2026 Board of Directors Election

The Controlled Release Society Nominations Committee announces the candidates for the 2026-2027 Board of Directors.  As a member of the Controlled Release Society, you have the opportunity and responsibility to cast your vote. Each candidate is a CRS member devoted to the science and technology of controlled release. 

Voting is not yet open.

*Candidates are listed alphabetically by first name

President-Elect

Bastiaan de Leeuw, M.Sc.
Corbion
The Netherlands

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Maria-Teresa Peracchia, PhD
Sanofi
France

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Yoon Yeo, PhD
Purdue University
USA

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Treasurer-Elect

Luis Brito, PhD
Beam Therapeutics
USA

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Secretary

Ryan Donnelly, PhD
Queen's University Belfast
United Kingdom

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Director-at-Large

Assaf Zinger, PhD
Technion 
Israel

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Helder Santos, PhD
University Medical Center Groningen
The Netherlands    

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Jai Prakash, PhD
Radboud University Medical Centre
The Netherlands

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Juliane Nguyen, PhD
UNC at Chapel Hill
USA

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Paolo Decuzzi, PhD
Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Italy

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Ronit Satchi-Fainaro, PhD
Tel Aviv University
Israel

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S. Rahima Benhabbour, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
USA

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Sei Kwang Hahn, PhD
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
South Korea

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Stefaan de Smedt
Ghent University
Belgium

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Yunching (Becky) Chen, PhD
National Tsing Hua University
Chinese Taipei

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