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
Tanja Lube
Montanuniversitaet, Leoben
Klaus Reichmann
Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Materials
Graz University of Technology - Graz

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
Anna-Marie Lauermannova
University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
Michal Pribyl
PROMAT Praha

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
Fabienne Audubert
CEA
Jean-Marc Heintz
ICMCB Bordeaux

Georgia
Maia Balakhashvili
Georgian Technical University
Zviad Kovziridze
Georgian Techn. Univ.

Germany
Michael Rozumek
Morgan Advanced Materials Haldenwanger GmbH
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

Lithuania
Aleksej Zarkov
Vilnius University
Sarunas Svirskas
Vilnius 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
Dawid Kozień
AGH - University of Science and Technology
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
Olga Shilova
Institute of Silicate Chemistry - (NRC "Kurchatov Institute" - PNPI - ISC)
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
Adrian Quesada
Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio, CSIC - Madrid
Jadra Mosa
Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio, CSIC - 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
Richard Todd
University of Oxford
Latest news
Next JECS Trust Call for projects: IMPORTANT CHANGES
We draw your attention on the following decisions from the JECS Trust Board:
- The deadline for submission of Mobility only projects of 31st August 2026 is cancelled
- The deadline for submission of Mobility and General Activity projects of 31st May is postponed to 30th June 2026
- Only students members of ECerS can apply for Mobility projects
Result of the JECS Trust Call 02/2026
38 applications for Mobility projects were submitted to the JECS Trust by the deadline of 28th February 2026.
Information
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