OPEN Foundation

OPEN FOUNDATION TEAM

In addition to its staff members, the core team at the OPEN Foundation includes a rockstar team of dedicated volunteers. Most are students, and come from many different disciplines, such as medicine, psychology, neuroscience, anthropology, philosophy, research, design, development, etc.

OUR BOARD

ERWIN KREDIET, MSC

VICE-CHAIR AND TREASURER

PhD candidate at Leiden University Medical Center & Psychologist at ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre.

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PATRICIA PISTERS, PhD

BOARD MEMBER

Professor of film at the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam, founding editor of the Open Access journal Necsus.

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PIETER STOKKINK, MA

SECRETARY AND INTERIM CHAIR

Philosopher turned software developer with a side dish of passion for advancements in psychedelic research and therapies.

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Michiel van Elk, PhD

BOARD MEMBER

Associate Professor, Researcher, and Supervisor of the Psychedelic, Religious, Spiritual, and Mystical Experiences Lab at Leiden University.

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PATRICIA PISTERS, PhD

BOARD MEMBER

Professor of film at the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam, founding editor of the Open Access journal Necsus.

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PIETER STOKKINK, MA

SECRETARY AND INTERIM CHAIR

Philosopher turned software developer with a side dish of passion for advancements in psychedelic research and therapies.

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OUR SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

PROF ERIC VERMETTEN, MD, PHD

Professor Medical-Biological and Psychiatric Aspects of Psychotrauma, LUMC University of Leiden, the Netherlands. Coordinator of the training programme for MAPS studies of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD in the Netherlands.

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PROF TORSTEN PASSIE, MD, MA

Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at Hannover Medical School, Germany. Medical dissertation on existential psychiatry. Visiting Professor at the Department of Psychiatry of the Harvard Medical School.

prof WIM VAN DEN BRINK, MD, PHD

Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction, Amsterdam Medical Center, University of Amsterdam. Scientific Director of the National Committee for Treatment of Heroin Addiction in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

PROF WOUTER HANEGRAAFF, PHD

Professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy and related currents at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The first President of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism.

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MENDEL KAELEN, PHD

Post-doctoral neuroscientist at Imperial College London, United Kingdom. Founder And CEO of Wavepaths, a company that researches and develops methods that leverage the psychotherapeutic potential of music.

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WIM BEST, PharmD

Eur Reg Tox Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht Pharmacist and toxicologist (forensic and risk assessment) member of international committees and working groups for risk assessment and drugs monitoring.

OUR LEADERSHIP

JOOST BREEKSEMA

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

A philosopher, qualitative researcher, PhD candidate at the psychiatry departments of the UMCG and LUMC.

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PEDRAM DARA

OPERATIONS MANAGER

A mission-driven media and tech leader, psychedelic healing advocate, and a trial participant of MDMA for PTSD via MAPS.

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HERMAN KALTER

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

A qualified controller at FAPO Consult and Services and the financial controller at the OPEN Foundation since 2007. 

OUR TEAM

FLORIS WOLSWIJK

WEBSITE BACK END

CATO DE VOS

ICPR PROGRAMMING LEAD

ROMAIN SOURDIAUX

TECH STACK & SYSTEMS

ANNA TEMCZUK

DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION

ANDY NELSON

PROMOTION LEAD

NAOMI STUBBE

ICPR PROGRAMMING

RAOUL KONING

ICPR FINANCE & LOGISTICS

SONIA TUROSIENSKI

COPYWRITING & EDITING

THIJS ROES

ICPR CONTENT LEAD

Bradley C Royes

OPERATIONS & WEBSITE LEAD

ALICE ROTA

PROMOTIONS & ONLINE EVENTS

OLIVIER TAYMANS

SCIENTIFIC PAPERS DATABASE

GUIDO HUISMAN

SCIENTIFIC PAPERS DATABASE

SANTIAGO CAMARA

ICPR SPEAKERS & PARTNERSHIPS

ADAM ELDERGILL

PROMOTIONS

Pavel Romaneko

WEBSITE BACK END

ANDY NELSON

PROMOTION LEAD

NAOMI STUBBE

ICPR PROGRAMMING

FORMER TEAM MEMBERS

Click below to check out the list of our former team members.

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WANT TO JOIN THE OPEN TEAM?

The OPEN Foundation is grateful for the help of many team members throughout the years. If you'd like to join the OPEN team, make sure to check out our vacancies page.

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