The European Ceramic Society
Council members
The Council of the ECerS is composed of the Presidents of the Member organizations and one more member of each national organization:

Austria
Klaus Reichmann
Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Materials
Graz University of Technology - Graz
Thomas Konegger
TU Wien - Vienna University of Technology

Belgium
Jacques Rennotte
Belgian Ceramic Research Centre, Mons
Annabel Braem
KU Leuven, Leuven

Croatia
Vilko Mandić
University of Zagreb
Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
Luka Pavić
Ruđer Bošković Institute - Zagreb

Czech Republic
Michal Pribyl
PROMAT Praha
Ondrej Jankovsky
University of Chemistry and Technology Prague
Department of Inorganic Chemistry

Denmark
Astri Bjørnetun Haugen
Technical University of Denmark - Copenhagen
Erling Ringgaard
Meggitt, Christchurch

Finland
Thomas Kronberg
Åbo Akademi University
Erkka Frankberg
Material Science and Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Tampere University

France
Jean-Marc Heintz
ICMCB Bordeaux
Thierry Cutard
Ecole des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux

Georgia
Zviad Kovziridze
Georgian Techn. Univ.

Germany
Christos G. Aneziris
Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
Angelika Priese
Imerys Murg GmbH

Greece
Athena Tsetsekou
School of Mining Engineering and Metallurgy
National Technical University of Athens
Simeon Agathopoulos
University of Ioannina
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Hungary
Csaba Balazsi
Centre for Energy Research
Eötvös Loránd Research Network - Budapest
Katalin Balazsi
Thin Film Physics Department - Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science
Centre for Energy Research, Eötvös Loránd Research Network - Budapest

Ireland
Stuart Hampshire
The Bernal Institute
University of Limerick
Eamonn De Barra
Mechanical, Aeronautical, and Biomedical Engineering
University of Limerick

Italy
Cristina Siligardi
Dip. di Ingegneria “Enzo Ferrari” Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Paolo Colombo
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale
Università di Padova

Latvia
Dagnija Loca
Latvian Materials Research Society
Rudolfs Cimdins Riga Biomaterials Innovations and Development Centre
Kristine Salma-Ancane
Institute of General Chemical Engineering
Riga Technical University

The Netherlands
Eddy Brinkman
Betase B.V.
Louis Winnubst
University of Twente
Inorganic Membranes group

Norway
Julian Walker
Department of Materials Science and Engineering - NTNU - Gløshaugen

Poland
Zbigniew Pedzich
AGH - University of Science and Technology
Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, Advanced Ceramics Dept.
Paulina Wiecinska
Warsaw University of Technology
Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Technology

Portugal
José Carlos Almeida
Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering
University of Aveiro
Hugo Fernandes
University of Aveiro - CICECO

Romania
Adrian Volceanov
University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest
SIMONa department
Adelina Ianculescu
University "POLITEHNICA" Bucharest
Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide

Russia
Larisa Mezentseva
Institute of Silicate Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg

Serbia
Branko Matovic
Department of Material Science
Vinka Institute of Nuclear Science
Vladimir V. Srdic
Faculty of Technology
University of Novi Sad

Slovak Republic
Pavol Sajgalik
Slovak Academy of Sciences - Bratislava
Peter Tatarko
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
Slovak Academy of Sciences - Bratislava

Slovenia
Matjaz Spreitzer
Advanced Materials Department
Jožef Stefan Institute - Ljubljana
Andraz Kocjan
Department for Nanostructured Materials
Jožef Stefan Institute - Ljubljana

Spain
Jadra Mosa
Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio, CSIC - Madrid
María Canillas Pérez
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Sweden
Erik Adolfsson
Swerea - Swedish Research - Kista

Switzerland
Frank CLemens
Swiss Association for Materials Science and Technology (SVMT)
Thomas Graule
Swiss Association for Materials Science and Technology (SVMT)

Turkey
Taner Kavas (President)
Turkish Ceramic Federation - Istanbul
Servet TURAN
Eskişehir Technical University

United Kingdom
Jon Binner
College of Engineering and Physical Sciences
School of Metallurgy and Materials - University of Birmingham
Latest news
2025 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 3rd call!
In the frame of the 2025 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a first call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 2025 International Symposium on Green Processing for Advanced Ceramics (IGPAC 2025), organised by the Ceramic Society of Japan, from 5th to 9th October 2025 in Ise-Shima/Mie, Japan.
Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust for Mobility projects is 31st August 2025!
Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before end of October 2025. Activities submitted for the deadline of 31st August 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before November 2025.
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