BES 1979 - 2014

Foundation in 1979, registered in 1981 (Créteil, France)
refounded and reregistered in 1999

Founding members:

Giulio Milazzo (1912-1993);
Hermann Berg (1923-2010);
Martin Blank;
Arthur Pilla;
Isreal R. Miller;
Hans-Wolfgang Nürnberg (1930-1985);
René Buvet (†1992);
Eberhard Neumann
David F. Wilson
Mitsugi Senda

Giulio Milazzo

Official BES Journal:

“Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics” 1974-1999,
since 2000 “Bioelectrochemistry”

Symposia

1971 Start of the Biannual Symposium series of the Society on Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics
In 1980 Start of the Gordon Research Conference series on “Bioelectrochemistry”

Year	President	Secretary-General	Treasurer
1979	Giulio Milazzo (1979-1988) HonoraryPresident(1988-1993)	Hans-Wolfgang Nürnberg (1979-1985)	René Buvet (1979-1991)
1985		Helmut Metzner (1985-1988)
1988	Martin Blank (1988-1992)	Bruno Andrea Melandri (1988-1996)
1992	Eberhard Neumann (1992-1996)		Jean-Michel Kauffmann (1991-1999)
1996	James C. Weaver (1996-2003)
1997	James C. Weaver (1996-2003)	Miguel A. de la Rosa 1997-2001)
1999	Formal (Re-)Foundation of BES	Miguel A. de la Rosa 1997-2001)	LluisM. Mir (1999-2003)
2001	James C. Weaver (1996-2003)	Tibor Hianik(2001-2009)	LluisM. Mir (1999-2003)
2003	Miguel A. de la Rosa (2003-2007)		Justin Teissie (2003-2011)
2005	Miguel A. de la Rosa (2003-2007)
2007	Ana Maria Oliveira-Brett (2007-2015)
2009		Eugenia Kovacs (2009-2012)
2011
2012			Alexander Kuhn (2012-2017)
2013		Fred Lisdat (2013-2021)
2014
2015
2016	Lo Gorton (2016-2021)
2017
2018			Elisabeth Lojou (2018-2025)
2019
2020
2021
2022	Fred Lisdat (2022-2025)	Edmond Magner (2022-2027)
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027

References:

Obituary G. Milazzo(1912-1993), Bioelectrochem. Bioenerg. 31 (1993), 1-3
Obituary H. Metzner (1925-1999), Bioelectrochemistry 51 (2000), 105
Obituary H. Berg (1923-2010), Bioelectrochemistry81 (2011), 1-3