IPS Executive Council
IPS is proud to have a diverse team of experts from around the world elected by and leading our organization as the IPS Executive Council. The President serves a two-year term. New councilors are elected every two years and serve a four-year term.
Council Members - Europe/Africa
Kostas Kalogeropoulos
Webinars and Workshops
(2025-2029)
konka at dtu.dk
Charaf Benarafa
(2025-2029)
charaf.benarafa at unibe.ch
Marcin Drag
Webinars and Workshops
(2023-2027)
marcin.drag at pwr.edu.pl
Daniel Sojka
QuickCuts Editorial Team
(2023-2027)
sojkadan at gmail.com
Council Members - Asia/Australia
Laura Edgington-Mitchell
President
(2023-2027)
laura.edgingtonmitchell at unimelb.edu.au
Lakshmi Wijeyewickrema
Secretary
(2025-2029)
l.wijeyewickrema at latrobe.edu.au
Endo Satoshi
(2025-2029)
endou.satoshi.n1 at f.gifu-u.ac.jp
Mark Gorrell
QuickCuts Editorial Team
(2023-2027)
m.gorrell at centenary.org.au
Council Members - The Americas
Olivier Julien
Vice-President
(2025-2029)
ojulien at ualberta.ca
Irina Bezsonova
Treasurer
(2025-2029)
bezsonova at uchc.edu
Henry Maun
Industry Liaison
(2023-2027)
henry.maun at gmail.com
Ana Paula Lima
Executive Director of Awards
(2023-2027)
anapaula at biof.ufrj.br
Ex Officio
Ruth Geiss-Friedlander
Past IPS President
ruth.geiss-friedlander at mol-med.uni-freiburg.de
Anthony O'Donoghue
Finance advisor
ajodonoghue at ucsd.edu
Past Presidents of the IPS Council
Bonnie Sloane: 1999-2001
Jennifer Rivett: 2001-2003
Ben Dunn: 2003-2005
Rob Pike: 2005-2007
Matthew Bogyo: 2007-2009
Hiroshi Kido: 2009-2011
Boris Turk: 2011-2013
Bob Lazarus: 2013-2015
Thomas Reinheckel: 2015-2017
Ulrich auf dem Keller: 2017-2019
Anthony O'Donoghue: 2019-2023
Ruth Geiss-Friedlander: 2023-2025
Past Webmaster
Christian Sommerhoff: 2006-2023