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Member Societies

Member Societies of EBSA

Albania Albanian Biochemistry and Biophysics Society
President/ Chair	Prof. Fatbardha Babani Dept. Biochem. Biophys., Inst. of Biological research Tirana, Albania E-mail: fbabani@yahoo.com
Secretary	Prof. Marenglen Spiro Faculty of Natural Sciences, Biophysics, University of Tirana Tirana, Albania Tel.: +355 42 38873

Armenia Pan-Armenian Biophysical Association
President/ Chair	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
Secretary	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 Biophysics Austria
President/ Chair	Prof. Elena E. Pohl Institute of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Biophysics University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Homepage: https://www.vetmeduni.ac.at/en/biophysik E-mail:elena.pohl@vetmeduni.ac.at
Secretary	Dr. Rainer Schindl Medical University Graz, Austria Homapage: https://www.medunigraz.at/team-rainer-schindl Email: rainer.schindl@medunigraz.at

Belarus Belarussian Society for Photobiologists and Biophysicists
President/ Chair	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
Secretary	Dr. Elena Yaronskaya E-mail: ipb@biobel.bas-net.by

Belgium Belgian Biophysical Society
President/ Chair	Dr. Catherine Michaux University of Namur Chemistry Department 61 rue de Bruxelles 5000 Namur, Belgium E-mail: catherine.michaux@unamur.be
Secretary	Dr. Filip Meersman Department Chemie Universiteit Antwerpen Groenenborgerlaan 171 2020 Antwerpen, Belgium E-mail: filip.meersman@uantwerpen.be

Croatia Croatian Biophysical Society
President/ Chair	Dr. Bono Lučić NMR Center, Ruđer Bošković Institute Bijenička c. 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel.: +385 1 457 13 56 E-mail: mail
Secretary	Dr. Nadica Maltar Strmečki Laboratory for Electron Spin Spectroscopy, Division of Physical Chemistry Ruđer Bošković Institute Bijenička c. 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Tel.: +385 1 456 11 27 E-mail: mail

Czech Republic Czech Biophysical Association
President/ Chair	Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Eva Bártová, PhD., DSc. Institute of Biophysics of the CAS, v. v. i. Královopolská 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic Tel.: +420 541 517 141 (501) E-mail: bartova@ibp.cz
Secretary	Dr. Jozef Lazar 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Albertov 2048, 128 00 Prague, Czech republic E-mail: josef.lazar@iouchb.cas.cz

Denmark Danish National Committee for Biophysics
President/ Chair	Prof. Daniel Otzen iNANO, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Aarhus University Gustav Wieds Vej 10C, DK - 8000 Aarhus C Tel.: +45 20725238 E-mail: dao@inano.au.dk

Egypt Egyptian Biophysical Society
President/ Chair	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: fadelaga48@gmail.com
Secretary	Prof. Dr. Aida A. Salama Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University Cairo, Egypt Fax.: +20 (0202) 3462081 E-mail: Dr_Aida@hotmail.com

Finland Societas Biochemica, Biophysica et Microbiologica Fenniae r.y.
President/ Chair	Dr. Hannu Koistinen Haartman-institute, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki P.O. Box 63 FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland Tel.: +358 2941 911 E-mail: hannu.k.koistinen@helsinki.fi
Secretary	Dr. Elina Pietilä University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290 Helsinki, Finland Email: secretary@biobio.org www.biobio.org

France French Biophysical Society
President/ Chair	Dr. Coralie Bompard Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionelle (UGSF) Campus Cité scientifique, Bat-C9 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France Tel.: +33 (0)3 2033 7241 E-mail: coralie.bompard@univ-lille.fr
Secretary	Dr. Marlene Martinho Unité de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines (BIP) 31 chemin Joseph Aiguier, CS 70071 13402 Marseille CEDEX 09, France Tel.: +33 4 9116 4557 E-mail: mmartinho@imm.cnrs.fr

Germany German Biophysical Society
President/ Chair	Prof. Klaus Gerwert Ruhr University Bochum & Centre for Protein Diagnostics Department of Biophysics Gesundheitscampus 4, 44801 Bochum, Germany Tel.: +49 234 32 18035 Fax: +49 234 32 14238 E-mail: klaus.gerwert@rub.de
Secretary	Prof. Thomas Gutsmann Forschungszentrum Borstel, Forschungsgruppe Biophysik Parkallee 10, 23845 Borstel, Germany Tel.: +49 4537 188 2910 Fax: +49 4537 188 6320 E-Mail: tgutsmann@fz-borstel.de

