Our mission
The European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS) e.V. is a non-profit Society (gemeinnütziger Verein) according to German law registered in Mainz.
ECIS is a voluntary, non-profit organization of scientists. Its objective is to advance colloid and interface science and to promote cooperations between European scientists. Particular emphasis is given to the support of young scientists. ECIS seeks to cooperate with existing national societies in European countries as well as with other international organizations.
Board & Secretariate
The Board acts as executive on behalf of the General Assembly. The Board consists of the President of the Society, the Vice President, and the Past President. Current members (2021-2023):
 President | Prof. Epameinondas Leontidis Department of Chemistry University of Cyprus PO Box 20537 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus Tel: +357 22 892767 Fax: +357 22 895088 psleon@ucy.ac.cy |
 Vice President | Prof. Tommy Nylander Physical Chemistry Department of Chemistry Lund University PO Box 124 221 00 Lund, Sweden Tel: +46 46222 8158 Fax: +46 46222 4413 tommy.nylander@fkem1.lu.se |
 Past President | Prof. Dganit Danino Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute Technion Haifa, Israel 32000 Tel: +972 4 829 2143 Fax: +972 4 829 3399 dganitd@tx.technion.ac.il |
The administration of the society is carried out by the Secretariat. The Secretariat consist of a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Webmaster. Current members:
 Secretary | Prof. Pierandrea Lo Nostro Dipartimento di Chimica “Ugo Schiff” Università di Firenze Via della Lastruccia 3 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze) Italy Tel: +39 055 4573010 e-mail: pierandrea.lonostro@unifi.it |
 Treasurer | Prof. Matthias Karg Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Physikalische Chemie I Universitätsstr. 1 Gebäude: 26.43.02.41 40204 Düsseldorf Germany Tel: +49 211 81 12400 e-mail: karg@hhu.de |
 Webmaster | Prof. Dominik Horinek Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie Universität Regensburg 93040 Regensburg Germany Tel: +49 941 943 4745 e-mail: Dominik.Horinek@ur.de |