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 Founded in 1938, the Estonian Academy of Sciences ( et, Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia) is Estonia's national academy of science in Tallinn. As with other national academies, it is an independent group of well-known scientists whose stated aim is to ...

(''Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia'') and is a

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Presidents of the Estonian Physical Society

Kaido Reivelt (

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

) is the current president (since 2007). The first president of the Society was

Jaak Aaviksoo Jaak Aaviksoo (born 11 January 1954) is an Estonian politician and physicist, a former rector of the University of Tartu and Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech). Aaviksoo has been the Estonian Minister of Defence and Minister of Educa ...

, followed later by Piret Kuusk (1998-2001), Raivo Jaaniso (2001-2004), and Arvo Kikas (2004-2007).https://www.etis.ee/portaal/isikuCV.aspx?LastNameFirstLetter=K&PersonVID=329&lang=et&FromUrl0=isikud.aspx

Honorary members

* Henn Käämbre *

Karl Rebane Karl K. Rebane (11 April 1926, in Pärnu – 4 November 2007, in Pärnu) was an Estonian physicist. He studied at the Tallinn Technical University from 1947 to 1949, and graduated from Leningrad University in 1952. Rebane received a PhD in Solid ...

Harald Keres Harald Keres (, in Pärnu – 26 June 2010) was an Estonian physicist considered to be the father of the Estonian school of relativistic gravity, gravitation theory. In 1961 Keres became a member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences in the field of ...

Jaan Einasto Jaan Einasto (born 23 February 1929) is an Estonian astrophysicist and one of the discoverers of the large-scale structure of the Universe. Born Jaan Eisenschmidt in Tartu, the name "Einasto" is an anagram of "Estonia" (it was chosen by his p ...

* Piret Kuusk

Awards

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

* ''Annals of the Estonian Physical Society'' ()

References

External links

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Fyysika.ee
– Estonian physics portal created by the EFS
Teadusbuss
– ''Science Bus'', a science popularization project led by the EFS {{DEFAULTSORT:Estonian Physical Society Physics societies Scientific organizations based in Estonia Scientific organizations established in 1989 1989 establishments in Estonia Science and technology in Estonia