In Support of Excellence in Science and Technology
Prof. Reinhard Winkler (1964-2021): An obituary
The Vienna University of Technology, the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation and the Institute for Discrete Mathematics and Geometry mourn the death of Prof. Reinhard Winkler.
Link: https://www.tuwien.at/tu-wien/aktuelles/news/news/prof-reinhard-winkler-1964-2021-ein-nachruf
Royal Society Publishing has recently published a special issue of Interface Focus entitled Coronavirus and surfaces organised by Mohan Edirisinghe. The articles can be accessed directly at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rsfs/2022/12/1 There is also a blog post at https://royalsociety.org/blog/2021/12/coronavirus-and-surfaces/
Professor Veronique Gouverneur, FRS, EurASc Fellow, University of Oxford, UK, received the 2021 Moissan International Prize commemorating the isolation of elemental fluorine by Henri Moissan and stimulating research in the fields of fluorine chemistry.
This Prize, which is given every three years by the “Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie” in Paris rewards a researcher of international stature who has obtained exceptional results in the fields of fluorine and fluorinated products.
Dear Academician,
The mailbox of one of our members was visited. Since then, some members received emails asking for money.
This is a fishing attempt, please don’t answer.
The official personal EurASc invoices for 2022 will arrive soon.
We thank you for your understanding and remain at your disposal for any further information.
The official award Ceremony of the French Academy of Sciences will be held Tuesday November 23rd.
Please follow the link:
https://www.academie-sciences.fr/en/Table/Prix-et-medailles/Laureats/
Congratulations to the awardees!
We are pleased to announce you that Professor John Roy Porter was elected at the Head of the Earth Division:
https://www.eurasc.org/committees/scientific-committees/earth-and-environmental-sciences-division
Also, Kerstin Líden entered the committee taking Professor John Roy Porter’s former position.
Congratulations to both of them!
Professor Giorgio Parisi, from the University “La Sapienza” in Roma, is one of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics for “for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales”.
Congratulations!
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2021/press-release/
Press release: https://erc.europa.eu/news/erc-grantee-giorgio-parisi-wins-2021-nobel-prize-physics
(One of the tweets: https://twitter.com/erc_research/status/1445395328912576516?s=21)
The EC also published: https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/eu-supported-scientists-win-nobel-prize-physics-2021-2021-oct-05_en
Nobel press release: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2021/press-release/
Interview by the Nobel Foundation with Prof. Parisi on winning the prize, the importance of basic science, research funding and more: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2021/parisi/interview/
Professor Endre Süli, our head of the Computional Sciences Division, was recently elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
CONGRATULATIONS!
The European Academy of Sciences communicates to all our fellows and followers that Professor Michael Alania from the physics division, living in Poland, passed away last May 18, 2020. In the name of the European Academy of Sciences we would like to send our deepest respect and condolences to his family and colleagues.
Rodrigo Martins,
The President