Preliminary Jury 2026

Akanksha Sood Singh; Natural History Filmmaker, The Gaia People

Dr. Aldo Leal-Egana; Group Leader, Heidelberg University, Germany

Aleksandra Vujadinovic; Managing Director, Rhine Ruhr Center for Science Communication Research, Germany

Aline Scherff; Clinician Scientist & Postdoctoral Researcher, LMU University Hospital Munich, Germany

Amelie Rebmann; Education & Public Engagement, BOS Switzerland (Borneo Orangutan Survival Switzerland), Switzerland

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

Anita Waltho; Science Communicator, Berlin Science Week, Germany

Anna Alvord; Director, International Sales & Operations, PBS Distribution, United States

Annette Scheurich; Executive Producer, Director & Writer, Marco Polo Film AG, Germany

Dr. Annika Grandison; Head of Programme Development, experimenta – Das Science Center, Germany

Antonio Mendoza Gonzales; Co-Founder, EnerGea Tecnonautas Bolivia, Bolivia

Ben Jones; Head of Motion, Science Photo Library Ltd (SPL), United Kingdom

Bethan Burnside; Senior Science Communicator, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience & Curo Agency, Belgium

Catarina Ramos; Head of Communications, Events & Outreach, Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal

Claudia Neumeier; Science Journalist, Freelance / Deutschlandfunk Nova, Germany

Diva Amon; Marine Biologist, SpeSeas, Trinidad and Tobago

Edite Felgueiras; Science Communicator & Digital Media PhD Candidate, University of Porto / CERN, Portugal

Faye Watson; Public & Community Engagement Consultant, Self-Employed / University of West London, United Kingdom

Flavia-Bianca Cristian; Freelance Science Communicator, Curly Neuron Studio, Czech Republic

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

Franziska Sattler-Morrison; Program Manager & Science Communicator, Foresight Canada, Canada & Germany

Greg Sanderson; Executive Producer, United Kingdom

Irena Maralushaj; Freelance Festival Coordinator & Producer, Croatia

Izuchukwu Azuka Okafor; Assistant Professor, UMass Chan Medical School, United States

Jannik Pfister; Head of European Identity, Hertie Foundation & Associate Fellow, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany

Johanna Barnbeck; Creative Director & Founder, Spread the Nerd – Agency for Creative SciComm, Germany

Johanna Kaack; Managing Editor (Chefin vom Dienst), ZDF History & Science Department, Germany

John Dutton; Science & Conservation Filmmaker, John Dutton Productions, USA & Austria

Juan Ferrer; Multimedia Designer & Researcher, Museo del Hongo, Chile

Juan Manuel Sarasua; Science Journalist & Science Communicator, Juan Sarasua Science Communication Strategies, Spain, Colombia & Italy

Julian Ferreras; Researcher / University Professor, Instituto de Biología Subtropical (UNaM-CONICET), Argentina

Jürgen Kleinig; Business Development, Project Manager & Documentary Film Producer, European Science Communication Institute (ESCI) / Leonardo Film GmbH, Germany

Kira Hughes; Science Communicator, Freelance / Honorary Fellow at Deakin University, Australia

Laila Ziko; Associate Professor of Biochemistry, University of Hertfordshire / Global Academic Foundation, Egypt

Liubov Tupikina; Researcher, LeWiBo – Lab Without Borders, LPI, France & Germany

Manisha Biswas; Postdoctoral Researcher & Public Engagement Officer, Berlin School of Mind and Brain / Museum für Naturkunde Berlin / Einstein Center for Early Disease Interception, Germany

Martyna Dziakowicz; Radio Journalist & Science Communicator, Radio LUZ, Poland

Michael Frenschkowski; Producer & CEO, MUT Productions UG, Austria

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

Nadine Neumann; Creative Producer & Director, Freelance, Germany

Pablo-David Rojas; Senior Consultant & Subject Matter Expert in Life Sciences, Capgemini, Germany

Rasha Msallam; Director, NextGen of Immunology Consultancy, UAE

Rashmi Sheoran (Astro Roxy); Science Communication Student & Astronomy Communicator, Ansbach University of Applied Sciences / Astro Roxy / Kainaat Studios, Germany

Richard de Grijs; Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Macquarie University, Australia

Sarah Martell; Research Manager, Dalhousie University (Dasog Lab), Canada

Sebastian Scherrer; Director, Freelance, Germany

Stefanie Misrahi; Screenwriter, Self-Employed, Germany

Stina Börchers; International Postdoc, Science Communicator & External Science Communication Lecturer, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center / Copenhagen University / NaWik, Sweden & Denmark

Taylor Gedeon; Producer & Project Manager, Interface Media Group, United States

Thomas Hutschalik; Project Manager, Helios Kliniken GmbH, Germany

Thomas Susanka; Editor & Project Lead, Science Notes Magazine, Germany