Professor Tünde Fülöp, of the Division of Subatomic, HighEnergy and Plasma Physics at Chalmers University of Technology, and editorial board member of the Journal of Plasma Physics has been elected to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

"This is a great honour and an opportunity to strengthen the role of plasma physics in the Hungarian context." - Tünde Fülöp

Members elected to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2025

From among the 136 researchers included on the joint list of candidates, the Assembly of Academicians elected the new full, corresponding, external, and honorary members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

Following the election, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences has 294 full members, 71 corresponding members, 201 external members and 191 honorary members.

Five women were elected as new national corresponding members, and nine as new full members. This means that there are 25 (8%) women full members and 12 (17%) women corresponding members.

Tünde Fülöp was elected to the Section of Physical Sciences alongside Gábor Forgács and 

Gergely Zimányi

Although there is no official press release, we can share the link to Tünde's inaugural talk, available on YouTube: Faster than lightning: electron acceleration in plasmas. The presentation, delivered in Hungarian, explores cutting-edge research on electron acceleration in plasma environments.