The European Ceramic Society

Officers

The ECerS President is elected by the Council for a period of two years. The President is assisted by the Executive Committee and an Advisory Group.

Members of the 2023-2025 Permanent Executive Committee : 

Richard Todd

Richard Todd

President

University of Oxford, Department of Materials
United Kingdom

Thomas Graule

Thomas Graule

Past-President

Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Switzerland

Zbigniew Pędzich

Zbigniew Pędzich

President Elect

AGH University of Krakow

Poland

Jon Binner

Jon Binner

School of Metallurgy and Materials - University of Birmingham

UK

Erkka Frankberg

Erkka Frankberg

Tampere University
Finland

Andraz Kocjan

Andraz Kocjan

Department for Nanostructured Materials - Jožef Stefan Institute 

Ljubljana - Slovenia

Anne Leriche

Anne Leriche

UPHF Valenciennes

France

Paola Palmero

Paola Palmero

Polito - Torino
Italy

Pavol Sajgalik

Pavol Sajgalik

Slovak Academy of Sciences - Bratislava

Slovak Republic

Francis Cambier

Francis Cambier

General Secretary

Belgian Ceramic Research Centre, Mons

Belgium

Moritz von Witzleben

Moritz von Witzleben

Treasurer

INMATEC Technologies GmbH  

Germany

Latest news

2026 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 1st call!

In the frame of the 2026 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 50th ICACC (International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites) that will be held from 25th to 30th January 2026 in Daytona Beach - Florida - United States!

Sep 24, 2025
Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust for Mobility projects is 30th November 2025!

Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before mid-February 2026. Activities submitted for the deadline of 30th November 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before Mid-March 2026.

Sep 8, 2025

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ECerS coordinates and promotes the study of ceramics through the following actions :

ECerS office

Av. Gouverneur Cornez , 4

7000 Mons

Belgium

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