Philippe Cupers

Head of the Life Sciences Unit, European Research Council Executive Agency

Philippe Cupers is since 1 May 2019 the Head of the Life Sciences Unit at the European Research Council Executive Agency. His responsibilities focus on the coordination of the scientific evaluation of proposals and of the monitoring and follow-up of the funded ERC projects in the domain of Life Sciences.

Philippe Cupers joined the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission in 2001, where he worked as scientific officer and then Head of Sector for brain research, scientific officer for setting up the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), Deputy Head of Unit for 'Health Strategy' focusing on the development of European health research and innovation strategy and policies, and Deputy Head of Unit for 'Innovative tools, technologies and concepts in health research.

Philippe Cupers has a PhD in cell biology and biochemistry from the University of Louvain (de Duve Institute). Before joining the Commission, he worked at the Harvard University Medical School, at the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (University of Leuven) and at GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals.