Technical Advisory Board

The Technical Advisory Board (TAB) acts as the technical backbone of the RDA, offering expertise and guidance to the Council. TAB also plays a crucial role in the development, review and promotion of RDA Working & Interest Groups and Communities of Practice.

For a comprehensive understanding of TAB’s responsibilities and collaborative processes, please consult the document outlining TAB’s functions and operational framework.

Current members

**Rossella Aversa**
Researcher
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – Steinbuch Centre for Computing (KIT – SCC)

**Noel Chibhira**
Librarian
University of Pretoria

**Daniel Bangert**
Director
4TU.ResearchData

**Anthony Oko-Isu**
Lecturer at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria

**Raphael Cobe**
**TAB Co-chair**
Research Associate, Sao Paulo State University / Project Manager, Advanced Institute for Artificial Intelligence

**Niels Deriemaecker**
Account Management / Stakeholder Engagement
Belnet / EOSC Focus

**Rob Quick**
**TAB Co-chair**
Associate Director Science Gateways Research Center

**Louise Bezuidenhout**
Senior Researcher
Leiden University

**Martina Stockhause**
Programme Manager / Project Manager
German Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ)

**Anupama Gurujaj**
Program Officer
NIH/NIAID

**Frankie Stevens**
Advisor/Consultant
FES Consulting

**Wolmar Nyberg Åkerström**
Data Steward / Bioinformatician
ELIXIR Sweden / National Bioiinformatics Infrastructure Sweden (NBIS)

**Mingfang Wu**
**TAB Co-chair**
Senior Research Data Specialist
Australian Research Data Commons

Victoria Smith
Programme/Project Manager
Digital Research Alliance of Canada

TAB Rotation Schedule

NOTE: TAB members can renominate if they wish, subject to rules listed in the RDA TAB Responsibilities and Processes document.

Term Expires November 2024*	Term Expires November 2025*	Term expires December 2026*
Raphael Cobe	Rob Quick (2nd term)	Daniel Bangert
Isabelle Perseil (2nd term)	Anthony Oko-Isu (2nd term)	Victoria Smith
Rossella Aversa	Wolmar Nyberg Åkerström	Louise Bezuidenhout
Frankie Stevens (2nd term)	Martina Stockhause	Anupama Gurujaj
Laurel Haak	Niels Deriemaecker	Mingfang Wu (2nd term)
	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

Term	Name	Term	Name	Term	Name
2013 – 2014	Bill Michener	2015 – 2018	Wenbo Chu	2020 – 2021	João Rocha da Silva
2013 – 2015	Bridget Almas	2015 – 2018	Steve Diggs	2020 – 2023	Sarah Jones
2013 – 2015	Beth Plale	2015 – 2018	Larry Lannom	2020 – 2023	Karin Breitman
2013 – 2015	Jamie Shiers	2016 – 2019	Paul Uhlir	2020 – 2023	Gretchen Greene
2013 – 2016	Peter Fox	2016 – 2019	Tobias Weigel	2020 – 2023	Shahira Khair
2013 – 2016	Susanna-Assunta Sansone	2016 – 2022	Helen Glaves
2013 – 2016	Peter Wittenburg	2016 – 2022	Devika Madalli
2013 – 2016	Simon Cox	2017 – 2020	Jane Wyngaard
2013 – 2020	Andrew Treloar	2017 – 2020	Sarah Ramdeen
2013 – 2020	Francoise Genova	2018 – 2019	Raed Sharif
2013 – 2020	Rainer Stotzka	2018 – 2021	Dimitris Koureas
2014 – 2017	Liu Chuang	2018 – 2021	Christine Kirkpatrick
2014 – 2017	Carole Palmer	2019 – 2021	Jeremy Geelen
2015 – 2018	Ingrid Dillo	2019 – 2022	Sa-kwang Song

Past RDA Technical Advisory Board Members including length of service