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The Presidium of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc) is the highest strategic and governance body of the Academy. It is composed of distinguished Fellows elected by their peers, and is responsible for overseeing the Academy’s statutes, financial affairs, election processes, and overall scientific and organisational direction.
The Presidium provides leadership and vision, ensuring that the Academy remains aligned with its mission to promote excellence in science and technology across Europe and globally. It supervises the activities of the Scientific Divisions, ratifies key decisions regarding membership and awards, and upholds the values of independence, meritocracy, and interdisciplinary collaboration that define EurASc.
The Presidium meets regularly to guide strategic initiatives and to ensure that EurASc responds dynamically to scientific, societal, and technological challenges.
President : March 2018 - April 2024 *
Professor Rodrigo Martins - Portugal
NEW UNIVERSITY OF LISBON
Prof. Rodrigo Ferrão de Paiva Martins is Full Professor at the Department of Materials Science of the NOVA School of Science and Technology | FCT NOVA, Portugal. He is Director of CEMOP/Uninova (Centre of Excellence in Microelectronics and Optoelectronics Processes), and Director of CENIMAT/i3N (Center for Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication), internationally renowned for his leadership in the fields of advanced materials, transparent electronics, and functional nanostructures.
Prof. Martins holds prominent positions at the European and global level. He is Chair of the European Committee Affairs of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS), and Chair of the Global Leadership and Service Award Committee. He served as President of the International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS) and is a Member of the Portuguese Academy of Engineering and of the Portuguese Order of Engineers. He is also Chair of the BMC Materials journal series under Springer Nature.
His pioneering contributions to materials science have earned him numerous national and international recognitions, and he has played a pivotal role in promoting global cooperation in materials research.
Prof. Rodrigo Martins has served in the Presidium of the European Academy of Sciences as follows:
Vice-President: March 2017 – February 2018
President: First mandate from March 2018 – February 2020; Second mandate from March 2020 – February 2022, extended until April 2024 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Vice-President : March 2018 - April 2024*
Prof. Alain Tressaud - France
CNRS
Prof. Alain Tressaud is Emeritus Research Director of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Bordeaux, France. He is a world-renowned expert in solid-state chemistry, fluorine chemistry, and the modification of surface properties of materials. His pioneering work has had a lasting impact on the development of functional materials and fluorinated compounds.
He has authored over 370 scientific papers, 20 book chapters, 12 international patents, and has edited 10 books, including Fluorine: A Paradoxical Element (2019). He is the founding editor of the book series Advances in Fluorine Science and Progress in Fluorine Science (Elsevier), and editor of Progress in Science, Progress in Society (Springer-Nature, 2018), the official proceedings of the 2016 EurASc Ceremony in Brussels.
Prof. Tressaud founded and chaired the French Network on Fluorine Chemistry, supported by CNRS, and is a Member of several scientific academies and societies, including the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA), WSSET (UK), and Distinguished Fellow of the French Chemical Society (SCF). Among his many distinctions are the Atomic Energy Agency Award of the French Academy of Sciences (2008), the Fluorine Award of the American Chemical Society (2011), and the Henri Moissan International Prize (2013).
Prof. Tressaud was awarded the Honor for Distinguished Leadership Award (2024) in recognition of his exemplary service and leadership as former President of the European Academy of Sciences.
Prof. Alain Tressaud has served in the Presidium of the European Academy of Sciences as follows:
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President: April 2017 – March 2018
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Vice-President: March 2018 – February 2020, extended until April 2024 due to the COVID-19 pandemic (in accordance with the EurASc Bylaws)
Member : March 2017 - April 2024*
Prof. Tommaso Calarco - Germany
UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE
Prof. Tommaso Calarco is Director of the Institute for Quantum Control at the Peter Grünberg Institute, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, and Professor of Physics at the University of Ulm, where he has served since 2007 (tenured 2009). He earned his MSc in Physics from the University of Padua (1994) and completed his PhD at the University of Ferrara (1998), followed by postdoctoral work in the group of P. Zoller at the University of Innsbruck.
He later held research positions at the ECT* Centre and the BEC Centre in Trento, Italy. A pioneer in the field of quantum technologies, Prof. Calarco is internationally recognised for his work on quantum control, and has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and delivered over 100 invited lectures worldwide.
He is one of the principal architects of the Quantum Manifesto (2016), which laid the foundation for the European Commission’s Quantum Flagship initiative, and he currently serves as Chairman of the Quantum Community Network, the key governance body of the initiative.
Prof. Tommaso Calarco has served as Member of the Presidium of the European Academy of Sciences from March 2019 to February 2021, extended until April 2024 due to the COVID-19 pandemic (in accordance with the EurASc Bylaws).
