Hungarian member in the IUCr Executive Committee

After more than three decades, there is a Hungarian member in the Executive Committee of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr EC). Petra Bombicz has been elected to the role of General Secretary and Treasurer of IUCr during the Congress and General Assembly of IUCr in Calgary, Canada, 2026 for the next triennium. It is an honour and a privilege to serve the international community of crystallographers to advance structural science globally.

The Executive Committee is the IUCr’s governing body between meetings of the General Assembly. It carries out the decisions of the General Assembly, implements the Union’s agreed policies and oversees the IUCr’s strategy, activities and finances. The Executive Committee promotes international cooperation, performs publishing and education, as well as upholds the values of excellence, rigour and inclusion that bind this community together.

Executive Committee elected at Twenty-Seventh General Assembly, 2026, Calgary, Canada | IUCr

The outgoing and incoming members of the Executive Committee elected at 27th General Assembly, 2026, Calgary, Canada. From left to right: Louise Dawe (Canada), Manfred Weiss (Vice-President, Germany), Hanna Dabkowska (Past-President, Canada), Atsushi Nakagawa (Japan), Maria Cristina Nonato (Brazil), Susan Bourne (South Africa), Graciela Diaz de Delgado (Immediate Past-Vice-President, Venezuela), Charlie Bond (Australia), Petra Bombicz (General Secretary and Treasurer, Hungary), Thomas Proffen (President, USA), Santiago Garcia-Granda (Immediate Past-President, Spain), missing Trevor Forsyth (Past General Secretary and Treasurer, Sweden), Annalisa Guerri (Italy). Photo: Antoni Dabkowski