From molecules to networks — highlights from the EPJB–EPJE mini-symposium at the Enrico Fermi Research Center, Rome

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Published on 01 July 2026

On June 11th, 2026, the editorial boards of The European Physical Journal B and The European Physical Journal E met in person at the Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi (CREF) in Rome, for a joint mini-symposium and editorial board meetings — a first for the two journals.

The mini-symposium — "From Molecules to Networks: Fluctuations, Scaling, and Collective Dynamics across Soft and Complex Matter" — brought together five invited speakers working at the frontier of statistical physics, soft matter, and complex systems: the shared scientific territory of EPJB and EPJE (mini-symposium minutes here).

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.