EPS Honorary Members

The EPS Council can elect individuals whose exceptional achievements in physics, whether in research, industry and/or education merit recognition as an EPS Honorary Member.

A person holding this Distinction shall be entitled to add EPS Honorary Member (EPS Hon. Mem.) to letter head, business cards, etc. The total numbers of living EPS Honorary Members at any one time should not exceed 30.

Who is eligible ?

Distinguished persons whose outstanding achievements in physics or a related science whom the European Physical Society especially desires to honour can be elected EPS Honorary Members.
In addition, distinguished individuals whom the EPS may desire to honour for exceptional service to the Society in furtherance of it aims and objectives shall also be eligible to become Honorary Members.

Rules for Nomination

Download the prize charter
Send your nomination to secretariat@eps.org.

Current Honorary Members

Jocelyn Bell Burnell, United Kingdom
Sergio Bertolucci, Italy
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, France
Pedro Echenique, Spain
François Englert, Belgium
Gillian A. Gehring, United Kingdom
Theodor Hänsch, Germany
Serge Haroche, France
Stefan Hell, Germany
Rolf Heuer, Germany
Gerard ‘t Hooft, the Netherlands
Martin C. E. Huber, Switzerland
Norbert Kroó, Hungary
Karlheinz Langanke, Germany
Michèle Leduc, France
Luciano Maiani, Italy
Stephen Myers, United Kingdom
Herwig Schopper, Germany
Anton Zeilinger, Austria