Academic Council :
Head of Physics Division
| Professor Bernard Barbara | NEEL Institute, Grenoble, France |
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Bernard Barbara is Director of Research at the Neel Institute, Grenoble (CNRS). All along his career he initiated original or pioneering works on different subjects of solid state physics, including magnetism. In 2002, he won with his colleagues the “2002-Agilent Technologies Euro-Physics Prize” (the most prestigious honor given by the European Physical Society). He was elected at the European Academy of Sciences in 2003. He is co-author of almost 350 scientific papers and is very often invited to international meetings and conferences (about 100 fulfilled invitations). He is continuously requested by best scientific journals, universities, foundations, for scientific reports. He also serves as an expert to the French Ministry of Research and New Technologies. |
Head of Social Sciences and Humanities Division
| Dr. Michel Blay | CNRS, Paris, France |
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Dr. Michel Blay’s research activities focus on issues related to the mathematisation process in physical sciences. Dr. Blay initially concentrated on the emergence, in the late 17th century, of a mathematized theory of the color phenomena, and then expanded his research on the specific part played by mathematics as a dynamic and creative factor. From there, he went on to study how differential calculus was introduced in the science of motion in the late 17th century and early 18th century. His current research work deals with the developments in the fields of optics and hydrodynamics. His interests also span issues regarding the relationships between sciences, technique and society. |
Head of Mathematics and of Information and Computational Sciences Divisions
| Professor Philippe G. Ciarlet | Université Pierre et Marie Curie (France) / City University of Hong Kong |
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Philippe G. Ciarlet was Professor at the University Pierre et
Marie Curie (Paris) till 2002, and Head of Laboratory of
Numerical Analysis in the same University. Among other positions, he was also Professor at the Ecole Normale Superieure (Paris). Since 2002 he is Chair Professor at the City University of Hong-Kong. He is member of Academia Europaea, French Academy of Sciences, and various national and international Academies. He received many distinctions (Poncelet Prize, Grand Prize [Prix Jaffe], Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, French Legion of Honor, etc )and is Doctor Honoris Causa of several Universities. |
Head of Medicine and of Life sciences and Biotechnology Divisions
| Professor Saverio Cinti | Faculty of Medicine University of Ancona, Italy |
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Prof. Saverio Cinti works on adipose tissues in relationship with the clinical problems of obesity and diabetes. In this field he created new concepts related to the anatomy , physiology and pathology of adipose tissues, led new light in aetiology of macrophage infiltration and consequently to the aetiology of T2 diabetes. In the field of cell biology the discovery of the physiologic reversible process of transdifferentiation in vivo as a direct transformation of the cell phenotype into another phenotype. His work gave new light in aetiology of macrophage infiltration and consequently to the aetiology of T2 diabetes.. Also Prof. CINTI produced many contributions to the diagnostic use of electron microscopy, and to the knowledge of normal and pathologic anatomy of humans and other mammals. |
Head of Materials Science and Engineering Sciences Division
| Professor Enrico Evangelista | Ancona University, Italy |
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The research activity is devoted to the deformation behaviour and mechanical properties of numerous metals and alloys establishing the relationship with the microstructure. The activity started at the University of Bologna as assistant professor and is continuing as professor at the University of Ancona, supported by grants from national research agencies, industries and EC research projects, establishing over the years collaborative research activities with many leading groups around the world. He has held visiting appointments at numerous universities, including the Concordia University of Montreal in Canada, the University of Trondheim in Norway, the Nihon University in Japan and the Pohang University in South Korea. Currently, he has published more than 250 scientific papers, together with more than 70 different co-authors. Elected Fellow of ASM International, 1995, and member of EAS, 2003. |
Head of Earth Science and Environmental Sciences Division
| Professor Sven E. Jørgensen | Department of Analytical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry Copenhagen Ø, Denmark |
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Prof. S.E.Jorgensen works in the fields of ecological modeling, management of ecosystems, ecosystem theory, ecological engineering and ecological thermodynamics. He is one of the few multidisciplinary researchers that has understood how to integrate several disciplines to solve ecological and environmental problems. Sven Erik Jørgensen has been able to integrate ecology (particularly systems ecology), with management and technological issues (ecological engineering) and thermodynamics and has developed ecological models as an integration tool. |
Head of Chemistry Division
| Professor Herbert Roesky | University of Gottingen, Germany |
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In a career spanning over 40 years, in over 1050 publications
and patents, and four books, Professor Herbert W. Roesky has
established himself as one of the world's leaders in synthetic
inorganic chemistry. He belongs to the generation of chemists
who, in a very real sense, invented modern main-group
organometallic chemistry over the last four decades with unusual
and sustained creativity and originality. By his contribution to
science, inorganic, organometallic and fluorine chemistry in
particular he has influenced as nobody else the development of
Inorganic Chemistry all over the world. Even as an emeritus
professor he is involved very actively in research, and the
quality of this work is always evidenced in the most esteemed
international chemical journals. Besides his encompassing
research his special concern is focused on promoting students
and youngster’s interest in chemistry, which is supported by
several books and a large number of public lectures with
fascinating experiments. Besides his numerous honorary
doctorates he was awarded with the Leibniz Prize, the Grand Prix
de la Maison de la Chimie, the Inorganic Award and the Fluorine
Award of the American Chemical Society. He is member of many
Academies, to mention only a few: l’Académie Française des
Sciences, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Romanian Academy
of Sciences, the Argentinian Academy of Sciences.
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