Netherlands Physical Society Explained

Netherlands Physical Society
Abbreviation:	NNV
Type:	Scientific
Purpose:	Promote physics and physicists' interests
Headquarters:	Amsterdam
Location:	Netherlands
Membership:	4000
Language:	Dutch
Leader Title:	President
Leader Name:	Dr. Christa Hooijer

The Netherlands Physical Society (Dutch; Flemish: Nederlandse Natuurkundige Vereniging, NNV) is the professional society of physicists in the Netherlands and a member of the European Physical Society.^[1] Established in 1921,^[2] the goals of the society are to promote physics and to serve the interests of physicists in the Netherlands. Its main activities are publishing the Dutch physics journal Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde (NTvN), the organisation of an annual physics conferenceand the co-development of the physics education curriculum in the Netherlands.

Sections

The NNV has the following sections that focus on either a particular field of physics or a specific topic of interest to physicists:

• Atomic, Molecular and Optical physics
• Energy and Climate
• History and Foundations of Physics
• Education and Communication
• Physics of Plasmas and Gas discharges
• Subatomic Physics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Member Societies (EPS) . European Physical Society . 7 April 2021.
2. Van Ruitenbeek . Jan . The Netherlands' Physical Society, NNV, a vibrant community of 4000 physicists . Europhysics News . May 2015 . 46 . 3 . 22–25 . 10.1051/epn/2015304 . 2015ENews..46c..22V . free .