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Estonian Physical Society

The Estonian Physical Society (Eesti Füüsika Selts, EFS) is a voluntary not-for-profit research society bringing together all those active in physics in Estonia. The EFS was established in 1989 and is affiliated with the Estonian Academy of Sciences (Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia) and is a European Physical Society Member Society.[1][2][3]

Estonian Physical Society (Eesti Füüsika Selts)
AbbreviationEFS
Formation19 May 1989[1]
Region served
Estonia
President
Kaido Reivelt
Websitehttp://www.fyysika.ee/efs/

Presidents of the Estonian Physical Society

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Kaido Reivelt (University of Tartu) is the current president (since 2007).[4] The first president of the Society was Jaak Aaviksoo,[5] followed later by Piret Kuusk (1998-2001),[6] Raivo Jaaniso (2001-2004),[7] and Arvo Kikas (2004-2007).[8]

Honorary members

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Awards

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The society gives several awards:

  • Annual Award: in recognition of theoretical, experimental, or an area of physics research results. The award is published in the Annals of the Estonian Physical Society;
  • A certificate of honor status: for promoting physics in Estonia;
  • Two student awards for research and for the promotion of physics.

Publications

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  • Annals of the Estonian Physical Society (ISSN 1406-0574)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Estonian Physical Society: About us". Archived from the original on 2010-08-09. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
  2. ^ Estoanian Academy of Sciences: Facts of History
  3. ^ http://www.eps.org/directory/directory/national-societies Archived 2010-12-03 at the Wayback Machine European Physical Society: Member Societies
  4. ^ "CV: Kaido Reivelt".
  5. ^ "Eesti ja Soome Füüsika Seltsi ühised füüsikapäevad". Horisont. Vol. 2. 2007. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  6. ^ Board, Editorial (1999). "European Physical Society Director". Europhysics News. 30 (4): 103–109. doi:10.1007/s00770-999-0103-y. S2CID 189843850.
  7. ^ https://www.etis.ee/portaal/isikuCV.aspx?LastNameFirstLetter=J&PersonVID=36945&lang=et&FromUrl0=isikud.aspx [dead link]
  8. ^ https://www.etis.ee/portaal/isikuCV.aspx?LastNameFirstLetter=K&PersonVID=329&lang=et&FromUrl0=isikud.aspx [dead link]
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