Rector Magnificus Emeritus of the Delft University of Technology and President of the European Open Science Cloud Association (EOSC-A)
Karel Luyben is Rector Magnificus Emeritus of the Delft University of Technology as of 2018 and President of the European Open Science Cloud Association (EOSC-A). He was Rector Magnificus of the Delft University of Technology from 2010 till 2018. Before that, he
served as Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences for almost 12 years. In 1983, he was appointed full professor in Biochemical Engineering at the Delft University of Technology, and from there he has gained experience in research, starting a SME, research leadership and leading European organisations like the European Federation of Biotechnology, CESAER and since 2019 the European Open Science Cloud Association. Presently he is primarily active in the domain of Open Science. Until 2023, he was National Coordinator for Open Science in the Netherlands and Chair of the Board of the Dutch Tech Centre for Life Sciences. He is also involved with the Open Science task forces of CESAER and EUA.