International Solvay Institutes

International Scientific Committees

The Scientific Committees are in charge of the Conseils Solvay. Their outstanding quality is what makes the International Solvay Institutes renowned worldwide. Each member is appointed for a 6-year period term, renewable once. The International Solvay Institutes are proud of their Scientific Committees and most grateful for their remarkable work.

Scientific Committee for Physics

Chair

Prof. David Gross, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics

Santa Barbara (USA), Nobel Laureate 2004

Members

Prof. Roger Blandford, Stanford University (USA)

Prof. Alessandra Buonanno, Max-Planck-Institut, Potsdam (Germany)

Prof. Steven Chu, Stanford University (USA), Nobel Laureate 1997

Prof. Fabiola Gianotti, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)

Prof. Bertrand Halperin, Harvard University (USA)

Prof. Wolfgang Ketterle, MIT, Cambridge (USA), Nobel Laureate 2001

Prof. Juan Maldacena, IAS Princeton (USA)

Prof. Giorgio Parisi, U. La Sapienza, Roma (Italy) Nobel Laureate 2021

Prof. Peter Zoller, University of Innsbruck (Austria)

Scientific Secretary

Prof. Alexandre Sevrin, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)

Scientific Committee for Chemistry

Chair

Prof. Ben Feringa, University of Groningen (The Netherlands), Nobel Laureate 2016

Members

Prof. Takuzo Aida, Tokyo University (Japan)

Prof. Joanna Aizenberg, Harvard University, Cambridge (USA)

Prof. Carolyn Bertozzi, Stanford University (USA)

Prof. Thomas Ebbesen,Strasbourg University (France)

Prof. Stefan Hell, Max Planck Institute (Germany), Nobel Laureate 2014

Prof. David W. MacMillan, Princeton University (USA)

Prof. Bert Weckhuysen, Utrecht University (The Netherlands)

Prof. Helma Wennemers, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)

Prof. Omar Yaghi, Berkeley University (USA)

Scientific Secretary

Prof. Anne De Wit, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)