Swiss Physical Society

Switzerland

Membership

1100 (2022)Websitewww.sps.ch

The Swiss Physical Society (SPS) (German: Schweizerische Physikalische Gesellschaft / SPG, French: Société Suisse de Physique / SSP) is a Swiss professional society promoting physics in Switzerland. It was founded in May 1908.^[2] SPS is involved in education and mediate young talent programs and Swiss participation in tournaments such as the International Physicists Tournament. Academic conferences, symposia and workshops are organised by the Swiss Physical Society.

Publications

In the period 1928 – 1999, the Swiss Physical Society published the Helvetica Physics Acta, which continued as the SPS communications (German: SPG Mitteilungen, French: Communications de la SSP). Since 2008, the SPS communications^[3] has three volumes per year. Non peer-reviewed articles on "progress in physics", "historical anecdotes", and "physics and industry" are published. In 2021, a serie of white papers were initiated.^[4] The first FOCUS issue discusses technological advances and the impact of nuclear energy.

Honorable Members

Honorable members of the Swiss Physical Society are:

1965: Prof. Markus Fierz (†2006)
1976: Prof. Georg A. Busch (†2000)
1985: Prof. Martin Peter (†2002)
1990: Prof. Jean-Pierre Blaser (†2019)
1990: Dr. Heinrich Rohrer (†2013)
1991: Prof. K. Alex Müller
2001: Prof. Jean-Pierre Borel (†2020)
2001: Prof. Hans Frauenfelder
2001: Prof. Hermann Grunder
2001: Prof. Verena Meyer (†2018)
2001: Prof. Ambros P. Speiser (†2003)
2005: Prof. Charles P. Enz
2005: Prof. Hans Rudolf Ott
2010: Prof. Hans Beck
2010: Prof. Øystein Fischer (†2013)
2010: Prof. Hans-Joachim Güntherodt (†2014)
2010: Prof. T. Maurice Rice
2010: Prof. Louis Schlapbach
2011: Dr. J. Georg Bednorz
2011: Prof. Jean-Pierre Eckmann
2011: Prof. Jürg Fröhlich
2011: Prof. Martin C. E. Huber
2014: Prof. Francis Troyon (†2016)
2015: Prof. Herwig Schopper
2016: Prof. Piero Martinoli
2016: Prof. Norbert Straumann
2018: Prof. Maurice Bourquin
2020: Prof. Ralph Eichler
2020: Prof. Kathrin Altwegg-von Burg
2021: Prof. Friedrich-Karl Thielemann
2022: Prof. Felicitas Pauss
2023: Prof. Ruth Durrer
2023: Dr. Bernhard Braunecker

Past presidents

1908-1910: Pierre Chappuis
1910-1912: Jósef de Kowalski
1912-1913: Pierre Weiss
1913-1914: Jósef de Kowalski
1914-1916: Charles-Eugène Guye
1916-1918: August Hagenbach
1918-1919: François Borini
1919-1920: Paul Gruner
1920-1921: Adrien Jacquerod
1921-1923: Hans Zickendrath
1923-1925: Léon-Albert Perrier
1925-1927: Peter Debye
1927-1929: Adrien Jacquerod
1929-1931: Heinrich Greinacher
1931-1933: Paul Scherrer
1933-1936: Léon-Albert Perrier
1936-1938: Franz Tank
1938-1941: Max Wehrli
1941-1943: Jean Weiglé
1943-1945: Hans König
1945-1947: Gregor Wentzel
1947-1949: Ernst Miescher
1949-1951: Henri Mügeli
1951-1953: André Mercier
1953-1955: Paul Huber
1955-1957: Wolfgang Pauli
1957-1959: Jean Rossel
1959-1961: Hans Staub
1961-1963: Dominique Rivier
1963-1965: Jean Pierre Blaser
1965-1967: Otto Huber
1967-1969: K. P. Meyer
1969-1971: Pierre de Haller
1971-1973: Ernst Heer
1973-1975: Jorgen Lykke Olsen
1975-1977: Verena Meyer
1977-1979: Philippe Choquard
1979-1981: Iris Zschokke
1981-1983: Paul Dinichert
1983-1985: Jean Kern
1985-1987: Peter Minkowski
1987-1989: Samuel Steinemann
1989-1991: Walter Kündig
1991-1993: Jean Muller
1993-1995: Hans-Jörg Schötzau
1995-1997: Yves Baer
1997-1999: Peter Oelhafen
1999-2002: Thomas A. Jung
2002-2006: Jean-Philippe Ansermet
2006-2008: Tibor Gyalog
2008-2012: Christophe Rossel
2012-2014: Andreas Schopper
2014-2017: Minh Quang Tran
2017-2021: Hans Peter Beck
2021-2023: Johan Chang
2023-: Teresa Montaruli

References

^ "Fruehere Vorstandsmitglieder". SPS. 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
^ Hool, Alessandra; Rossel, Christophe (2008-01-01). "The Swiss Physical Society celebrates its 100th Anniversary". Europhysics News. 39 (1): 19–21. Bibcode:2008ENews..39a..19H. doi:10.1051/epn:2008002. ISSN 0531-7479.
^ "SPS Communications".
^ "SPS Focus".