Bala Attili, PhD is currently serving as Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) executive committee member and treasurer also the contributor of Financial Affairs working group. Previously, he was MCAA board member and chair of BeNeLux chapter and active contributor to internal governance and chapter management working group. Dr Attili organized the 2018 MCAA general assembly and Annual conference in KU Leuven, Belgium.

Dr Attili completed his PhD from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, KU Leuven Belgium. His PhD research involves “Development of Novel PET imaging agents for Neuroinflammation” with Prof. Guy Bormans. Currently, Dr Attili is working at University of Cambridge-Department of Radiology as a research associate and Department of Nuclear Medicine as an honorary research scientist at Cambridge University hospitals and visiting scientist at CRUK Cancer Institute, Cambridge, UK. Dr. Attili’s main research involves the development of innovative diagnostics tools for the early detection of cancers and inflammation.

Apart from the above mentioned professional life and qualifications, Bala is also active in non-profit organizations such as iCare (Leuven volunteer organization for old and physically challenged people). Since 2014, Bala is a Mo-Bro: An activist at Movember foundation campaign for male prostate cancer awareness.