Member : March 2015 - April 2024*
Prof. Natividad Carpintero-Santamaria - Spain
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID (UPM)
Prof. Natividad Carpintero-Santamaría is Full Professor at the Department of Energy Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) and serves as General Secretary of the Institute of Nuclear Fusion (UPM). She has lectured widely across the globe, including in Armenia, Australia, the European Union, Jordan, Latin America, the Russian Federation, Turkey, and the United States.
Her academic work spans nuclear fusion, energy systems, and the history and ethics of science and technology. She is the author of The Atom Bomb: The Human Factor during Second World War (Díaz de Santos, 2007) and co-editor, with Guillermo Velarde, of Inertial Confinement Nuclear Fusion: A Historical Approach by its Pioneers (Foxwell & Davies, 2007), a title recommended by the EUROfusion Consortium of the European Commission. She has also published chapters and papers with Springer, Routledge, Cambridge Scholars, and Elsevier.
Prof. Carpintero-Santamaría is a member of the Commission for Energy and Security and Defence of the Centre for National Defence Studies (CESEDEN) and sits on the General Council of EuroDefense-Spain. Her career has been recognised with several national honours, including the Alfonso XIII Prize in History of Applied Science (Spanish Academy of Sciences, 1991), the Cross of Aeronautical Merit (White Distinction) (2011), and the Cross of Military Merit (White Distinction) (2015).
Prof. Natividad Carpintero-Santamaría has served as Member of the Presidium of the European Academy of Sciences across two mandates: March 2015 – February 2019; March 2019 – February 2023, extended until April 2024 due to the COVID-19 pandemic (in accordance with the EurASc Bylaws).
Member : March 2015 - April 2024*
Prof. Richard Durst - United States
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Prof. Richard A. Durst is Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Cornell University, USA. He received his B.S. in Chemistry with highest honours from the University of Rhode Island in 1960 and earned his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, with a minor in biophysics, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1963.
He began his distinguished career at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards (NBS, now NIST) in 1966, where he served as Chief of the Electrochemical Analysis Section and later as Deputy Director of the Center for Analytical Chemistry. His federal service was recognised with both the Bronze and Silver Medals for Superior and Meritorious Federal Service, and in 2009 he was inducted into the NBS/NIST Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Scientists.
In 1990, he joined the faculty at Cornell University, where he continued his prolific academic work. He is the author or co-author of over 260 technical articles and book chapters, and has edited two major scientific volumes. His contributions to analytical chemistry, especially in electrochemistry and biosensing, are widely recognised internationally.
Prof. Durst was elected Fellow of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc) in 2002.
Prof. Richard A. Durst has served as Member of the Presidium of the European Academy of Sciences across two mandates: March 2015 – February 2019; March 2019 – February 2023, extended until April 2024 due to the COVID-19 pandemic (in accordance with the EurASc Bylaws).
Member : March 2015 - April 2024*
Prof. Emmanuel G. Floratos - Greece
DEMOKRITOS RESEARCH CENTER, GREECE
Prof. Emmanuel Floratos is an internationally renowned theoretical physicist and mathematician, recognised for his influential contributions to fundamental physics and finite quantum mechanics. His pioneering research has helped advance the mathematical foundations of quantum theory and the interplay between physics and number theory.
Throughout his career, Prof. Floratos has produced a body of work that bridges deep mathematical structures with conceptual developments in quantum field theory and theoretical high-energy physics. His research has been widely cited and continues to inspire ongoing developments in both physics and mathematics.
Awarded the 2004 Blaise Pascal Medal in Physics in recognition of his fundamental contributions to physics and groundbreaking research in finite quantum mechanics.
Prof. Emmanuel Floratos has served as Member of the Presidium of the European Academy of Sciences across two mandates: March 2015 – February 2019; March 2019 – February 2023, extended until April 2024 due to the COVID-19 pandemic (in accordance with the EurASc Bylaws).
Member : March 2015 - April 2024*
Prof. Paul Tréguer - France
UNIVERSITY OF BREST
Prof. Paul Tréguer is Emeritus Professor at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale in Brest, France. He is internationally recognised for his contributions to chemical oceanography and marine biogeochemistry, with a particular focus on the polar oceans and coastal waters of Europe. His research has advanced the understanding of marine ecosystems in the context of global environmental change.
Prof. Tréguer is the founder of the European Institute for Marine Studies (IUEM) and of the Europôle Mer, both major initiatives to promote interdisciplinary marine research in Europe. He also served as Director of EUR-OCEANS, the European Network of Excellence dedicated to studying the impacts of global change on marine ecosystems.
He has received several prestigious distinctions, including the Georges Millot Medal in 2013 from the French Academy of Sciences (in the sciences of the universe), and election as Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) in 2016.
Prof. Paul Tréguer has served as Member of the Presidium of the European Academy of Sciences across two mandates: March 2015 – February 2019; March 2019 – February 2023, extended until April 2024 due to the COVID-19 pandemic (in accordance with the EurASc Bylaws).