Federation of European Phycological Societies
About us
The Federation of European Phycological Societies (FEPS) aims to:
- To provide a forum for all European phycological societies and individuals with an interest in phycology
- To enable, promote and enhance algal (including cyanobacterial) research, education and other activities,
- To increase public awareness of the importance of algae and cyanobacteria, and
- To contribute to public debate and policy issues involving these organisms throughout Europe.
A detailed history of the Federation of European Phycological Societies can be found here.
Council
Council
President
Peter Kroth (Germany)
Past president
Zrinka Ljubesic (Croatia, 2020-2022)
Secretary
Dagmar Stengel (Ireland)
Treasurer
Yvonne Nemcova (Czech Republic)
Members of Council
Peter Kroth (Germany)
Sotiris Orfanidis (Greece)
José Lucas Pérez Lloréns (Spain)
Jason Hall-Spencer (United Kingdom)
Cecilia Totti (Italy)
Zrinka Ljubesic (Croatia)
Annick Wilmotte (Belgium)
Line Le Gall (France)
Elżbieta Wilk-Woźniak (Poland)
Yvonne Nemcova (Czech Republic)
Svetislav Krstic (North Macedonia)
Council Meetings
2007. Amsterdam, Netherlands, 30 March
2007. Oviedo, Spain, 23 July
2008. Leiden, Netherlands, January
2008. Brussels, Belgium, 28 July
2009. London, England, 23 June
2010. Köln, German, 10 September
2012. Olsztyn, Poland, 20 May
2013. Split, Croatia, 27 September
2014. Padova, Italy, 15 November
2015. London, United Kingdom, 28 August
2016. Prague, Czech Republic, 19 September
2017. Chania, Crete, 16 September
2018. Galway, Ireland, 6 September
2019. Zagreb, Croatia, 25 August
2020. On line (Microsoft Teams),25 August
2021. On line (Microsoft Teams),25 August
2022. Konstanz, Germany, 23 September
Member Societies and Individual Memberships
The Federation of European Phycological Societies welcomes societies as well as individual members.
If you are a member of one of the following societies you are automatically a member of FEPS; individual phycologists might consider joining one of these in the first instance.
- Phycology section, Belgian Botanical Society
- British Phycological Society
- Phycological Section of the Croatian Botanical Society
- Czech Phycological Society
- French Phycological Society
- German Phycological Section
- Hellenic Phycological Society
- Phycological Group of the Italian Botanical Society
- Polish Phycological Society
- Spanish Phycological Society
- The Macedonian Diatom Society
Constitution
The Founders’ Charter was signed at the 4th European Phycological Congress in Oviedo, on July 23th 2007.
A revised Constitution was approved in 2012.
Frequently Asked Questions
Your country does not have a phycological society?
FEPS also accepts individual memberships.
Phycologists of European countries which are not represented on the FEPS Council by a national Phycological Society can join FEPS as individual members. The benefits of joining FEPS include a significantly reduced registration fee of the European Phycological Congress. Individual subscriptions to FEPS costs € 10.00 for 5 years. How to become a member, send an email via the Contact Form and we will get in touch.