Greece Hellenic Crystallographic Association
President/ Chair	Dr. Kostas Bethanis Biotechnology Department, Agricultural University of Athens 75, Iera Odos, Athens 11855, Greece Tel.: +30 210 5294 211 Fax: +30 210 5294 233 E-mail: kbeth@aua.gr
Secretary	Dr. Vasiliki Iconomidou Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Panepistimiopolis, 15771 Ilissia, Athens, Greece Tel.: +30 210 7274 871 E-Mail: veconom@biol.uoa.gr

Hungary Hungarian Biophysical Society
President/ Chair	Prof. Miklós Kellermayer Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine H-1085 Budapest, Tűzoltó u. 37-47, Hungary Tel/fax: +36 1 459 1500 Fax: +36 1 266 6656 E-mail: kellermayer.miklos@med.semmelweis-univ.hu
Secretary	Beáta Bugyi Department of Biophysics, University of Pécs, Medical School H-7624 Pécs, Szigeti út 12., Hungary Tel.: +36 72 536260 Fax: +36 72 536261 E-mail: beata.bugyi@aok.pte.hu

Israel Israel Biophysical Society
President/ Chair	Prof. Elisha Haas Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan 52900, Israel E-mail: haas@mail.biu.ac.il

Italy Italian Society of Pure and Applied Biophysics
President/ Chair	Prof. Alberto Diaspro Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Genova, Via Dodecaneso, 33, 16146 Genova, Italia Tel.: +39 333 5895 780 E-mail: presidente@sibpa.it
Secretary/ Treasurer	Prof. Velia Minicozzi Dipartimento di Fisica Universita di Roma "Tor Vergata" Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italia Tel.: +39 338 3421 168 E-mail: segreteria@sibpa.it

Lithuania Lithuanian Biophysical Society
President/ Chair	Prof. Saulius Šatkauskas Vytautas Magnus University, The Faculty of Natural Sciences Vileikos str. 8, Kaunas LT 44404, Lithuania Tel.: +370-37-327906 Fax.: +370-37-327916 E-mail: s.satkauskas@gmf.vdu.lt
Secretary	Prof. Daumantas Matulis Vilnius University, Institute of Biotechnology, Laboratory of Biothermodynamics and Drug Design Graiciuno 8 LT-02241, Vilnius, Lithuania Tel.: +370-5-269-1884 E-mail: matulis@ibt.lt

The Netherlands Netherlands Society for Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering
President/ Chair	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: voorzitterBIOPM@gmail.com
Secretary	John H.G.M. Klaessens Dept. Physics & Medical Technology VU University Medical Center Amsterdam ZH 4 D 182 P.O. Box 7057 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands Tel.: +31 20 444 3748 E-mail: secretarisBIOPM@gmail.com

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	Dr. Piotr Bednarczyk Warsaw University of Life Sciences Department of Physics and Biophysics 02-776 Warszawa, Poland E-mail: piotr_bednarczyk@sggw.edu.pl
Secretary	Dr Magdalena Stobiecka Warsaw University of Life Sciences Department of Physics and Biophysics 02-776 Warszawa, Poland E-mail: magdalena_stobiecka@sggw.edu.pl

Portugal Portuguese Biophysical Society
President/ Chair	Nuno C. Santos Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal Tel.: +351 217999480 Fax: +351 217999477 E-mail: nsantos@fm.ul.pt
Secretary	Armindo Salvador Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Universidade de Coimbra UC-Biotech, Biocant Park, núcleo 04 lote 8, 3060-197 Cantanhede, Portugal Tel.: +351 231249219 Fax: +351 231249179 E-mail: salvador@cnc.uc.pt

Romania Romanian Society of Pure and Applied Biophysics
President/ Chair	Dr. Juliánna Szakács George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy Science and Technology of Targu-Mures, Romania E-mail: szjulianna@yahoo.com
Secretary	Dr. Monica Neagu Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Romania E-mail: neagu.monica@umft.ro

Russian Federation National Scientific Council on Biophysics of Russian Federation
President/ Chair	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
Secretary	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	Prof. Ksenia Radotic Department of Life Sciences, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade Kneza Viseslava 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Tel.: +381 11 207 8400 E-mail: xenia@imsi.rs xradotic@gmail.com
Secretary	Dr. Jelena Rapac Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Tel.: +381 11 303 3356 E-mail: jelenag@bio.bg.ac.rs

