April 2026 | Facts and Info from the European Physical Society | e-EPS
Is this email not displaying correctly?
View web version
The EPS Emmy Noether Distinction 2025 is announced!
The European Physical Society is pleased to announce that:
- Aleksandra Radenovic is the laureate of the Emmy Noether Distinction 2025 (full career) “for her groundbreaking contributions to the fields of nanopore science and nanofluidics that have advanced both physics and biology, as well as for as well as for her exemplary leadership in the scientific community, her commitment to mentoring and career development, and her sustained efforts to promote diversity and support women in science.”
- Jana Kalbáčová Vejpravová is awarded the Emmy Noether Distinction 2025 (mid-career) "in recognition of her pioneering experimental research on nanomaterials, her influential role in shaping international science through outstanding collaboration, and her enduring commitment to gender equality and empowerment of women in physics."
Congratulations to the laureates!
An interview with Doris Reiter
Prof. Reiter, researcher at the Faculty of Physics of the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany, was awarded the 2023 EPS Emmy Noether Distinction.
Read her interview with Petra Rudolf, chair of the EPS Equal Opportunities Committee.
Anna Grigoryan joins the EPJ Steering Committee
Anna Grigoryan is the new representative of the EPS Young Minds in EPJ Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC).
EPS PPD Prizes 2026
The EPS Plasma Physics Division Iis happy to announce the 2026 EPS PPD Innovation Award and the 2026 EPS PPD PhD Research Award.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Call for nominations for the 2026 EPS Europhysics Prize: Deadine extended
The deadline for nominations for the 2026 EPS Europhysics Prize is extended to 15th May 2026.
More info here.
Women in Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics: Call for submission
The call for papers is open.
Deadline for submission: 7th June 2026.
EPS Young Minds: Roberta Caruso
Roberta Caruso has been involved with EPS Young Minds since its beginning in 2010.
Read her thoughts as a former chair of the EPS Young Minds Committee.
Women in Plasma Physics Lunch
During the Women in Plasma Physics Lunch at the 2025 EPS Plasma Physics Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, attendees gathered to discuss ongoing diversity challenges within plasma physics.
Key recommendations can be found here.
BASE experiment at CERN succeeds in transporting antimatter
News from CERN, an EPS Associate Member.
Physics at risk: UK science leader on what's wrong with the latest funding cuts
REad thi article published in Nature about IOP, an EPS Member Society.
Bioforphys
The 3rd Biology for Physics Conference, “Energy and Information in Living Matter”, will take place in Barcelona from 6th-10th September 2026.
Submit your paper now!
Deadline 4th May 2026.
Europhoton: Call for papers
We would like to remind you that there is less than one month left to submit your papers, and we warmly invite you to contribute your original scientific work to the 12th EPS-QEOD Europhoton Conference on Solid-State, Fibre, and Waveguide Coherent Light Sources.
Europhoton will take place from 21st-25th September 2026 in the beautiful Bay of Arcachon, France.
Submit your paper now!
Deadline 4th May.
Events and dates
SPS Annual Meeting
The next SPS Annual Meeting will take place at EPFL in Lausanne from 24th-28th August 2026.
RPC 2026
The XVIII International Conference on Resistive Plate Chambers and Related Detectors will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 14th-18th September 2026.
EPS Activities in 2026
Click here for the list of the activities of the EPS Executive Committee and the EPS Staff.
