Estonian Physical Society

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Short description: Organization based in Estonia
Estonian Physical Society (Eesti Füüsika Selts)
Estonian Physical Society.jpg
AbbreviationEFS
Formation19 May 1989[1]
Region served
Estonia
President
Kaido Reivelt
Websitehttp://www.fyysika.ee/efs/

The Estonian Physical Society (Eesti Füüsika Selts, EFS) is a voluntary not-for-profit research society bringing together all those active in physics in Estonia. The EFS was established in 1989 and is affiliated with the Estonian Academy of Sciences (Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia) and is a European Physical Society Member Society.[1][2][3]

Presidents of the Estonian Physical Society

Kaido Reivelt (University of Tartu) is the current president (since 2007).[4] The first president of the Society was Jaak Aaviksoo,[5] followed later by Piret Kuusk (1998-2001),[6] Raivo Jaaniso (2001-2004),[7] and Arvo Kikas (2004-2007).[8]

Honorary members

  • Henn Käämbre
  • Karl Rebane
  • Harald Keres
  • Jaan Einasto
  • Piret Kuusk

Awards

The society gives several awards:

  • Annual Award: in recognition of theoretical, experimental, or an area of physics research results. The award is published in the Annals of the Estonian Physical Society;
  • A certificate of honor status: for promoting physics in Estonia;
  • Two student awards for research and for the promotion of physics.

Publications

  • Annals of the Estonian Physical Society (ISSN 1406-0574)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Estonian Physical Society: About us
  2. ↑ Estoanian Academy of Sciences: Facts of History
  3. ↑ http://www.eps.org/directory/directory/national-societies European Physical Society: Member Societies
  4. ↑ "CV: Kaido Reivelt". https://www.etis.ee/portaal/isikuCV.aspx?LastNameFirstLetter=R&PersonVID=567&lang=et&FromUrl0=isikud.aspx. 
  5. ↑ "Eesti ja Soome Füüsika Seltsi ühised füüsikapäevad". Horisont 2. 2007. http://www.horisont.ee/node/45. Retrieved 17 January 2011. 
  6. ↑ Board, Editorial (1999). "European Physical Society Director". Europhysics News 30 (4): 103–109. doi:10.1007/s00770-999-0103-y. http://www.europhysicsnews.org/10.1007/s00770-999-0103-y/pdf. 
  7. ↑ https://www.etis.ee/portaal/isikuCV.aspx?LastNameFirstLetter=J&PersonVID=36945&lang=et&FromUrl0=isikud.aspx [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  8. ↑ https://www.etis.ee/portaal/isikuCV.aspx?LastNameFirstLetter=K&PersonVID=329&lang=et&FromUrl0=isikud.aspx [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]

External links

  • Fyysika.ee – Estonian physics portal created by the EFS
  • Teadusbuss – Science Bus, a science popularization project led by the EFS



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