Slovak Republic Slovak Biophysical Society
President/ Chair	Dr. Michal Cagalinec Biomedical Research Center Slovak Academy of Sciences Dúbravská cesta 9 845 05 Bratislava, Slovakia E-mail: michal.cagalinec(at)savba.sk
Secretary	Dr. Gregor Bano Department of Biophysics Safarik University Jesenna 5 041 54 Kosice, Slovakia E-mail: gregor.bano(at)upjs.sk

Slovenia Slovenian Biophysical Society
President/ Chair	Dr. Matej Kanduč Department of Theoretical Physics, Jozef Stefan Insitute Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia E-mail: matej.kanduc(at)ijs.si
Secretary	Dr. Matej Krajnc Department of Theoretical Physics, Jozef Stefan Insitute Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia E-mail: matej.krajnc(at)ijs.si

Spain Spanish Biophysical Society
President/ Chair	Prof. José M. Valpuesta Centro Nacional de Biotecnología Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Darwin 3, Campus de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 28049 Madrid, Spain Tel.: + 34 91 585 4690 + 34 91 585 5347 Fax: + 34 91 585 4506 E-mail: jmv@cnb.csic.es
Secretary	Dr. Douglas V Laurents Instituto de Química-Física "ROCASOLANO" (IQFR) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) C/ Serrano, 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain Tel.: +34 917 459 500 Fax: +34 915 642 431 E-mail: dlaurents@iqfr.csic.es

Sweden Swedish Society for Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
President/ Chair	Dr. Ronnie Berntsson Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University 90187 Umeå, Sweden Tel.: +46 90 786 5235 E-mail: ronnie.berntsson@umu.se
Secretary	Agnes Rinaldo-Matthis The Swedish Chemical Society Storgatan 19 Stockholm, Sweden Tel.: +46 70 207 4899 E-mail: agnes.rinaldo-matthis@kemisamfundet.se

Switzerland Biophysics Section of Life Sciences Switzerland (LS2)
President/ Chair	Prof. Beat Fierz EPFL SB ISIC LCBM CH B3 485 (Batiment BM) Station 6 CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland Tel.: +41 21 693 71 53 E-mail: beat.fierz@epfl.ch
Secretary	Adela Calvente Arroyo LS2 Scientific Officer E-mail: adela.calvente@ls2.ch

Turkey Turkish Biophysical Society
President/ Chair	Prof. Işıl Albeniz Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biophysics 34093 Istanbul, Turkey Tel.: +90 212 414 21 87 E-mail: ialbeniz@istanbul.edu.tr
Secretary	Prof. Aslı Aykaç Near East University, Department of Biophysics Vocational School of Health Sciences 99138-Nicosia, Cyprus Tel: +90 392 675 20 00 (3424) E-mail. aykacasli@yahoo.com, asli.aykac@neu.edu.tr

Ukraine Ukrainian Biophysical Society
President/ Chair	Prof. Igor. Y. Kotsan Rector of Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University 13 Voli Avenue 43025 Lutsk, Ukraine Tel.: +38(0332)241007 Fax: +38(0332)720123 E-mail: rector@univer.lutsk.ua web: http://eenu.edu.ua/en
Secretary	Prof. Alexander V. Zholos, Department of Biophysics, Educational and Scientific Centre “Institute of Biology” Taras Shevchenko Kiev National University 2 Academician Glushkov Avenue, Room 224 Kiev - 022, 03022, Ukraine Tel.: +380 44 521 3299 ext. 2760 Fax: +380 44 521 3598 email: a.zholos@althenia.org web: http://biology.univ.kiev.ua/en/

United Kingdom British Biophysical Society
President/ Chair	Prof. Olwyn Byron School of Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow 120 University Place, Glasgow, G12 8TA, UK Tel.: +44 141 3303752 E-mail: olwyn.byron@glasgow.ac.uk
Secretary	Dr. Tharin Blumenschein School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7TJ, UK Tel.: +44 1603 452963 E-mail: t.blumenschein@uea.ac.uk

EBSA Associate Member Societies Iran
President/ Chair	Professor A. A. Moosavi-Movahedi Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics University of Tehran, Tehran Iran Post Code: 1417614335 Tel.: +98 21 66403957 Fax: +98 21 66404680 E-mail: moosavi@ut.ac.ir

Corrections and updates of Society Officers, information on Society meetings for inclusion in the EBSA Calendar of Events, and material for a special EBSA news item, should be sent to the EBSA Secretary.

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