Our Team and Experts
Bert Meerman
Director
Barbara Magagna
Scientific Director
Gerhard Burger
FAIR Development & Trainer
Dario Bijker
FAIR Knowledge Development & Technical Assistant
Arie Baak
Training Platform Development
Marvin Friedl
Coordination Assistant & Design
Collaborators
Advisory Board
Barbara Sánchez Solís
GF Offices representative
Wouter Franke
Private sector
Margreet Bloemers
Funding sector representative
Natalia Galica
EOSC/funding
Karel Luyben
EOSC/public representative
Daniel Garijo
Research representative
Wonsik "Jeff" Shim
GF Offices representative
Barend Mons
Research representative
Acknowledgements
Co-Founders
Barend Mons
Scientific Director (2018-2026)
Advisory Board Member (2026-present)
Bert Meerman
Director (2018-present)
Erik Schultes
Lead of FAIR Implementation (2018-2025)
Luiz Bonino da Silva Santos
Technical Lead (2018-2021)
Key Contributors
Erik Flikkenschild
Information Manager (2020-2025)
Jacintha Schultes
Director Assistant (2018-2025)
Mascha Jansen
Management Assistant (2018-2021)
Address, route & hotels
Address
GO FAIR Foundation &
Leiden Initiative for FAIR and Equitable Science
Poortgebouw Noord
Rijnsburgerweg 10
2333 AA Leiden
The Netherlands
Contact
GO FAIR Foundation: info@gofair.foundation
LIFES website
Route
The GO FAIR Foundation & LIFES (Leiden Initiative for FAIR and Equitable Science) offices in Leiden are well located for travel from Schiphol Airport with frequent direct train connection to Leiden Centraal (15 – 20 min travel time). It is then 100 meters walk to the office from Leiden train station.
Take the North (Noord) entrance of the Poortgebouw building. Walk up the stairs to the 1st floor and turn left. Walk through the hallway till you see a short corridor at your right hand, there you will find the offices.
Parking
The office has parking space in front of the building that can be reached via the street Albinusdreef.
Hotels
There are numerous hotels in Leiden. For your convenience, we made a short list of hotels nearby the Poortgebouw.