The Technical Advisory Board (TAB) provides technical expertise and advice to the Council, and assists in development, review and promotion of RDA Working & Interest Groups.
For more information, see this document describing what TAB does and how it works together.
The current members are:
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Rossella Aversa |
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Noel Chibhira Librarian University of Pretoria |
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Karin Breitman |
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Anthony Oko-Isu Lecturer at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria |
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Raphael Cobe Research Associate, Sao Paulo State University / Project Manager, Advanced Institute for Artificial Intelligence |
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Isabelle Perseil TAB Co-chair |
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Niels Deriemaecker |
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Rob Quick TAB Co-chair |
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Gretchen Greene |
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Martina Stockhause Programme Manager / Project Manager German Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ) |
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Frankie Stevens |
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Wolmar Nyberg Åkerström Data Steward / Bioinformatician ELIXIR Sweden / National Bioiinformatics Infrastructure Sweden (NBIS) |
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Mingfang Wu |
TAB Activity Summary
For more information, see this document describing what TAB does and how it works together.
TAB Rotation Schedule
NOTE: TAB members can renominate if they wish to, subject to rules listed in the full document that describes the election process.
Term Expires November 2023 * | Term Expires November 2024 * | Term expires December 2025 * |
Karin Breitman | Raphael Cobe | Rob Quick (2nd term) |
Gretchen Greene | Shahira Khair (retired Sept 2023) | Anthony Oko-Isu (2nd term) |
Rossella Aversa (replaced João Rocha da Silva in September 2021) | Isabelle Perseil (2nd term) | Wolmar Nyberg Åkerström |
Mingfang Wu | Frankie Stevens (2nd term) | Martina Stockhause |
Niels Deriemaecker | ||
Noel Chibhira |
* While we try to ensure consistent timelines for term expiration, there may be slight modifications each year to as we aim to align those dates with plenary schedules.
Previous TAB members
Bill Michener (2013 - 2014) | Peter Fox (2013 - 2016) | Ingrid Dillo (2015 - 2018) | Tobias Weigel (2016 - 2019) | Andrew Treloar (2013 - 2020) | Dimitris Koureas (2018 - 2021) |
Bridget Almas (2013 - 2015) | Susanna-Assunta Sansone (2013 – 2016) | Wenbo Chu (2015 - 2018) | Raed Sharif (2018 - 2019) | Jane Wyngaard (2017 - 2020) | Helen Glaves (2016-2022) |
Beth Plale (2013 - 2015) | Peter Wittenburg (2013 – 2016) | Steve Diggs (2015 - 2018) | Francoise Genova (2013 - 2020) | João Rocha da Silva (2020 - 2021) | Sa-kwang Song (2019-2022) |
Jamie Shiers (2013 - 2015) | Liu Chuang (2014 – 2015) | Larry Lannom (2015 - 2018) | Sarah Ramdeen (2017 - 2020) | Jeremy Geelen (2019 - 2021) | Devika Madalli (2016-2022) |
Simon Cox (2013 - 2016) | Carole Palmer (2014 – 2017) | Paul Uhlir (2016-2019) | Rainer Stotzka (2013 - 2020) | Christine Kirkpatrick (2018 - 2021) | Sarah Jones (2020- May 2023) |