Jiří Niederle#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1315 |
| Membership type: | (Foreign) |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1993 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CZECH REPUBLIC |
Jiří Niederle passed away August 22, 2010.
Positions Held
- President of the Council for International Affairs of the Czech Academy of Sciences 1990-1997 and 2001-2005
- Member of the CERN Council since 1992 and its vice-president 1996-1998
- Full professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague - president of the Committee for collaboration of the Czech Republic with CERN
- Head of Department of Theory of Elementary Particles (Institute of Physics, of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- Leading senior researcher, Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Fields of Scholarship
- Mathematical physics
- Theoretical particle physics
Honours and Awards
- Founding member of the International Association of Mathematical Physics
- Elected member of the council of the European Physical Society
- Member of the Czech branch of the Club of Rome since 1991
- Founding member of the Euroscience Association
