EPS distinctions 2018
The following individuals have been awarded Honorary Membership of the European Physical Society:
- Professor Pedro Miguel Echenique, President of the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), has been awarded Honorary Membership of the European Physical Society at the Council 2018 in Paris for his outstanding achievements as a scientist in the field of Surface Physics, Attophysics, Interaction of charges and radiation with matter and Many-body Physics and for his contributions as an exceptional and tireless advocate of outreach, dissemination and public awareness of physics, notably the creation and development of Passion for Knowledge, which is a large-scale public outreach event in Donostia, Basque Country, promoting science as the driving force behind technological progress and the foundation of human culture.
- Professor Luciano Maiani, Chairman of the Scientific Council of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, former CERN Director General, has been awarded Honorary Membership of the European Physical Society at the Council 2018 in Paris for his exceptional scientific contributions to elementary particle physics and outstanding achievements in the leadership of Italian and International Scientific institutions.
The European Physical Society welcomed the following individuals as Fellows:
- Herzl Aharoni for his ground breaking contributions and accomplishments in the invention, research, development, and realisation of wide range of practical, cost-effective, efficient, single crystal Silicon Light Emitting Devices and by pioneering a systematic transformation of physics into technology.
- Els de Wolf for her outstanding contributions to both fundamental and applied physics, to the EPS, to the NNV, to education and to the society at large.
The 2018 European Physical Society Gero Thomas Medal is awarded to:
- Angela Oleandri for her outstanding and sustained contributions to the development of physics publications in Europe, including her support to the creation and development of the EPJ series of journals and EPL (Europhysics Letters).
The 2018 European Physical Society Achievement Award is awarded to:
- Giorgio Benedek for his numerous contributions to the European Physical Society, the physics community at large, and most recently for his truly outstanding efforts as Editor-in-Chief of EPL.
