CSIC Early-Career Academics and Professionals Panel (ECAPP), 2025-26.
The purposes of ECAPP are:
- To increase the diversity of views that are considered in CSIC’s strategic decision making.
- To strengthen connections between CSIC, its industry partners, and its broader academic network. In particular, to encourage the development of these connections between individuals at an increased range of seniorities.
- To provide a career development opportunity for early-career academics and professionals, through which they can meet like-minded individuals and work together to deliver a programme of activity, jointly agreed between the panel and CSIC.
The following people have been appointed to the panel for 2025/26. We anticipate activities for this fourth ECAPP Cohort will focus on the following themes: understanding systems-thinking in the built environment; making the case for the value of smart infrastructure, achieving sustainable goals through smart solutions.
ECAPP Panel
- Dr Eman Alswaity, Mott MacDonald
- Dr Mahendrini Ariyachandra, UCL
- Anokhi Desai, AECOM
- Iain Horton, National Highways
- Dr Fiona Hughes, Arup
- Dr Yongchao Huang, University of Aberdeen
- Arfon Irish, COWI
- Dr Qiuchen Lu, UCL
- Diogo Magrico, Jacobs
- Dr Xiang Xie, Newcastle University
- Dr Xioamin, Xu, University of Manchester
- Dr Jinying, Xu, National University of Singapore
- Carmen Muriana Cobo, University of Surrey (ECAPP Supporter)