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: julianna.szakacs@umfst.ro
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. Victor S. Martynyuk
Department of Biophysics and Neurobiology
Educational and Scientific Centre “Institute of Biology & Medicine”
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
2 Academician Glushkov Avenue
Kyiv 03022, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 50 653 5592

E-mail: vittorio_martini@knu.ua
web: https://biomed.knu.ua/
Secretary Prof. Olga V. Tsymbalyuk
Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
Educational Scientific Institute of High Technologies
Taras Shevchenko Kiev National University
4-g Academician Glushkov Avenue
Kyiv 03022, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 67 444 5798
email: otsymbal@knu.ua
web: https://iht.knu.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
 
 

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Albanian Biochemistry and Biophysics Society
Pan-Armenian Biophysical Association
Austrian Biophysical Society
Belarussian Society for Photobiologists and Biophysicists
Belgian Biophysical Society
Croatian Biophysical Society
Czech Committee for Biophysics
Danish National Committee for Biophysics
Egyptian Biophysical Society
Societas Biochemica, Biophysica et Microbiologica Fenniae r.y
French Biophysical Society
German Biophysical Society
Hungarian Biophysical Society
Israel Biophysical Society
Italian Society of Pure and Applied Biophysics
Netherlands Society for Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering
Biophysics Section, Norwegian Physical Society
Polish Biophysical Society
Portuguese Biophysical Society
Romanian Society of Pure and Applied Biophysics
National Scientific Council on Biophysics of Russian Federation
Biophysical Society of Serbia
Slovak Biophysical Society
Slovenian Biophysical Society
Spanish Biophysical Society
Swedish Society for Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Section Biophysics of the Swiss Society for Biochemistry
Turkish Biophysical Society
Ukrainian Biophysical Society7
British Biophysical Society
Lithuanian Biophysical Society
Greek Biophysical Society