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Physics: Professional Associations

Associations

  • American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
    AAPM is a scientific and professional organization whose clinical practice is dedicated to ensuring accuracy, safety and quality in the use of radiation in medical procedures such as medical imaging and radiation therapy. One of the primary goals of AAPM is the identification and implementation of improvements in patient safety for the medical use of radiation in imaging and radiation therapy.
  • American Astronomical Society (AAS)
    The American Astronomical Society is the major organization of professional astronomers in North America. Members include physicists, mathematicians, geologists, engineers, and others whose research and educational interests lie within the broad spectrum of subjects now comprising the astronomical sciences.
  • American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    The American Institute of Physics is a federation that advances the success of its 10 member societies and an institute that operates as a center of excellence supporting the physical sciences enterprise.
  • American Physical Society (APS)
    The American Physical Society (APS) is a nonprofit membership organization working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics through its outstanding research journals, scientific meetings, and education, outreach, advocacy, and international activities. APS represents over 55,000 members, including physicists in academia, national laboratories, and industry in the United States and throughout the world.
  • The Optical Society (OSA)
    Since 1916, OSA has been the world’s leading champion for optics and photonics, uniting and educating scientists, engineers, educators, technicians and business leaders worldwide to foster and promote technical and professional development. Through publications, events and services, the Optical Society is helping to advance the science of light by addressing the ongoing need for shared knowledge and innovation.
  • European Physical Society (EPS)
    The object of the Society is and shall be to contribute to and promote the advancement of physics, in Europe and in neighbouring countries, by all suitable means and in particular by providing a forum for the discussion of subjects of common interest and by providing means whereby action can be taken on those matters which appear desirable to handle on the international level.
  • International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)
    The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) is the only international physics organization that is organized and run by the physics community itself. Its members are identified physics communities in countries or regions around the world. The IUPAP was established in 1922 in Brussels with 13 Member countries and the first General Assembly was held in 1923 in Paris. It currently has 60 country members

Organizations

  • American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
    The American Association of Physics Teachers is a professional membership association of scientists dedicated to enhancing the understanding and appreciation of physics through teaching.
  • AVS - Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing
    AVS is an international community of scientists, engineers and instrument manufacturers, which strives to promote research and communicate knowledge in the important areas of surface, interface, vacuum, and thin film science and technology for the advancement of humankind.
  • Society of Physics Students (SPS)
    The Society of Physics Students is a professional association explicitly designed for students. Membership, through collegiate chapters, is open to anyone interested in physics. The only requirement for membership is that you be interested in physics.
  • National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP)
    The mission of the National Society of Black Physicists is to promote the professional well-being of African American physicists and physics students within the international scientific community and within society at large.
  • National Society of Hispanic Physicists (NSHP)
    The purpose of this society is to promote the professional well-being and recognize the accomplishments of Hispanic physicists within the scientific community of the United States and within society at large. The Society seeks to develop and support efforts to increase opportunities for Hispanics in physics and to increase the number of practicing Hispanic physicists, particularly by encouraging Hispanic students to enter a career in physics
  • US National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Institute of Physics Publishing (IoP)
    With a portfolio including journals, books, conference proceedings and science news resources, we focus on physics, materials science, biosciences, astronomy and astrophysics, environmental sciences, mathematics and education. IOP Publishing also publishes on behalf of other scientific organisations and represents their needs and those of their members.
  • US National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
    PML is a world leader in the science of measurement. We determine the definitive methods for nearly every kind of measurement employed in commerce and research, provide NIST-traceable calibrations, and disseminate standards and best practices throughout the nation. At the same time, PML works continuously at the outermost frontiers of metrology, devising tools and techniques to meet the ever-changing demands of American industry and science.
  • Max-Planck-Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP)
    The Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) is concerned with investigating the principles underlying a power plant, which – like the sun – will produce energy from the fusion of light atomic nuclei.
  • International Centre for Theoretical Physics
    For more than 50 years, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) has been a driving force behind global efforts to advance scientific expertise in the developing world. Founded in 1964 by the late Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam, ICTP seeks to accomplish its mandate by providing scientists from developing countries with the continuing education and skills that they need to enjoy long and productive careers. ICTP has been a major force in stemming the scientific brain drain from the developing world.
  • CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research)
    At CERN, we probe the fundamental structure of particles that make up everything around us. We do so using the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments.
  • Directory of Minority Groups in Physics (from APS)