Félix Goñi

Professor Felix M Goñi, Head of the Biophysics Unit (CSIC-UPV/EHU) and President of the Bizkaia Biophysics Foundation (FBB), has recently been appointed the new President of the International Relations Committee of the Biophysical Society, a position he will hold from 1 July.

The Biophysical Society was founded in 1957 to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics. It does so through its many programmes, including meetings, publications and committee outreach activities. The nearly 9,000 fellows of this society develop their scientific activity in the areas of academia, industry, and within governmental agencies on a worldwide level.

The International Relations Committee of the Biophysical Society is responsible for strengthening the communication links with the international biophysical community, attracting new members, interacting with international biophysical societies, fostering scientific initiatives in the scope of biophysics around the globe and interacting with the Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (UPAB), based in the United Kingdom.

Félix M Goñi comments on the dimension of his appointment: "Clearly, it is an honour to be appointed President of the BPS International Relations Committee; it is the most important biophysics society in the world". "The President of the International Relations Committee of the Biophysical Society is usually an internationally renowned biophysicist with experience in managing international projects. The Committee is responsible for distributing the BPS funds among those biophysicists working in less favoured countries", he pointed out.

Biophysics is the branch of scientific knowledge integrating the disciplines of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematical analysis, joining these to computer simulation in order to understand how the biological system works.