As part of an ongoing effort to serve the global physics community, APS provides resources to deepen its international engagement with physicists worldwide. Learn more about APS programs, events, publications, and networks offered to physicists in South and West Europe.
Any statistics listed on this page are representative of APS Members in Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
International Research Travel Award Program (IRTAP)
Travel grants to support collaborations between developing and developed country physicists. Learn more
FGSA Travel Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
Recognizes graduate students who have made noteworthy progress in academics, covers travel expenses to attend a scientific conference or workshop. Learn more
FIP Distinguished Student Program Travel Awards
Recognizes outstanding students in any field of physics, providing travel funding to make presentations at the APS March or April Meeting. Learn more
US Visa Information
Applying for a visa, navigating application delays, and estimating visa processing times. Learn more
APS Webinars for Physicists
APS Webinars offer professional development, career guidance, and advice from fellow physicists. Past webinars are available in the webinar archive. Learn more
International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD 2022)
The International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development encourages exchanges between scientists and all categories of stakeholders to emphasize the links among basic sciences and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations Agenda 2030. Learn more
APS Student Ambassadors
The APS Student Ambassadors program is an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students around the world to strengthen the network of student members at their institution dedicated to advancing physics through APS by participating in and sharing valuable APS resources and programs. Learn more
ICTP-SAIFR Física de Frontera para Profesores de Secundaria
With support from the APS Innovation Fund, the ICTP- SAIFR center in São Paulo has translated 18 volumes of free material on modern physics for high-school classrooms. Learn more about the growing network of high-school teachers in Latin America that use this material. Learn More
APS signs agreements with other physical societies to exchange certain member benefits. Learn more
As taken from the APS Meetings Calendar. To have your meeting added to the APS Meetings Calendar, please email meetings@aps.org.
Accelerating Improvements in Density Functional Theory
August 21-25, 2023
CECAM Headquarters, EPFL
Lausanne, Switzerland
Strange Metals in Quantum Materials and Quantum Emulators
December 11-15, 2023
Physikzentrum
Bad Honnef, Germany
Access presentations and technical programs for past APS Meetings through the Meeting Archive and Meeting Presentations webpages.
Physical Review Journals
Articles in APS News about this Region
View articles that have appeared in the International News column of APS News.
Physics Magazine
APS Forum on International Physics (FIP) Newsletter
Stay up to date with the activities of the APS Forum on International Physics by reading the most recent FIP Newsletter.
4200
APS Members
506
APS Fellows
The APS Government Affairs has partnered with APS members to advocate for openness and scientific mobility in hundreds of meetings with Congressional staff across the United States. Learn more
The Task Force on Expanding International Engagement examined how the Society can better serve its international members and the global physics community. Share your feedback & ideas with us!
The APS Council of Representatives is an elected body of APS Members that addresses matters related to science and membership, including science policy. International Councilors serve a four year term and provide the perspectives and opinions of international physicists during APS Council discussions and decisions.
Xun-Li Wang
2023-2026
City University of Hong Kong
Ursula Keller
2020-2023
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
Karen Hallberg
2021-2024
Instituto Balseiro
Argentina
Omololu Akin-Ojo
2022-2025
East African Institute of Fundamental Research
Rwanda
*APS members whose primary residence is the US are not included in these statistics.
APS is proud to honor these recipients from the South and West Europe region. See more recipients from past years.
2023 Recipients
Jürgen Renn, Germany
Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics
Peter Hänggi, Germany
Lars Onsager Prize
Heinrich Leutwyler, Switzerland
J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics
J.C. Séamus Davis, United Kingdom & Ireland
Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize
2022 Recipients
Daphné Lemasquerier, France
Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award in Fluid Dynamics
Krzysztof Gawędzki, France
Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
Elisabeth Charlaix, France
Fluid Dynamics Prize
Davide Giusti, Germany
Dissertation Award in Hadronic Physics
Roberto Verzicco, Italy & the Netherlands
Stanley Corrsin Award
Manfred Fiebig, Switzerland
Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids
Michael Vennettilli, Netherlands
Irwin Oppenheim Award
Patricia Fara, United Kingdom
Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics
Christopher Chen, United Kingdom
Lev D. Landau and Lyman Spitzer Jr. Award for Outstanding Contributions to Plasma Physics
2020 Recipients
Antoine Georges
Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics
Dieter Hoffmann
Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics
Klaas Bergmann
Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics
Mikhail Eremets
James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials
Kurt Binder
Polymer Physics Prize
Bruce Allen
Richard A. Isaacson Award in Gravitational-Wave Science
Bernard Schutz
Richard A. Isaacson Award in Gravitational-Wave Science
Michael Allen
Will Allis Prize for the Study of Ionized Gases
Xavier Ribeyre
Landau-Spitzer Award
Marta Verweij
Stuart Jay Freedman Award in Experimental Nuclear Physics
Alexis Casner
Landau-Spitzer Award
Emmanuel Villermaux
Stanley Corrsin Award
Gianluca Gregori
John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research
2019 Recipients
Francesco Calogero
Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
Michel Gaudin
Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
Claudia Felser
James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials
Gianluca Gregori
John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research
Alexander Schekochihin
John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research
Jonathan Home
Rolf Landauer and Charles H. Bennett Award in Quantum Computing
Fernando Quevedo
John Wheatley Award
Hasok Chang
Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics
Irene Giardina
Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics
Andrea Cavagna
Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics
Lev P. Pitaevskii
Lars Onsager
Lieselotte Obst-Huebl
Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Beam Physics Award