Member of SCNAT

The Swiss Physical Society (SPS) is the national professional association of Physicists coming from teaching, research, development and industry. The diversity of modern research in physics is reflected in ten specific sections.

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Honorary members

The Swiss Physical Society has nominated the following persons as honorary members:

1965

  • Prof. Markus Fierz (†2006)

1976

  • Prof. Georg A. Busch (†2000)

1985

  • Prof. Martin Peter (†2002)

1990

  • Prof. Jean-Pierre Blaser (†2019)
  • Dr. Heinrich Rohrer (†2013)

1991

  • Prof. K. Alex Müller (†2023)

2001

  • Prof. Jean-Pierre Borel (†2020)
  • Prof. Hans Frauenfelder
  • Prof. Hermann Grunder
  • Prof. Verena Meyer (†2018)
  • Prof. Ambros P. Speiser (†2003)

2005

  • Prof. Charles P. Enz (†2019)
  • Prof. Hans Rudolf Ott

2010

  • Prof. Hans Beck
  • Prof. Øystein Fischer (†2013)
  • Prof. Hans-Joachim Güntherodt (†2014)
  • Prof. T. Maurice Rice (†2024)
  • Prof. Louis Schlapbach

2011

  • Dr. J. Georg Bednorz
  • Prof. Jean-Pierre Eckmann
  • Prof. Jürg Fröhlich
  • Prof. Martin C. E. Huber

2014

  • Prof. Francis Troyon (†2016)

2015

  • Prof. Herwig Schopper

2016

  • Prof. Piero Martinoli
  • Prof. Norbert Straumann

2018

  • Prof. Maurice Bourquin

2020

  • Prof. Ralph Eichler
  • Prof. Kathrin Altwegg-von Burg

2021

  • Prof. Friedrich-Karl Thielemann

2022

  • Prof. Felicitas Pauss

2023

  • Prof. Ruth Durrer
  • Dr. Bernhard Braunecker

The committee of the SPS gladly accepts more suggestions for honorary members. According to the statutes, nominations must be supported by at least 3 members.