EBSA Member Societies and Officers

Last updated 02-02-12

Albania Albanian Biochemistry and Biophysics Society
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Fatbardha Babani Dept. Biochem. Biophys., Inst. of Biological research Tirana, Albania Tel.: Fax: E-mail: fbabani@yahoo.com Prof. Marenglen Spiro Faculty of Natural Sciences, Biophysics, University of Tirana Tirana, Albania Tel.: +355 42 38873 Fax: E-mail:
Armenia Pan-Armenian Biophysical Association
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Tsovak M. Avakian 375036 Yerevan 36, Alikhanyan Brothers st. 2 Yerevan Physics Institute, Department of Biophysics, Armenia Fax: +374 10 512 512 E-mail: tsovak@mail.yerphi.am Dr. Naira Ayvazyan Faculty of Biology, Biophysics, Yerevan State University A. Manookyan 1, Yerevan, Armenia Tel: +374 10 571 061 Fax: +374 10 554 641 E-mail: taipan@ysu.am
Austria Austrian Biophysical Society
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Georg Pabst Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics and Nanosystems Research Schmiedlstrasse 6, A-8042 Graz, Austria Tel.: +43 316 4120 342 Fax: +43 316 4120 390 E-mail: georg.pabst@oeaw.ac.at Prof. Dr. Klaus Groschner Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Graz Universitaetsplatz 2, A-8010 Graz, Austria Tel.: +43 316 380 5570 Fax: +43 316 380-9890 Email: klaus.groschner@uni-graz.at
Belarus Belarussian Society for Photobiologists and Biophysicists
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Dr. Igor D. Volotovski Institute of Photobiology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Akademicheskaya str., 27, Minsk, BY-220072, Belarus Tel.: +375 17 284 17 49 Fax: +375 17 284 23 59 E-mail: ipb@biobel.bas-net.by Dr. Elena Yaronskaya Tel.: Fax: E-mail: ipb@biobel.bas-net.by
Belgium Belgian Biophysical Society
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Dr. Bart Devreese Mass Spectrometry & Proteomics, Ghent University K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium Tel. : +32 9 264 5273 Fax: +32 9 264 5338 E-mail: bart.devreese@ugent.be Prof. Yves Engelborghs Laboratory of Biomolecular Dynamics, K.U. Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200G, PO box 2403, B3001 Leuven, Belgium Tel.: +32 16 32 7160 Fax: +32 16 32 7974 E-mail: yves.engelborghs@fys.kuleuven.be
Croatia Croatian Biophysical Society
President/ Chair Secretary	Dr. Sanja Tomic Department of Physical Chemistry, Rudjer Boskovic Institute Bijenicka 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel.: +385 1 457 1251 Fax: +385 1 468 0245 E-mail: tomic@irb.hr Dr. Tomislav Vuletic Laboratory for Biological Physics, Institute of Physics Bijenicka 46, HR-1000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel.: +385 1 469 8887 Fax: +385 1 469 8889 E-mail: tvuletic@ifs.hr
Czech Republic Czech Committee for Biophysics
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Stanislav Kozubek Institute of Biophysics, ASCR Královopolská 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic Tel.: +420 5 41 517 139 Fax: +420 5 41 24 04 98 E-mail: kozubek@ibp.cz Dr. Vojtěch Mornstein Institute of Biophysics Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Joštova 10, 662 44 Brno, Czech Republic Tel.: +420 5 42 126 330 Fax: +420 5 42 126 200 E-mail: vmornst@med.muni.cz
Denmark Danish National Committee for Biophysics
President/ Chair	Prof. Ole G. Mouritsen MEMPHYS - Center for Biomembrane Physics University of Southern Denmark Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark Tel.: +45 6550 3528 Fax: +45 6615 4048 E-mail: ogm@memphys.sdu.dk
Egypt Egyptian Biophysical Society
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Fadel M. Ali Radiation and Medical Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Cairo University Cairo, Egypt Tel.: +20 2 35693189 Fax: +20 2 24016178 E-mail: fadelali@biophysicsegypt.org Prof. El-Sayed A. Gaafar Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Biophysics Department, Cairo University Cairo, Egypt Tel.: +20 2 25676830 E-mail: eagaafar@biophysicsegypt.org
Finland Societas Biochemica, Biophysica et Microbiologica Fenniae r.y.
