International Solvay Institutes

The International Solvay Institutes are the union of the International Solvay Institute for Chemistry and the International Solvay Institute for Physics.


Each Institute has its own Director, responsible for the organization of the scientific activities in her/his field, including defining their scientific directions. One of the two directors is furthermore « Managing director », in charge of the daily management of both Institutes (finances, personnel etc).


The directors report regularly to the Board of Directors which makes sure that the running of the Institutes is done according to its missions and with reasonable and due care. The mandates of the Directors last 6 years and are renewable.


The Directors are assisted in their scientific tasks by:


  • The members of the executive committee ;
  • The International Scientific Committees for Physics and Chemistry, which are fully responsible for the scientific organization of the "Conseils Solvay" ;
  • The local Scientific Committees, which help them for the organization of all the other activities (workshops, colloquia, chairs).

    • The managing director is assisted in his management tasks by the administrative staff.

Executive Committee


Prof. Marc Henneaux (ULB & Collège de France), Director of the Institute for Physics and Managing Director


Prof. Yves Geerts (ULB), Director of the Institute for Chemistry


Prof. Alexandre Sevrin (VUB), Deputy Director for Physics and Secretary of the International Scientific Committee for Physics


Prof. Gert Desmet (VUB), Deputy Director for Chemistry


Prof. Glenn Barnich (ULB), Solvay Colloquia in Physics


Prof. Ben Craps (VUB), Doctoral School


Prof. Anne De Wit (ULB), Archives and Secretary of the International Scientific Committee for Chemistry


Prof. Nathan Goldman (ULB & Collège de France), Scientific group leader Webpage

Staff

Chief Project Coordinator : Ms Isabelle Van Geet

Office Manager : Ms Inès Tirvengadum

Accounting Officer : Mr Tahar Hmida

Marina Solvay fellowship


Thanks to a generous gift of the Solvay family, a fellowship is given every year to a brilliant young postdoctoral researcher.

List of Marina Solvay fellows:

Waldemar Schulgin (2012-2014)

David Tempo (2015)

Jelle Hartong (2016)

Adolfo Guarino (2017)

Charlotte Sleight (2018)

Sucheta Majumdar (2019)

Oscar Fuentealba (2020)

Luca Ciambelli (2021)

Jakob Salzer (2022)

Oscar Fuentealba (2023-2024)

Stathis Vitouladitis (2025)