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.

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

ECerS Secretary

Belgian Ceramic Research Centre, Mons

Belgium

Moritz von Witzleben

Moritz von Witzleben

Treasurer

INMATEC Technologies GmbH  

Germany

Latest news

New Empa fellowship program for future women science leaders

Empa has launched the Women Scientific Leadership Fellowship, a new four-year program designed to support outstanding women scientists on their path towards independent research leadership.

Oct 7, 2026
2027 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 1st call - ICACC 2027

In the frame of the 2027 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 51st International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2027) to be held from 24th to 29th January 2027 in Daytona Beach, USA, as well as the IGNITE MSE (International Gathering and Networking for Individuals to Explore Materials Science and Engineering) event that will be held on Sunday 24th January 2027.

Oct 1, 2026

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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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