President/ Chair Secretary	Dr. Marc Baumann Biomedicum Helsinki, Protein Chemistry Unit, University of Helsinki P.O. Box 63 FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland Tel.: +358 9 1912 5200 Fax: +358 9 1912 5206 E-mail: marc.baumann@helsinki.fi Mervi Kuronen Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290 Helsinki, Finland Tel.: +358 9 1912 5618 Fax: +358 9 1912 5073 E-mail: mervi.kuronen@helsinki.fi
France French Biophysical Society
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Bruno Robert Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique, Institut de Biologie et de Technologie de Saclay F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France Tel.: +33 1 6908 9015 E-mail: bruno.robert@cea.fr Dr. Alain Laigle 21 Rue de la convention, 75015 Paris, France Tel.: +33 1 7713 7991 E-mail: laigle_sfb@me.com
Germany Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biophysik
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Hofmann Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik, Humboldt-Universität Ziegelstraße 5-8, 10098 Berlin, Germany Tel.: +49 30 450 524111 Fax: +49 30 450 524952 E-mail: klaus_peter.hofmann@charite.de Dr. Ulrike Alexiev Physics Department, Freie Universität Berlin Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany Tel.: +49 30 838 55157 Fax: +49 30 838 56299 E-mail: ulrike.alexiev@physik.fu-berlin.de
Hungary Hungarian Biophysical Society
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Péter Závodszky Institute of Enzymology, Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Karolina út 29, H-1113 Budapest, Hungary Tel.: +36 1 2793 100 Fax: +36 1 4665 465 E-mail: zxp@enzim.hu Prof. Győző Garab Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Temesvári krt. 62, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary Tel.: +36 62 433 131 Fax: +36 62 433 434 E-mail: gyozo@brc.hu
Israel Israel Biophysical Society
President/ Chair	Prof. Elisha Haas Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan 52900, Israel Tel.:+972 ... Fax:+972 ... E-mail: haas@mail.biu.ac.il
Italy Italian Society of Pure and Applied Biophysics
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Silvia Morante Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy Tel.: +39 06 72594554 Fax: +39 06 2025259 E-mail: morante@roma2.infn.it Dr. Vincenzo Martorana CNR - Istituto di Biofisica, Sezione di Palermo Via U. La Malfa 153, 90147 Palermo, Italy Tel.: +39 91 6809 308 Fax:+39 91 6809 349 E-mail: vincenzo.martorana@pa.ibf.cnr.it
Netherlands Netherlands Society for Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering
President/ Chair Secretary	Dr. Frans W. Cornelissen Laboratorium voor Experimentele Oogheelkunde Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen Postbus 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, the Netherlands Tel.: +31 50 361 4173 E-mail: voorzitter@vvb-bmt.nl John H.G.M. Klaessens Dept. Medical technology and Clinical Physics University Medical Center Utrecht PO Box 85500, Mailstop C.01.230, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands Tel.: +31 88 755 5044 E-mail: secretaris@vvb-bmt.nl
Norway Biophysics Section, Norwegian Physical Society
President/ Chair	Dr. Eirik Malinen Department of Medical Physics, Division of Cancer Medicine and Radiotherapy Rikshospitalet University Hospital Montebello, NO-0310 Oslo, Norway Tel.: +47 22 78 1112 Fax: +47 22 78 1102 E-mail: eirik.malinen@fys.uio.no
Poland Polish Biophysical Society
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Wieslaw Gruszecki Department of Biophysics, Institute of Physics Maria Curie-Sklodowska University 20-031 Lublin, Poland Tel: +48 81 537 6252 Fax: +48 81 537 6191 E-mail: wieslaw.gruszecki@umcs.pl Dr. Wojciech Grudzinski Department of Biophysics, Institute of Physics Maria Curie-Sklodowska University 20-031 Lublin, Poland Tel: +48 81 537 6250 Fax: +48 81 537 6191 E-mail: wojciech.grudzinski@umcs.pl
Portugal Portuguese Biophysical Society
President/ Chair Secretary	Manuela M. Pereira Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Av. da Republica, EAN, Apartado 127, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal Tel.: +351 21 446 9321 Fax: +351 21 442 8766 E-mail: mpereira@itqb.unl.pt Andreia S. Fernandes Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Porto Rua do Campo Alegre, 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal Tel.: +351 226 074 900 Fax: +351 226 099 157 E-mail: afernand@ibmc.up.pt
Romania Romanian Society of Pure and Applied Biophysics
President/ Chair Secretary	Dr. Ioan Turcu National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies Donath 71-103, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Tel.: +40 264 584037 ext. 104 Fax: +40 264 420042 E-mail: iturcu@itim-cj.ro Dr. Mihaela Moisescu Dept. of Biophysics and Cell Biotechnology Carol Davila Medical University, Bucharest P.O. Box 35-43, 050461 Bucharest, Romania Tel.: +40 21 312 5955 Fax: +40 21 312 5955 E-mail: mgmoisescu@umf.ro
Russian Federation National Scientific Council on Biophysics of Russian Federation
