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The Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is elected by Council for a two-year term. Members serve for a maximum of two terms. The Executive Committee meets four times a year and establishes priorities, reviews and develops budgets and pilots EPS activities. The EPS President, also elected by Council, chairs the Executive Committee meetings.

President

Mairi Sakellariadou

King’s College London, United Kingdom

 

President-Elect

José María De Teresa

INMA, CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain

 

Honorary Treasurer

Alessandra Fantoni

INFN – LNF, Frascati, Italy

Oversees:
Albania, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Physics Education Division, Division of Physics in Life Sciences, Accelerators Group, EPJ / EPJ TI, e-EPS

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Honorary Secretary

Katharina Lorenz

Instituto Superior Technico (IST), Lisbon, Portugal


Oversees:
Ukraine, Portugal, Plasma Physics Division, Condensed Matter Division

The Executive Committee Members

Christian-Beck

Christian Beck

Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom


Oversees:
Turkey, Israel, Slovenia, EPS Conferences Committee, Statistical and Non-linear Physics Division, Environmental Physics Division, Computational Physics Group

Brian Fulton

University of York, United Kingdom


Oversees:
Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, UK and Ireland, Equal Opportunities, Nuclear Physics Division, EPL

Kristel Crombé

Laboratory for Plasma Physics, Ecole Royale Militaire (ERM/KMS) / Ghent University, Belgium


Oversees:
Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Joint European Solar Physics Division, Energy Group

Ulrich Husemann

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany


Oversees:
Iceland, Norway, Hungary, Slovakia, Young Minds, Europhysics News

Eugenio_Coccia

Eugenio Coccia

Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy


Oversees:
Bulgaria, Romania, Spain, Gravitational Physics Division, History of Physics

Gabriel Chardin

APC (Astroparticle and Cosmology laboratory, CNRS and Université Paris-Cité), France


Oversees:
France, Forum Physics and Society, Quantum Electronics and Optics Division, Energy Group

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Anna Di Ciaccio

University of Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy


Oversees:
Republic of Macedonia (North), Montenegro, Serbia, High Energy and Particle Physics Division, Physics for Development Group

Karin Zach

Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft


Oversees:

Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, CEI

ExCom_sascha-schmeling

Sascha Schmeling

CERN, Geneva, Switzerland 


Oversees:
Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Austria, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics Division, Technology and Innovation Group

The Secretary General

Anne Pawsey

The Secretary General is a member of the Executive Committee and most Committees by virtue of her office. 

The EPS Council

The EPS Council is held annually and reviews the activities of the Society, approves the annual accounts and discusses priorities for the future. Each of the 42 Member Societies is represented. The 12 Divisions and 6 Groups are also represented. Associate Members and Individual Members are represented by five elected delegates each.

 

Associate Members are represented in the EPS Council by 5 delegates elected from EPS Associate Members. Delegates are elected for one 4 years term. Elections are organised as necessary, normally every year between January and March. Only Associate Members are able to make nominations for Associate Member Delegates.

 

Individual Members are represented in the EPS Council by 5 delegates elected from EPS Individual Members. Delegates are elected for one 4 year term. Elections are organised as necessary, normally every year between January and March. Only Individual Members are able to make nominations for Individual Member Delegates.

EPS Annual Reports, Constitution, and Bylaws

Each Annual Activity Report describes the overall activity of the EPS during the year, provides a summary of the EPS accounts, and includes information regarding the members. Modifications to the EPS Constitution and Bylaws were made November 2023.

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