An interiew with Sébastien Mouchet: Science and research have much to gain from being more inclusive

In 2024, the EPS released a calendar of "Inspiring Physicists". Read the interview of Sébastien Mouchet, who wrote the editorial of the calendar, together with Lorena Ballesteros Ferraz and Riccardo Muolo.

Lorena Ballersteros Ferraz: Diversity is crucial for advancing scientific innovation

Lorena Ballesteros Ferraz is a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modélisation in Paris, France.

She participated in the writing of the editorial on physics and inclusion, published in the EPS calendar 2024.

Interview of Riccardo Muolo: We need science to reflect the composition of society

Riccardo Muolo is a postdoctoral researcher in Tokyo, Japan. He is involved in outreach and works at improving diversity in physics research.

With Lorena Ballesteros Ferraz and Sébastien Mouchet, he wrote an opinion letter in EPN about the "Matilda Effect".

EPS Honorary Members & EPS Fellows

EPS members are invited to nominate candidates for EPS fellows and EPS honorary members.

These distinctions will be conferred at Council 2025.

The deadline for nominations is 31st January 2025.

EPS PPD board: Renewal of Members

We invite all members to participate in the upcoming elections for new board members of the EPS Plasma Physics Division.

This is an excellent opportunity to shape the future of our community and contribute to the advancement of plasma physics.

The deadline for nominations is 1st December 2024.

EPS PPD prizes: Call for Nominations

The EPS Plasma Physics Division asks you to consider nominating a suitable person or persons for its prizes:

- 2025 Alfvén Prize
- 2025 Innovation Prize
- 2025 PhD Research Award
- 2025 EPS-PPCF Sylvie-Jaquemot Early Career Prize

which will be presented at the next annual conference, to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2025.

2024 IOP Philips Award to David Sands

David Sands, former chair of the EPS Physics Education Division, received the 2024 IOP Philips Award. Congratulations!

2024 Ernest Rutherford Medal to Alison Bruce

Alison Bruce, former chair of the EPS Nuclear Physics Division, received the 2024 E. Rutherford Medal from the IOP. Congratulations!

EPS AMOPD Young Scientist Prize 2025

Nominations are being sought for the Young Scientist Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics which will be awarded by the AMOPD Division of the EPS for the fourth time in 2025.

The deadline for nominations is 15th November 2024.

CERN celebrated its 70 years

CERN turned 70 on 29th September and hosted a special high-level ceremony on 1st October. Here are the highlights of the event.

Read the statement of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission.

2024 EPS NPD Applied Nuclear Physics prize

The 2024 EPS Nuclear Physics Division applied-nuclear-physics prize was awarded at the EPS ANP conference held in Thessaloniki, Greece, in September 2024.

Read the report by Alessandra Fantoni, Chair of the EPS NPD.

Report on SIF Congress 2024

Best practices of Equal Opportunity Committees were analysed in a round-table discussion during the SIF congress.

The 2024 edition was held in Bologna and brought together around 800 Italian physicists for a whole week in September.

A glance at the history of IUPAP

"When physicists strove for peace: past lessons for our uncertain times".

Can science be a route to peace and common understanding? A glance at the history of one institution shows: only when scientists actively commit to it.

The article in Nature recounts the history of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.

Events and dates

CLEO®Europe/EQEC
The conference will take place in Munich, Germany, from 23rd-27th June 2025.

29th Central European Workshop on Quantum Optics
The conference will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 23rd-227th June 2025.

EPS Activities in 2024
Click here for the list of the activities of the EPS Executive Committee and the EPS Staff.

EPL

Read the latest article of this EPS publication.