# Swiss Physical Society

The Swiss Physical Society (SPS) (German: Schweizerische Physikalische Gesellschaft / SPG, French: Société Suisse de Physique / SSP) is a Swiss professional society promoting physics in Switzerland. It was founded in May 1908. SPS is involved in education and mediate young talent programs and Swiss participation in tournaments such as the International Physicists Tournament. Academic conferences, symposia and workshops are organised by the Swiss Physical Society.

## Publications

In the period 1928 – 1999, the Swiss Physical Society published the Helvetica Physics Acta, which continued as the SPS communications (German: SPG Mitteilungen, French: Communications de la SSP). Since 2008, the SPS communications has three volumes per year. Non peer-reviewed articles on "progress in physics", "historical anecdotes", and "physics and industry" are published. In 2021, a serie of white papers were initiated. The first FOCUS issue discusses technological advances and the impact of nuclear energy.

## Honorable Members

Honorable members of the Swiss Physical Society are:
* 1965: Prof. Markus Fierz (†2006)
* 1976: Prof. Georg A. Busch (†2000)
* 1985: Prof. Martin Peter (†2002)
* 1990: Prof. Jean-Pierre Blaser (†2019)
* 1990: Dr. Heinrich Rohrer (†2013)
* 1991: Prof. K. Alex Müller (†2023)
* 2001: Prof. Jean-Pierre Borel (†2020)
* 2001: Prof. Hans Frauenfelder
* 2001: Prof. Hermann Grunder
* 2001: Prof. Verena Meyer (†2018)
* 2001: Prof. Ambros P. Speiser (†2003)
* 2005: Prof. Charles P. Enz
* 2005: Prof. Hans Rudolf Ott
* 2010: Prof. Hans Beck
* 2010: Prof. Øystein Fischer (†2013)
* 2010: Prof. Hans-Joachim Güntherodt (†2014)
* 2010: Prof. T. Maurice Rice (†2024)
* 2010: Prof. Louis Schlapbach
* 2011: Dr. J. Georg Bednorz
* 2011: Prof. Jean-Pierre Eckmann
* 2011: Prof. Jürg Fröhlich
* 2011: Prof. Martin C. E. Huber
* 2014: Prof. Francis Troyon (†2016)
* 2015: Prof. Herwig Schopper
* 2016: Prof. Piero Martinoli
* 2016: Prof. Norbert Straumann
* 2018: Prof. Maurice Bourquin
* 2020: Prof. Ralph Eichler
* 2020: Prof. Kathrin Altwegg-von Burg
* 2021: Prof. Friedrich-Karl Thielemann
* 2022: Prof. Felicitas Pauss
* 2023: Prof. Ruth Durrer
* 2023: Dr. Bernhard Braunecker

## Past presidents

* 1908-1910: Pierre Chappuis
* 1910-1912: Jósef de Kowalski
* 1912-1913: Pierre Weiss
* 1913-1914: Jósef de Kowalski
* 1914-1916: Charles-Eugène Guye
* 1916-1918: August Hagenbach
* 1918-1919: François Borini
* 1919-1920: Paul Gruner
* 1920-1921: Adrien Jacquerod
* 1921-1923: Hans Zickendrath
* 1923-1925: Léon-Albert Perrier
* 1925-1927: Peter Debye
* 1927-1929: Adrien Jacquerod
* 1929-1931: Heinrich Greinacher
* 1931-1933: Paul Scherrer
* 1933-1936: Léon-Albert Perrier
* 1936-1938: Franz Tank
* 1938-1941: Max Wehrli
* 1941-1943: Jean Weiglé
* 1943-1945: Hans König
* 1945-1947: Gregor Wentzel
* 1947-1949: Ernst Miescher
* 1949-1951: Henri Mügeli
* 1951-1953: André Mercier
* 1953-1955: Paul Huber
* 1955-1957: Wolfgang Pauli
* 1957-1959: Jean Rossel
* 1959-1961: Hans Staub
* 1961-1963: Dominique Rivier
* 1963-1965: Jean Pierre Blaser
* 1965-1967: Otto Huber
* 1967-1969: K. P. Meyer
* 1969-1971: Pierre de Haller
* 1971-1973: Ernst Heer
* 1973-1975: Jorgen Lykke Olsen
* 1975-1977: Verena Meyer
* 1977-1979: Philippe Choquard
* 1979-1981: Iris Zschokke
* 1981-1983: Paul Dinichert
* 1983-1985: Jean Kern
* 1985-1987: Peter Minkowski
* 1987-1989: Samuel Steinemann
* 1989-1991: Walter Kündig
* 1991-1993: Jean Muller
* 1993-1995: Hans-Jörg Schötzau
* 1995-1997: Yves Baer
* 1997-1999: Peter Oelhafen
* 1999-2002: Thomas A. Jung
* 2002-2006: Jean-Philippe Ansermet
* 2006-2008: Tibor Gyalog
* 2008-2012: Christophe Rossel
* 2012-2014: Andreas Schopper
* 2014-2017: Minh Quang Tran
* 2017-2021: Hans Peter Beck
* 2021-2023: Johan Chang
* 2023-: Teresa Montaruli