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Posted By Adminstration,
Tuesday 20 June 2023
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Author: Gina Gunaratnam

The EPS Council in front of the Fundação Dr. António
Cupertino de Miranda, Porto
The Council of the European Physical Society (EPS) took place in
Porto this year. In the beautiful premises of the Fundação Dr. António
Cupertino de Miranda, representatives of EPS Member Societies,
Individual Members, Associate Members, chairs of Divisions, Groups and
Committees gathered to exchange ideas on the Society's activities.
The
first day was dedicated to reports from the EPS president, the
treasurer and various work groups. Discussions were launched around
changes in the EPS constitution and participants had the opportunity to
discover the candidates for several elections. The day concluded with a
dinner in the impressive contemporary building of Casa da Musica in the
centre of Porto. A tribute to David Lee, former EPS Secretary General,
was presented by the current EPS President Luc Bergé and several of his
predecessors: Luisa Cifarelli, Maciej Kolwas, Ove Poulsen, Christophe
Rossel, Petra Rudolf and Rüdiger Voss.
The second day revealed the
results of elections for a renewed EPS Executive Committee. Mairi
Sakellariaou, is the EPS President-Elect. A professor of Theoretical
Physics at King’s College London, former co-editor at the EPL journal
and current chair of the EPS Gravitational Physics Division, Mairi will
succeed Luc Bergé as EPS President in 2024. Presentations of the
activities of ISBSSD (International Year of Basic Science for
Sustainable Development) and the congress of the French Physical
Society, celebrating its 150th anniversary this year were also on the
agenda. The Society's Awards were attributed as follows:
- EPS Gero Thomas Medal to Christophe Rossel
- EPS Fellows to José Maria De Teresa and Nicola Bianchi
- EPS Honorary Member to Karl Heinz Langanke
- EPS Early Career Awards to Adolfo Grushin and Jose Lado
- EPS
Edison Volta Prize 2020 awarded to Klaus Ensslin, Jurgen
Smet and Dieter Weiss. Profs Ensslin and Weiss each presented their work
prior to the award of the prize.
Details of all 2023 EPS Awards can be found here: https://www.eps.org/?page=distinctions
The
Council ended with an online meeting with our colleagues from the
Ukraine Physical Society (UPS): Prof. Maksym Strikha Taras Shevchenko,
Kyiv National University Ukraine, UPS Board Member, UPS President
(2013-2016) and Prof. Mikhail Belogolovskii Comenius University,
Bratislava, UPS Vice President. Both described the harsh living
conditions and the losses among the scientific community who stayed in
the country and carried on their work despite the war. They thanked the
EPS for its support and encouraged the assembly to work on further
common actions.
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Posted By Administration,
Thursday 20 October 2022
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Author: David Lee

EPS Fellows
EPS
Members are invited to nominate EPS Individual Members as EPS Fellows.
Individuals whose achievements in physics, whether in research, industry
or education and/or through commitment to the EPS warrant specific
recognition are eligible to become EPS Fellows. Nominations should be sent to EPS Secretary General, David Lee, by 15th January 2023.
More information about EPS Fellows, including the list of current EPS Fellows and the rules for nomination, is available on the EPS website.
Honorary Members
EPS Members are invited to nominate outstanding individuals as Honorary Members of the EPS.
Distinguished persons whose outstanding achievements in physics or a
related science whom the European Physical Society especially desires to
honour can be elected EPS Honorary Members. In addition, distinguished
individuals whom the EPS may desire to honour for exceptional service to
the Society in furtherance of its aims and objectives shall also be
eligible to become Honorary Members.
Nominations should be made no later than 15th January 2023 to EPS Secretary General, David Lee.
More information, including the list of current EPS Honorary Members and the rules for nomination, is available on the EPS website.
Gero Thomas medal
The
Gero Thomas Commemorative Medal was created in 2000 to honour the
memory of G. Thomas, who was the Secretary General of the EPS from 1973
to 1997 and played an essential role in the growth and the development
of the Society. The Commemorative Medal is awarded to individuals for
their outstanding service to the Society. More information about the
award, and a list of recipients can be found here: http://www.eps.org/?page=distinction_prize_gt
EPS
Members (Member Societies, Individual Members, and Associate members)
are invited to make nominations for the 2023 Gero Thomas Commemorative
Medal.
Nominations should be made no later than 15th January 2023 to EPS Secretary General, David Lee.
Please note that The Medal may not be awarded to any person currently
member or having been member of the Executive Committee in the past
three years. To complete the nomination, the nominator is asked to
provide the following documents:
(i) The references of the nominee (Name, first name, full postal address, email address, phone and fax numbers)
(ii) A description of the services of the individual to the Society (maximum & A4 page)
(iii) A suggested citation (maximum 250 words)
(iv) Nominee's academic and professional background, and professional honours
(v) Three supporters statements
All proposals will be treated in confidence. Although they will be acknowledged there will be no further communication.
