The Academic Committee consists of 7 to 9 permanent members. The organizing country can nominate an additional member. The founding members of the Academic Committee are listed below. The detailed rules regarding nomination and election of the members of the Academic Committee will be discussed with the team leaders during the Olympiad.
Prof. Jaan Kalda
– Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
– President of EuPhO, head of the theory examination at IPhO-2012, author of a series of study guides for Physics Olympiads
E-mail: kalda@ioc.ee
Dr. Máté Vigh
– Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
– One of the authors of the book “200 More Puzzling Physics Problems: With Hints and Solutions”, author of a World Physics Olympiad problem
Dr. Stefan Petersen
– Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (Kiel, Germany)
– Head of German Physics Olympiad and academic leader of German IPhO teams
– Chairman of 7th EuPhO 23 in Hannover, Germany
– Vice-President of World Federation of Physics Competitions WFPhC (since 2022)
Dr. Barbara Rovšek
– University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education
Dr. Lev Melnikovsky
– Weizmann Institute of Science / Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems
Dr. Victor Ivanov
– University of Sofia, Bulgaria
– Author of two problems at the World Physics Olympiad
– President of the Organizing Committee of “9th EuPhO – Sofia, Bulgaria, 2025. “
Prof. Paul Stanley
– Duke Kunshan University
– Secretary of International Physics Olympiad
Dr. Ivan Erofeev
– Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia
– Best theory paper at IPhO-2005
Barbara Roos
– Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy
– Organizer of the Swiss Physics Olympiad
Maurice Zeuner
– Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich / Center for Advanced Laser Applications, Germany
– Author of Experimental Problem No. 2 at EuPhO 2023
