Swiss Physical Society
AbbreviationSPS
Formation1908[1]
PurposePromote physics and physicists in Switzerland
Location
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:

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

  1. ^ "Fruehere Vorstandsmitglieder". SPS. 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "SPS Communications".
  4. ^ "SPS Focus".

External links


European Physical Society
Authority control databases
Categories