The EPS Achievement Award
The
EPS Achievement Award is given annually by the European Physical
Society for excellent contributions to the promotion and development of:
EPS Divisions or their Sections; EPS Groups; EPS Committees. This award
recognises activities, and achievements, which have favoured EPS
internal collaboration and effectively promoted the image and the impact
of the EPS within the scientific community, policy makers and other
stakeholders
More information about the award can be found here: https://www.eps.org/page/distinction_prize_AA
Nominations should be made no later than 15th January 2023 to EPS Secretary General, David Lee.
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Posted By Administration,
Monday 27 June 2022
Updated: Friday 17 June 2022
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EPS Members are invited to nominate EPS Individual Members as EPS Fellows.
Individuals
whose achievements in physics, whether in research, industry or
education and/or through commitment to the SOCIETY warrant specific
recognition are eligible to become EPS Fellows.
More information about EPS Fellows, including the list of current EPS Fellows and the rules for nomination, is available here: http://www.eps.org/?page=distinction_fellows.
Nominations should be sent to the EPS Secretary General David Lee per email. Deadline 30th September 2022.
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Posted By Administration,
Tuesday 10 November 2020
Updated: Tuesday 10 November 2020
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The European Physical Society highly values and promotes outstanding scientific achievements in the field of Physics. At the same time, the EPS wants to contribute to making such special achievements accessible to the general public. Therefore the EPS has established several Prizes, Distinctions and Awards to underline its respect and admiration for the work of the prizewinners.
Calls for nominations are now open for the following awards:
- The EPS Early Career Prizes (one for theoretical and one for experimental work);
- The EPS Gero Thomas Commemorative Medal;
- EPS Fellows;
- EPS Honorary Members.
Terms and conditions, nomination rules or prize charter for each of these awards can be found on the EPS website, see DISTINCTIONS.
The deadline for the above awards is 15 January, 2021.
In addition to these EPS awards, there is a large number of prizes awarded by the EPS Divisions and Groups. These have their own deadlines and nomination rules, to be found at the EPS website as indicated above.

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Posted By Gina Gunaratnam,
Monday 26 November 2018
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EPS Members are invited to nominate EPS Individual Members as EPS Fellows. Individuals whose achievements in physics, whether in research, industry or education and/or through commitment to the SOCIETY warrant specific recognition are eligible to become EPS Fellows.
More information about EPS Fellows, including the list of current EPS fellows and the rules for nomination, is available here: http://www.eps.org/?page=distinction_fellows.
Nominations should be sent to EPS Secretary General, David Lee (email), by 31 January 2019.
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Posted By Administration,
Tuesday 17 January 2017
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Dear Colleagues,
It is time to think who among your colleagues deserves special recognition by the European Physical Society. At Council 2017, a number of awards will be presented, and we would like to ask you for your nominations. Please note that the deadline for nominations for all awards is 28 February 2017 and can addressed per email to the EPS secretariat (secretariat@eps.org). Nominations can be made in the following categories:
EPS Fellows
Individuals whose achievements in physics, whether in research, industry or education and/or through commitment to the SOCIETY warrant specific recognition are eligible to become EPS Fellow
More information can be found here: http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.eps.org/resource/resmgr/distinctions/eps_fellows_rules.pdf
EPS Honorary Members
In recognition of extraordinary contributions to the EPS and physics, the EPS awards Honorary Membership to truly outstanding individuals.
More information can be found here: http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.eps.org/resource/resmgr/distinctions/eps_honorary_member_rules.pdf
EPS Achievement Awards
The award is given annually by the Society for excellent contributions to the promotion and development of: EPS Divisions or their Sections; EPS Groups; EPS Committees.
More information can be found here: http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.eps.org/resource/resmgr/distinctions/2016_EPS_AchievementAward.pdf
EPS Gero Thomas Medal
The Commemorative Medal,created in 2000 to honour the memory of G. Thomas, is awarded to individuals for their outstanding service to the Society.
More information can be found here: http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.eps.org/resource/resmgr/distinctions/gero_thomas_memorial_medal_c.pdf
The EPS secretariat
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Posted By Administration,
Tuesday 5 April 2016
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The EPS has distinguished following members as EPS Fellows 2016:
- Luc Bergé, French Commission for Atomic Energy, CEA, Paris, FR
For his outstanding theoretical contributions to the wave propagation in nonlinear media and for his service to the European Physical Society.
