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
Elżbieta Wilk-Woźniak
Outgoing president
Peter Kroth (Germany)
President Elect
Elżbieta Wilk-Woźniak (Poland)
Past president
Zrinka Ljubesic (Croatia, 2020-2022)
Secretary
Andreas Holzinger
Treasurer
Yvonne Nemcova (Czech Republic)
Members of Council
Peter Kroth (Germany)
Roberta Congestri (Italy)
Line LeGall (France)
José Lucas Pérez Lloréns (Spain)
Jason Hall-Spencer (United Kingdom)
Elżbieta Wilk-Woźniak (Poland)
Zrinka Ljubesic (Croatia)
Frederik Leliaert (Belgium)
Vasillis Papathanasiou (Greece)
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
2023. Brest, Brittany (France), 20 August
Member Societies
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.
- 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.