Legal Organs
Scientific Committees
Head of Division : March 2020 - April 2028
Prof. Jose Antonio Carrillo - United Kingdom
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Prof. José A. Carrillo is Professor of the Analysis of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, and Tutorial Fellow in Applied Mathematics at The Queen’s College. His research focuses on kinetic equations, nonlinear and nonlocal diffusion equations, and their applications in granular media, semiconductors, and collective behaviour. He is internationally recognised for his work on aggregation-diffusion models, nonlinear Fokker-Planck equations, and the use of optimal transport and entropy methods to analyse gradient flows and singularity formation in PDEs.
Prof. Carrillo has made major contributions to the mathematical understanding of self-organisation phenomena, with applications in biology, control engineering, and global optimisation. He was Chair of the Applied Mathematics Committee of the European Mathematical Society (2014–2017), Chair of the 2018 Year of Mathematical Biology, and Program Director of the SIAM Activity Group on Analysis of PDEs (2019–2020).
He is a Foreign Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Spain (2021), SIAM Fellow (Class of 2019), and recipient of the SEMA Prize (2003) and the GAMM Richard von Mises Prize (2006). He received a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2012–2017), and was awarded an ERC Advanced Grant (2019) to support his research on complex particle dynamics, phase transitions, patterns, and synchronisation.
Prof. José A. Carrillo has served as Head of the Mathematics Division across two mandates: March 2020 – February 2023, extended until April 2024 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; May 2025 – April 2028 (current and second consecutive term, in accordance with the EurASc Bylaws).
Officer : March 2023 - February 2026
Prof. Pavel Exner - Czech Republic
DOPPLER INSTITUTE, CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
Prof. Pavel Exner is Scientific Director of the Doppler Institute for Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics at the Czech Technical University in Prague. He is internationally recognised for his contributions to mathematical quantum theory, with particular focus on spectral and scattering properties of quantum systems, quantum waveguides, quantum graphs, and manifolds.
His major research contributions include the analysis of geometrically induced effects in quantum waveguides and layers, singular Schrödinger operators, quantum graph vertex coupling approximations, Zeno dynamics, strongly singular Wannier-Stark systems, and Dirac operators with singular interactions. He has actively supervised many students and postdoctoral researchers in mathematical physics.
Prof. Exner has played a significant role in the international mathematical community. He served as Secretary and President of the International Association of Mathematical Physics (2006–2011), and as Vice-President (2005–2010) and President (2015–2018) of the European Mathematical Society. He was a founding member of the European Research Council (ERC) and served as its Vice-President (2011–2014).
He has received several prestigious awards, including the JINR Prize (1985) and the Neuron Prize (2016). He is a member of Academia Europaea, a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and an honorary member of the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society.
Prof. Pavel Exner has served as Officer of the Mathematics Division since March 2023, for the mandate March 2023 – February 2026 (current and first term, in accordance with the EurASc Bylaws).
Officer : March 2023 - February 2026
Prof. Helge Holden - Norway
NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Prof. Helge Holden is Professor of Mathematics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. He is internationally recognised for his research in partial differential equations, mathematical physics, and stochastic analysis, with important contributions to nonlinear wave equations, hyperbolic conservation laws, and the theory of rough paths.
Prof. Holden has co-authored several influential books and numerous highly cited articles in analysis and mathematical modelling. His work spans both theoretical advances and applications in physics and engineering. In addition to his scientific achievements, he has held several leading positions in international scientific organisations.
He served as President of the European Mathematical Society (2015–2018) and is currently a Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, as well as of Academia Europaea and the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. He has played a prominent role in European research policy and scientific collaboration in mathematics.
Prof. Helge Holden has served as Officer of the Mathematics Division since March 2023, for the mandate March 2023 – February 2026 (current and first term, in accordance with the EurASc Bylaws).
Officer : March 2023 - February 2026
Prof. Sylvie Meleard - France
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE PARIS
Prof. Sylvie Méléard is Professor of Applied Mathematics at the École Polytechnique in Paris, France, and Chair of the Mathematical Modelling and Biodiversity research group. She is a leading expert in probability theory, stochastic processes, and their applications to mathematical biology and ecology, particularly in the modelling of evolutionary dynamics and population processes.
Her research combines deep theoretical development in interacting particle systems, measure-valued processes, and diffusion approximations, with innovative applications to structured biological systems. Prof. Méléard has co-authored influential monographs and numerous articles in top mathematical journals, bridging stochastic analysis with real-world biological complexity.
She is a member of the Academia Europaea, Institut Universitaire de France, and has served on multiple editorial boards and national scientific committees. Her contributions have advanced the mathematical foundations of evolutionary ecology and fostered interdisciplinary collaboration between mathematics and life sciences.
Prof. Sylvie Méléard has served as Officer of the Mathematics Division since March 2023, for the mandate March 2023 – February 2026 (current and first term, in accordance with the EurASc Bylaws).
Officer : March 2023 - February 2026
Prof. Anna Wienhard - Germany
MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS
Prof. Anna Wienhard is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, and Honorary Professor at Heidelberg University. She is internationally known for her work in differential geometry, Lie groups, geometric structures, and representation theory, with a focus on the interface between geometry, topology, and dynamics.
Her research explores the structure and classification of higher Teichmüller spaces, Anosov representations, and symmetric spaces, making foundational contributions to the understanding of geometric representations of surface groups and their applications in mathematics and theoretical physics.
Prof. Wienhard has received numerous recognitions, including ERC funding, and has held leadership roles promoting diversity and interdisciplinary research. She is a member of Academia Europaea and has served on advisory boards of major mathematical institutions and editorial boards of leading journals.
Prof. Anna Wienhard has served as Officer of the Mathematics Division since March 2023, for the mandate March 2023 – February 2026 (current and first term, in accordance with the EurASc Bylaws).