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Andrey B. Rubin Biophysics Department, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University Leninskie gory, 1/12, Moscow, Russia 119991 Tel.: +7 495 939 1116 Fax: +7 495 939 1115 E-mail: rubin@biophys.msu.ru and krupenina-n@biophys.msu.ru Ivetta G. Shtrankfeld Vavilova street 32, Moscow, Russia 119991 Tel: +7 499 135 1537 Fax: +7 499 135 1537 E-mail: bioph2@imb.imb.ac.ru
Serbia Biophysical Society of Serbia
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Pavle Andjus Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Tel.: +38 111 3032 356 Fax: +38 111 3032 356 or +38 111 2638 500 E-mail: pandjus@bio.bg.ac.rs Dr Miroslav Živic Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Tel.: +38 111 3032 356 Fax: +38 111 3032 356 or +38 111 2638 500 E-mail: mzivic@bio.bg.ac.rs
Slovak Republic Slovak Biophysical Society
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Tibor Hianik Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics Comenius University Mlynska dolina F1 842 48 Bratislava. Slovak Republic Tel.: +421 2 6029 5683 Fax: +421 2 6542 5882 E-mail: tibor.hianik@fmph.uniba.sk Dr. Marta Gaburjakova Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics Slovak Academy of Sciences Vlarska 5 833 34 Bratislava, Slovak Republic Tel.: +421 2 5477 3800 ext. 313 Fax: +421 2 5477 3666 E-mail: marta.gaburjakova@savba.sk
Slovenia Slovenian Biophysical Society
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Milan Brumen Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biophysics, University of Maribor Slomskov trg 15, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia Tel: +386 2 2345 615 Fax: +386 2 2345 600 E-mail: milan.brumen@uni-mb.si Dr. Zoran Arsov Jozef Stefan Institute Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Tel.: +386 1 477 3648 Fax: +386 1 477 3191 E-mail: zoran.arsov@ijs.si
Spain Spanish Biophysical Society
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Juan Carmelo Gómez-Fernández Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular A Facultad de Veterinaria, Apartado 4021 Universidad de Murcia E-30080-Murcia, Spain Tel.: +34 868 884766 Fax: +34 968 364147 E-mail: jcgomez@um.es Prof. Dr. Javier Alvarez Dpt. Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular y Fisiologia, Instituto de Biologia y Genetica Molecular (IBGM) Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valladolid Ramon y Cajal 7, E-47005 Valladolid, Spain Tel: +34 983 184844 Fax: +34 983 423588 E-mail: jalvarez@ibgm.uva.es
Sweden Swedish Society for Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Elias Arnér Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet Scheelelaboratoriet, Scheeles väg 2, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: +46 8 5248 69 83 Fax: +46 8 31 15 51 E-mail: elias.arner@ki.se David Gotthold The Swedish Chemical Society Wallingatan 24 3tr, SE-111 24 Stockholm, Sweden Tel.:: +46 8 411 52 60 Fax: +46 8 10 66 78 E-mail: david@chemsoc.se
Switzerland Sektion Biophysik der Schweizerischen Biochemischen Gesellschaft
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Horst Vogel EPFL-SB-ISIC-LCPPM, CH B3 (Batiment CH) Station 6, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel.: +41 21 693 3155/+41 21 693 6188 Fax: +41 21 693 6190 E-mail: horst.vogel@epfl.ch Prof. Fritz K. Winkler Life Sciences, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland Tel.: +41 56 310 4258 Fax: +41 56 310 5288 E-mail: fritz.winkler@psi.ch
Turkey Turkish Biophysical Society
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof.Dr. Ferit Pehlivan Biophysics Deparment, Faculty of Medicine, Ufuk University Mevlana Bulvarı 86-88 06520 Ankara, Turkey Tel.: +90 312 204 41 57 Fax.: +90 312 204 40 55 E-mail: pehlivan@tr.net or ferit.pehlivan@medicine.ankara.edu.tr Prof.Dr. Necla Öztürk Biophysics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey Tel.: +90 312 3051 494 Fax: +90 312 3051 492 E-mail: nozturk@hacettepe.edu.tr

Ukraine Ukrainian Biophysical Society
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Michael F. Shuba Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 4 Bogomoletz Str., 252024 Kiev, Ukraine Tel.: +380-44 293 13 31 Fax: +380-44 293 34 31 E-mail: onmf@serv.biph.kiev.ua Prof. Mykola S. Miroshnichenko Department of Biophysics, Biological Faculty, Taras Shevchenko Kiev University 64 Volodymyrska Str., 252017 Kiev, Ukraine Tel.: +380-44252-0827 Fax: +380-44252-0827 E-mail: mirosh@bigmir.net
United Kingdom British Biophysical Society
President/ Chair Secretary	Prof. Anthony Watts Biochemistry Department, University of Oxford South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK Tel: +44 1865 275 268 Fax: +44 1865 275 234/275 259 E-mail: anthony.watts@bioch.ox.ac.uk Prof. John M. Seddon Theoretical & Experimental Physical Chemistry, Imperial College London South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK Tel.: +44 20 7594 5797 Fax: +44 20 7594 5801 E-mail: j.seddon@imperial.ac.uk