Foundation
The representatives from China, Japan, and Korea held the first preparatory meeting in RIKEN’s Tokyo office to establish the Asian Nuclear Physics Association (ANPhA) in October 4, 2008. (Here, the “representatives” do not necessarily mean that they were officially appointed by the member societies to which they belong.) After an additional preparatory meetings in Seoul and Beijing, the ANPhA was finally established in July, 2009 with the four initial membership countries including Vietnam. Currently, ANPhA consists of twelve membership countries and regions: Australia, China, Hong Kong (China), India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, Myanmar, The Philippines, Region of Taiwan, and Vietnam.
The establishment of the Division of Nuclear Physics (DNP) of the Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS) was approved in the 32nd AAPPS council meeting held in Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in January 22-23, 2016. The Chair of ANPhA concurrently chairs the DNP of AAPPS.
Objectives
1. The objective of ANPhA is to strengthen “Collaboration” among Asian nuclear research scientists through the promotion of nuclear physics and its transdisciplinary and applications.
2. The objective of ANPhA is also to promote “Education” in Asian nuclear science through mutual exchange and coordination.
3. ANPhA also aims at “Coordination” among Asian nuclear scientists by actively utilizing existing research facilities.
4. It will help to discuss future planning of nuclear science facilities and instrumentation in Asia.
Member countries and regions
(In alphabetical order)
Australia, China, Hong Kong (China), India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, Myanmar, The Philippines, Region of Taiwan, Vietnam
ANPhA Board
Chairs
Chair: Byungsik Hong (Korea, bhong@korea.ac.kr)
Vice chairs: Anthony Thomas (Australia), Guoqing Xiao (China), TBD (Japan)
Secretary to Chair: Yongsun Kim (Korea, kimy@cern.ch)
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Board Members
Australia
Anthony Thomas (University of Adelaide)
China
Bing Guo (CIAE, China)
Yugang Ma (Fudan University)
Guoqing Xiao (Institute of Modern Physics)
Furong Xu (Peking University)
Hong Kong (China)
Jenny Hui Ching Lee (University of Hong Kong)
India
Vandana Nanal (TIFR, Mumbai) nanal@tifr.res.in
Avinash C. Pandey (IUAC, Delhi)
Sumit Som (VECC, Kolkata)
Japan
Atsushi Hosaka (RCNP, Osaka University)
Hirokazu Tamura (Tohoku University)
Kazuhiro Tanaka (KEK)
Tomohiro Uesaka (RIKEN)
Kazakhstan
Kairat A. Kuterbekov (Eurasian National University)
Korea
Byungsik Hong (Korea University)
Eun-Joo Kim (Jeonbuk National University)
Jin-Hee Yoon (Inha University)
Mongolia
To be determined
Myanmar
Nyein Wink Lwin (University of Mandalay)
The Philippines
Denny Lane Sombillo (National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines)
Region of Taiwan
Wen-Chen Chang (Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica)
Singapore
Andrew Anthony Bettiol (National University of Singapore)
Uzbekistan
Bakhadir Irgaziev (National University of Uzbekistan)
Vietnam
Phan Viet Cuong (VINAGAMMA, Danang University)
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Observers
Weiping Liu (Past Chair, Southern university of science and technology)
Kazuhiro Tanaka (Past Chair, KEK, Japan)
Dong-Pil Min (Past Chair, Seoul National University)
Yanlin Ye (Past Chair, Peking University, China)
Hideyuki Sakai (Past Chair, RIKEN, Japan)
Shoji Nagamiya (RIKEN and KEK, Japan)
Marek Lewitowicz (Chair of NuPECC, Chair of DNP-EPS, GANIL, France)
Tohru Motobayashi (RIKEN, Japan)