IUMAS Council 2026-2029


President

Dr. Benjamin Britton
Department of Materials Engineering
University of British Columbia
Frank Forward Building
309-6350 Stores Road
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
Tel: +1 (604) 822-2676
E-mail: ben.britton@ubc.ca

Secretary/Treasurer

Dr. Lindsey Hunt
Oklahoma Geological Survey
University of Oklahoma
100 E Boyd St., SEC N131
Norman, OK 73019-1009, USA

IUMAS Business Address:
117 S. Lexington St., Ste. 100
Harrisonville, MO, 64701-2444
United States of America
E-mail: iumas.secretary@gmail.com
Alternate E-mail: lehunt@ou.edu

Past President

Dr. Silvia Richter
RWTH Aachen
GFE
Ahornstr. 55
52074 Aachen, Germany
Tel: 49-241-80 24348
E-mail: richter@gfe.rwth-aachen.de



Member Societies & Representatives

AMAS, Australia
The Australian Microbeam Analysis Society
http://microscopy.org.au/amas/
President
Dr. Karen Privat
Electron Microscope Unit, Kensington Campus
University of New South Wales
Email: k.privat@unsw.edu.au
Secretary
Dr. William Rickard
Deputy Director
John de Laeter Centre
Curtin University
GPO Box U1987 Perth, Western Australia, Australia 6845.
E-mail: secretary.amas@microscopy.org.au
Treasurer
Dr. Matthew Glenn
Mineral Resources, CSIRO
E-mail: Matthew.Glenn@csiro.au
IUMAS Representatives for International Meetings
Dr. William Rickard
Deputy Director
John de Laeter Centre
Curtin University
GPO Box U1987 Perth, Western Australia, Australia 6845.
E-mail: w.rickard@curtin.edu.au

Dr. Colin MacRae
Group Leader
CSIRO Minerals – Clayton Laboratories
Gate 1, Normanby Road
Clayton, Victoria, 3168
Australia
E-mail: Colin.Macrae@csiro.au

EMAS, Europe
European Microbeam Analysis Society
http://www.microbeamanalysis.eu
President
Dr. Hans Dijkstra
Thermo Fisher Scientific BV
Breda, The Netherlands
E-mail: hans.dijkstra@thermofisher.com
Vice-President
Dr. Silvia Richter
GFE der RWTH
E-mail: richter@gfe.rwth-aachen.de
Treasurer
Dr. Enrico Langer
Technical University of Dresden
E-mail: enrico.langer@tu-dresden.de
Secretary
Dr. Julien Allaz
ETH Zurich
E-mail: julien.allaz@erdw.ethz.ch

MBA/JVSS, Japan
Division of Microbeam Analysis (MBA)
in Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science (JVSS)
https://www.jvss.jp/division/mba/
President
Prof. Tsuneo Yasue
Osaka Electro-Communication University
18-8 Hatsucho, Neyagawa-shi,
Osaka 572-8530
E-mail: yasue@osakac.ac.jp
IUMAS Representative
Prof. Hiroki Hibino
School of Engineering, Kwansei Gakuin University
1 Gakuen Uegahara, Sanda, Hyogo
669-1330, Japan
E-mail: hibino.hiroki@kwansei.ac.jp

KSM, Korea Korean Society of Microscopy
http://www.microscopy.or.kr
President
Dr. Jong-Souk (John) Yeo
School of Integrated Technology
Yonsei University
E-mail: jongsoukyeo@yonsei.ac.kr 
KSM Presidential Email: president.ksm@microscopy.or.kr

Senior Vice President
Prof. In-Beom Kim
College of Medicine
Catholic University of Korea
E-mail: ibkimmd@catholic.ac.kr
Secretary
Hyo-Eun Kim
Secretariat, Korean Society of Microscopy
E-mail : office@microscopy.or.kr
Past President
Prof. Hoon-kyu Shin
Pohang University of Science and Technology
E-mail: shinhk@postech.ac.kr

MAS, U.S.A.
The Microanalysis Society
https://the-mas.org
President
Dr. Andy Herzing
National Institute of Standards and Technology
100 Bureau Drive
Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
E-mail: president@the-mas.org
President-Elect
Dr. Assel Aitkaliyeva
University of Florida
Email: aitkaliyeva@mse.ufl.edu

Past-President
Dr. Pat Camus
Retired
E-mail: pastpres@the-mas.org
Secretary
Dr. Jordan Hachtel
Oak Ridge National Lab
E-mail: secretary@the-mas.org
Treasurer
Dr. Dale Burns
Stanford University
E-mail: treasurer@the-mas.org
MSC / SMC, Canada
Microscopical Society of Canada / Societe de Microscopie du Canada
https://msc-smc.org
President
Dr. Jose Moran-Mirabal
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada, L8S 4M1
E-mail: moran-mirabal@mcmaster.ca
Secretary
Dr. Mouhanad Babi
Centre for Advanced Light Microscopy
McMaster University
E-mail: mouhanad.babi1@gmail.com
Treasurer
Dr. Stefano Rubio
Soquelec Limited
E-mail: stefano.rubino.phd@gmail.com

SAPRC, China
Standard Administration of People’s Republic of China, Technical Committee 38 (Microbeam Analysis)
Dr. Fen Liu
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhongguancun Beiyijie, Beijing 100190
Beijing, P.R. China
E-mail: fenliu@iccas.ac.cn
Dr. Chen Zhenyu
Institute of Mineral Resources
Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
Baiwanzhuang Road 26#, Xicheng District
Beijing, China
Zip code: 100037
E-mail: chenzhenyu@cags.ac.cn,   czy7803@163.com


SBMM, Brazil
Sociedade Brasileira de Microscopia e Microanalise

Brazilian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society
http://www.sbmm.org.br
President
Dr. Marcia Attias
Advanced Microscopy Unit
Centro Nacional de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem-CENABIO
Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho
E-mail: mattias@biof.ufrj.br
Vice President (Materials Science)
Prof. Rodrigo Prioli Menezes (PUC / RIO)
Department of Materials Engineering
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
São Carlos, SP – Brazil
E-mail: conrado@ufscar.br
Vice President (Biological Sciences)
Prof. Rodrigo Villares Portugal (LNNano / CNPEM)
Carlos Chagas Institute, Fiocruz
E-mail: lia.medeiros@fiocruz.br
Secretary
Prof. Dr. Beatriz Canabarro
Brazilian Center for Physical Research.
Rio de Janeiro, RJ – Brazil
E-mail: sbmm@sbmm.org.br
Treasurer
Prof. Dr. Érica Duarte
Instituto de Ciências Biológicas
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
E-mail: ericamduarte@icb.ufmg.br

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