Preliminary 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-Founde, EnerGea Tecnonautas, Bolivia
Bea Riebesehl; Research Associate, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, 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-Institut for Research and Information in Education, Germany
Jannik Pfister; Academic Coordinator, Research Center Transformations of Political Violence, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Germany
Julian Ferreras; Scientist, Institute of Subtropical Biology, Argentina
Katharina Weser; CEO, Founder and Producer, Reynard Films GmbH and Yaga Studio GmbH, Germany
Katja 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-Institut, 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 Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Steve Burns; Producer; Rollercoaster Road Productions, USA
Thomas Hutschalik, Consultant, Scitaris GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
Tina Leeb, Producer & Consultant, >>fastforward, Germany