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)