SERAS Advisory Board Members

The SERAS Advisory Board consists of representative of EU policy making and regulatory institutions such as ERA, Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, EU agencies (Eurofound), rail research institutions (EURNEX), European and global rail related professional and employer associations (UIC, UITP, Unife), regional rail clusters (ERRAC) and trade union organisations (industriAll) as well as vocational education and training experts, digitalization and green transition specialists as well as representatives other relevant sectors. 

The Advisory Board oversees the progress of the SERAS Alliance and provides independent feedback; advises on industry trends, policy developments, and funding opportunities; supports long-term sustainability strategies and exploitation of results.

Overhead view of a railway yard packed with rows of passenger and freight cars on parallel tracks
Armando Carrillo Zanuy 

European Rail Research Network of Excellence (EURNEX) 

 

https://www.eurnex.org/ 
Carole Coune  Association of European Rail Rolling Stock Lessors (AERRL)  https://aerrl.eu/ 
Fabián Figueroa  International Union of Railways (UIC)  https://uic.org/ 
Pierre Gibbe  Université de l'ingénierie SNCF (UDI SNCF)  https://monudi.com/ 
Christel Goossens  International Association of Public Transport (UITP)  https://www.uitp.org/ 
Rob Goverde  Delft University of Technology (TU DELFT)  https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ 
Katharina Kleinlein  H&Z European Sustainability Alliance  https://hz.group/ 
Fiona Love  Australasian Railway Association (ARA)  https://ara.net.au/ 
Anjum Naweed  Central Queensland University  https://www.cqu.edu.au/ 
Vito Pagliarisi  Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS Italiane)  https://www.fsitaliane.it/ 
Martin Peters  IndustriALL Europe  https://news.industriall-europe.eu/  
Clara Piazza  Union Des Industries Ferroviaires Europeennes (UNIFE)  https://www.unife.org/ 
John Preston  University of Southampton  https://www.southampton.ac.uk/ 
Sebastian Stichel  KTH Royal Institute of Technology  https://www.kth.se/en 
Gianpiero Strisciuglio  Trenitalia  https://www.trenitalia.com/it.html 
Giorgio Travaini  Europe’s Rail JU  https://rail-research.europa.eu/ 
Marnix van der Heijde  European Union Agency for Railways (ERA)  https://www.era.europa.eu/ 
Tina Weber   Eurofound  https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/home