Irena Drevenšek Olenik joins the EPJ Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)

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Published on 01 June 2026

The Steering Committee of EPJ is delighted to welcome Irena Drevenšek Olenik, as the new representative of the Society of Mathematicians, Physicists and Astronomers of Slovenia.

Professor Irena DREVENŠEK OLENIK is a Professor of Physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Ljubljana and a Senior Research Fellow at the Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her research focuses on the experimental investigations of soft materials using advanced optical techniques. In recent years, her work has centered on the nonlinear optical properties of ferroelectric liquid crystals and the development of optical sensing methods for magnetically actuated soft robotic systems.

Alongside her research and teaching, she is actively engaged in science communication and in promoting science to the broader public. She is the recipient of the Society of Mathematicians, Physicists and Astronomers of Slovenia award for outstanding work with young people.

Olle Björneholm joins the EPJ Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)

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Published on 20 May 2026

The Steering Committee of EPJ is delighted to welcome Olle Björneholm, as the new representative of the Swedish Physical Society.

Professor Olle Björneholm is professor in Molecular and Cluster Physics in the Chemical and Bio-molecular Physics research program within the Division for X-ray Photon Science at the Department of Physics and Astronomy (Uppsala University). His personal research interests are primarily concerned with phenomena and processes connected to the electronic and geometric structure of liquids and clusters/nanoparticles including X-ray-induced dynamics as described here. His main tools to study this are various synchrotron radiation-based spectroscopic techniques. He studies systems and processes that are relevant for issues like ultra-fast dynamics radiation damage nanoscience and environmental molecular science.

Anna Grigoryan new representative of the EPS Young Minds in EPJ Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)

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Published on 24 March 2026

The Steering Committee of EPJ is delighted to welcome Anna Grigoryan, as the representative of the EPS Young Minds which joined the Scientific Advisory Committee two years ago. She is replacing Carlos Damián Rodríguez Fernández.

The scientific community is pleased to highlight Anna Grigoryan, a PhD student and researcher in experimental nuclear physics at the A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan, Armenia), where she works within the Experimental Physics Division.
Anna is currently pursuing her PhD, focusing on nucleon structure and spin phenomena in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering. Her research is centered on the study of dihadron production and beam-helicity asymmetries using data from the HERMES experiment at DESY, contributing to a deeper understanding of the three-dimensional structure of the nucleon.
She is a member of the Structure and Spectroscopy of Hadrons Project (SHARP) COST Action, as well as a member of EPS Technology and Innovation Group (EPS TIG).
In addition to her research activities, Anna Grigoryan is actively involved in scientific outreach and community leadership. She is a member of the EPS Young Minds Action Committee and has contributed significantly to the organization of international masterclasses and physics events in her local institution, promoting education and engagement in particle and nuclear physics.