Expert Panels
Expert Panel members are
appointed by the Science Committee of the Icelandic Science and Technology
Policy Council. Up to seven individuals with qualifications at associate
professor level or higher, who have extensive experience of research, are
appointed to each Expert Panel. At least two members of each Expert Panel shall
be predominantly active professionally outside of Iceland.
For guidlines for expert panels and external experts, please consult the IRF Handbook .
IRF Expert Panels
Seven Expert Panels review the applications (see table below). Seven active scientists make up each Expert Panel, and they are selected for their expert knowledge in the relevant field. In the application form, the applicants select the Expert Panel in which they wish the application to be evaluated. IRF staff can move an application between Expert Panels if recommended by the chairs of the panels. See Section 4: Expert Panel guidelines, for additional information on the work of Expert Panel members.
| Expert Panel | Scientific category |
| Physical sciences and mathematics |
Physical sciences Chemical sciences Earth sciences Mathematics |
| Engineering and technical sciences | Engineering Computer sciences Technical sciences |
| Natural and environmental sciences | Biological sciences Other natural sciences (except earth sciences) |
| Biomedical sciences | Basic medicine Basic veterinary medicine Molecular- and cell biological sciences |
| Clinical sciences and public health |
Public health |
| Social sciences and educational sciences |
Social sciences (sociology, political science, anthropology, ethnography, economics and business, psychology (other than clinical and physiological), human geography, tourism studies) Law Educational sciences |
| Humanities and arts |
Philosophy, ethics, and religion |
Questions regarding individual Expert Panels and scientific categories shall be directed to the staff of the Icelandic Centre for Research. Applicants may under no circumstances be in contact with Expert Panel members during the review process.
IRF Expert Panel members
| Physical sciences and mathematics | |
| Björn Birnir, formaður | UCSB |
| Nicholas Westwood | Univ of St Andrews |
| Sadegh Kochfar | Univ of Edinburgh |
| Abigail Barker | Uppsala University |
| Ruth Webster | University of Cambridge |
| Jochen Kamm | Geological Survey of Finland GTK |
| Christian Flindt | Aalto Univ |
| Engineering and technical sciences | |
| Grétar Tryggvason ,formaður | Johns Hopkins |
| Harald Koestler | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität |
| Regina Hebig | University of Rostock |
| Vikram Pakrashi | University College Dublin |
| Arjan Buis | University of Strathclyde |
| Kristinn Gylfason | KTH |
| Cecelia Haskins | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| Natural and environmental sciences | |
| Ralph Tiedemann | Universität Potsdam |
| John Griffin | University of Swansea |
| Asuncion Rios Murillo | Museo Nzcional de Ciencias Naturales |
| Martin Genner | University of Bristol |
| Bente J Graae | Norwegian university of science and technology |
| Jenny Gill | Univ East Anglia, IK |
| Biomedical sciences | |
| Bogi Andersen, formaður | UCI, Biological chemistry, school of medicine |
| Anne Ephrussi | EMBL |
| Martin Bushell | Univ of Glasgow, Beatson Inst for Cancer Research |
| Anders Woetman Andersen | University of Copenhagen |
| Suparna Sanyal | Uppsala University |
| Albert Vernon Smith | University of Michigan |
| Peter Donovan | UCI, Department of Development and Cell Biology |
| Clinical sciences and public health | |
| Ingunn Björnsdottir, formaður | University of Oslo |
| Maren Kristine Raknes Sogstad | University of Stavanger |
| Mari Kangasniemi | Univ of Turku, Nursing |
| Peymane Adab | Univ of Birmingham |
| Lorraine Harper | Univ of Birmingham |
| Robert Zachariae | Aarhus Univ |
| Social sciences and educational sciences | |
| Helga Hallgrímsdóttir - formaður | University of Victoria |
| Battista Severgnini | Copenhagen Business School |
| Annalisa Savaresi | University of Eastern Finland |
| Naomi Ekas | Texas Christian University |
| Cris Shore | Goldsmiths University of London |
| Dieter Muller | Umea Univ |
| Mara Westling Allodi | Stockholms University |
| Humanities and arts | |
| Stephanie Gropper - formaður | Univ Tuebingen |
| Þorsteinn Indriðason | University of Bergen |
| Søren Harnow Klausen | Syddansk Universitet |
| Synne Behrndt | Stockholm Univ of the Arts |
| Marcos Matinón-Torres | University of Cambridge |
| Paul Tenngart | Lund University |
| Hans Jacob Orning | University of Oslo |
