PGDIS President

Joris Vermeesch
PresidentJoris Vermeesch heads the Cytogenetics & Genome Research Lab, pioneering genomic technologies mapping developmental disorders with a focus on structural variation and mosaicism detection..
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Carmen Rubio
President-ElectDoctor of Philosophy in Biology, University Valencia. Director Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis unit IVI-Valencia, since 1998.
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Svetlana Madjunkova
TreasurerDr. Svetlana Madjunkova is a head of Reproductive Genetics at CReATe Fertility Centre, Toronto, Canada.
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Manuel Viotti
SecretaryDr. Manuel Viotti is Senior Scientist at the Zouves Foundation for Reproductive Medicine.
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Dagan Wells
Immediate Past President (2023-2025)Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, the Royal Society of Biology and the Institute of Biomedical Science.
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Don Leigh
Past President (2021-2023)Don Leigh has a PhD from University of NSW, Sydney Australia (1986) Currently tasked with establishing a centre for Precision Medicine.
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Alan Handyside
Past President (2017-2019)Internationally-recognised pioneer and expert in PGD with an extensive research portfolio in single cell diagnostics.
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