury 2025

Alejandro Garcia; Consultant, Talking Images, Germany, Mexico

Aline Scherff; (Post)Doctoral Researcher, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany 

Ana Luisa Santos; Wildlife Filmmaker, Ateles Films, The Netherlands

Anita Waltho; Molecular biologist, Science communicator and Improv Comedian, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Soapbox Science, Laughing Matter, Germany 

Anna Alvord; Director, International Sales, PBS Distribution, USA

Annette Scheurich; Senior executive producer, Director, Writer, Marco Polo Film AG, Germany

Annkatrin Reeh; Student, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Antonio Mendoza; Co-founder, EnerGea Tecnonautas, Bolivia 

Bea Riebesehl; Research Associate, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

Bernd Hezel; CEO, Climate Media Factory, Germany

Christian Gogolin, Photo Editor, GEO Magazine

Cindy Ow; PhD Candidate, University of California, USA 

Claudia Stocker; Science Illustrator, Vivid Biology, Spain

Cris Kennedy; Film critic and Film writer for Australian Newspapers, Australia 

Didier Goossens; Head of Communication, Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR), Luxembourg

Diva Amon; Marine Biologist, SpeSeas, Trinidad and Tobago

Elodie Chabrol; Freelance Science Communicator, International Director, Pint of Science, France 

Emmanuel Awosu Ikechukwu; PhD Candidate, Tohoku University, Japan

Encieh Erfani; Postdoctoral Fellow, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada

Esther Ngumbi; Assistant Professor Entomology, African American Studies, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, US

Flavia-Bianca Cristian; Science Communicator, Public Engagement Practitioner, Germany

Francesca Coraggio; Postdoctoral Researcher, German Cancer Research Center, Germany

Geoffrey Bocobo; Physician-Innovator, Formerly: BCG, Brigham/Harvard Med, US 

Jane Yau; Senior Researcher, DIPF - Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Germany 

Jannik Pfister; Academic Coordinator, Research Center Transformations of Political Violence, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Germany 

Juan Ferrer,  Multimedia Designer and Researcher; Hongo Museum, Chile

Julian Ferreras; Scientist, Institute of Subtropical Biology, Argentina

Katharina Weser; CEO, Founder and Producer, Reynard Films GmbH and Yaga Studio GmbH, Germany

Katya Loginova; Public Engagement Coordinator, Natural History Museum Berlin, Germany

Laila Ziko , Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Global Academic Foundation, Egypt

Martyna Dziakowicz; Science Communicator, Radio LUZ, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland

Michael Sanderson; Director, Producer, Ateles Films, The Netherlands

Milan K Sadan; UKRI Guarantee Fellow, Imperial College London, UK 

Milena Salci; Alumni Relations Manager, Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany 

Mohamed Elsonbaty Ramadan; AI Trainer, Consultant, Science Journalist, Communicator, SciComm-AI, Belgium/Egypt

Mohammed Abbas; Science and Health Advocate, Foldscope Instruments Inc., Iraq

Oscar Contreras-Villarroel; Vice President and Representative, Giant Magellan Telescope, Chile

Peta Jenkin, Writer & Director, Jenkin Film, Germany

Pierre Henriquet, Freelance Science Communicator, Astropierre

Quentin Lazzarotto; Artistic Director, Science Film Producer, Fleurance Science Film Festival, Good To Know Studio, France

Richard de Grijs; Professor of Astrophysics, Macquarie University Sydney, Australia
Executive Director, International Space Science Institute, Beijing, China

Sofia Pazzagli; Researcher, Quantum Physicist; Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany

Steve Burns; producer; Rollercoaster Road Productions, USA

Thomas Hutschalik, Consultant, Scitaris GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

Tina Leeb , Producer & Consultant, >>fastforward, Germany