- Eberhard Bodenschatz, Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization Göttingen, DE
For contributions to the dynamics of pattern formation, thermal convection and in particular to Lagrangian turbulence, as Editor in Chief of the New Journal of Physics, and his role promoting opportunities for European researchers.
- Reinhard Brinkmann DESY Hamburg, DE
For his outstanding leadership and achievements in accelerator physics and technology, including ground-breaking solutions for modern free-electron lasers and linear colliders based on super-conducting accelerator technology and the success of longitudinally polarized electron beams in the HERA collider.
- Sydney Galès, Institut de Physique Nucléaire, Orsay, FR
For his decisive contributions to the strategic roadmaps taken on national and international level with regard to the important orientations related to the physics of the nucleus, and to the associated accelerator and instruments technologies.
- Victor Malka, Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée Palaiseau, FR
For his major contributions for the development of compact laser-plasma accelerators, and for their innovative applications for science (ultra fast phenomena, accelerators physics) and society (medicine, radiobiology, chemistry and material science).
- Karlheinz Meier, Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, Univerity of Heidelberg, DE
For substantial service to the particle physics community, exceptional contributions in bringing physics to bear in other disciplines, especially neuromorphic computing, and his commitment to inspire young scientists.
More information about the EPS Fellows and the complete list of citations can be found at: http://www.eps.org/?page=distinction_fellows
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Posted By Administration,
Thursday 28 January 2016
Updated: Thursday 28 January 2016
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EPS Fellows
EPS Members are invited to nominate EPS Individual Members as EPS Fellows. Individuals whose achievements in physics, whether in research, industry or education and/or through commitment to the EPS warrant specific recognition are eligible to become EPS Fellows. Nominations should be sent to EPS Secretary General, David Lee, by 31 January 2016.
More information about EPS Fellows, including the list of current EPS Fellows and the rules for nomination, is available on the EPS website.
EPS Honorary Members
EPS Members are invited to nominate outstanding individuals as Honorary Members of the EPS.
Distinguished persons whose outstanding achievements in physics or a related science whom the European Physical Society especially desires to honour can be elected EPS Honorary Members. In addition, distinguished individuals whom the EPS may desire to honour for exceptional service to the Society in furtherance of its aims and objectives shall also be eligible to become Honorary Members.
Nominations should be made no later than 31 January 2016 to EPS Secretary General, David Lee.
More information, including the list of current EPS Honorary Members and the rules for nomination, is available on the EPS website.
Gero Thomas medal
The Gero Thomas Commemorative Medal was created in 2000 to honour the memory of G. Thomas, who was the Secretary General of the EPS from 1973 to 1997 and played an essential role in the growth and the development of the Society. The Commemorative Medal is awarded to individuals for their outstanding service to the Society. More information about the award, and a list of recipients can be found here: http://www.eps.org/?page=distinction_prize_gt
EPS Members (Member Societies, Individual Members, and Associate members) are invited to make nominations for the 2016 Gero Thomas Commemorative Medal.
The deadline is 31 January 2016.
Please note that The Medal may not be awarded to any person currently member or having been member of the Executive Committee in the past three years. To complete the nomination, the nominator is asked to provide the following documents:
(i) The references of the nominee (Name, first name, full postal address, email address, phone and fax numbers)
(ii) A description of the services of the individual to the Society (maximum & A4 page)
(iii) A suggested citation (maximum 250 words)
(iv) Nominee’s academic and professional background, and professional honors
(v) Three supporters statements All proposals will be treated in confidence. Although they will be acknowledged there will be no further communication.
Nominations should be sent to the attention of the G. Thomas Prize Selection Committee by email to Sylvie Loskill (s.loskill@eps.org); or by surface mail to
EPS Secretariat
6, rue des Frères Lumière
68200 Mulhouse
France
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Posted By Administration,
Tuesday 28 January 2014
Updated: Tuesday 28 January 2014
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EPS Fellows EPS Members are invited to nominate EPS Individual Members as EPS Fellows. Individuals whose achievements in physics, whether in research, industry or education and/or through commitment to the EPS warrant specific recognition are eligible to become EPS Fellows. Nominations should be sent to EPS Secretary General, David Lee, by 31 January 2014. EPS Honorary MembersEPS Members are invited to nominate outstanding individuals as Honorary Members of the EPS. Distinguished persons whose outstanding achievements in physics or a related science whom the European Physical Society especially desires to honour can be elected EPS Honorary Members. In addition, distinguished individuals whom the EPS may desire to honour for exceptional service to the Society in furtherance of it aims and objectives shall also be eligible to become Honorary Members. Nominations should be made no later than 15 January 2014 to Prof. L. Cifarelli. More information EPS Fellows (rules and current Fellows) EPS Honorary Members (rules and current Honorary Members)
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