Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences on 8 July 2015, Professor Martin Heimann is a Swiss-born German biogeochemist and one of the principal architects of modern global carbon-cycle science. Born in Bern, Switzerland, on 1 March 1949, he earned his diploma and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Bern in 1978 and 1982, respectively. His early research career began at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla (1982–1985), where he worked in the group of Charles David Keeling, before moving to the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg (1985–1998), where he served as Senior Research Scientist and Workgroup Leader under Klaus Hasselmann. Joining the newly established Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena in 1998, he became Director of the Department of Biogeochemical Systems in 2003 and held the position until 2017; he now serves as Director Emeritus. Since 2017, he has also been Research Director at the Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki. A Member of Academia Europaea since 1998, he contributed as a Lead Author to five successive assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), sharing in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, and received the A. M. Obukhov Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2017.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences on 7 May 2015, the late Professor Tov Elperin (1949–2018) was a distinguished Israeli physicist and mechanical engineer whose work made fundamental contributions to the understanding of turbulence, multiphase flows, and the transport of particles and scalars in geophysical and engineering systems. Born in Minsk, then in the Soviet Union (now Belarus), he studied physics at Minsk University before receiving his Ph.D. from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 1984. Early in his research career, he worked at Cornell University under Professor S. B. Pope, one of the leading figures in modern turbulence research, before joining the faculty of Ben-Gurion University that same year. He remained there throughout his academic career, founding and directing the Laboratory of Turbulent Multiscale Flows in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and establishing it as an internationally recognised centre for experimental and theoretical turbulence research. He also played a key role in developing interdisciplinary undergraduate and master’s programmes integrating engineering and physics. His long-standing collaboration with Professors Nathan Kleeorin and Igor Rogachevskii led to influential advances in turbulence physics, including the prediction and experimental verification of turbulent thermal diffusion, the elucidation of small-scale particle clustering in stratified and non-stratified turbulence, and the demonstration that chemical reactions can substantially modify the turbulent transport of aerosols and gases.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences on 20 April 2015, Professor Nathan Kleeorin is a distinguished Israeli physicist and an internationally recognised authority on magnetohydrodynamic turbulence, solar dynamo theory, and stably stratified geophysical flows. A student of the renowned astrophysicist Alexander Ruzmaikin, he developed his early research career in the Soviet Union before establishing a long-standing academic career in Israel. He is Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, where he has conducted research for more than three decades. His extensive international collaborations, particularly with NORDITA, the Finnish Meteorological Institute, and the University of Helsinki, have contributed substantially to the development of modern turbulence theory. Together with Sergej Zilitinkevich, Tov Elperin, and Igor Rogachevskii, he played a central role in developing the Energy and Flux-Budget (EFB) theory of turbulence closure, providing a unified framework for describing turbulent transport in stably stratified flows.

Elected an Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences (IEAS) on 28 June 2015, Dr. Konstantinos Eleftheriadis is a leading Greek atmospheric scientist and internationally recognised authority on the physicochemical characterisation of aerosols and their implications for climate, air quality, and human health. With more than 25 years of continuous research at the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos” (NCSR Demokritos), he currently serves as Director of Research and Head of the Aerosol Group at the Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Sciences & Technology, Energy & Safety (INRASTES), where he also leads the Environmental Radioactivity and Aerosol Technology for Atmospheric and Climate Impact Laboratory (ENRACT). A founding member and current President of the Hellenic Association for Aerosol Research, he serves as Greece’s National Counterpart in regional programmes of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and as a member of the National Emergency Action Plan “Xenokratis.” His leadership in establishing and operating the Athens GAW/ACTRIS station and the high-altitude Helmos Hellenic Atmospheric Aerosol and Climate Change station has strengthened Greece’s contribution to European and global atmospheric monitoring networks.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences on 8 May 2015, Professor Markku Jalmari Kivinen is a distinguished Finnish sociologist and an internationally recognised authority on Russian and East European studies. Born in Helsinki on 5 June 1951, he received his M.A. in sociology and philosophy from the University of Helsinki in 1977, followed by his Licentiate in 1986 and Ph.D. in 1989, with doctoral research on the new middle classes and the labour process. After holding research and teaching positions at the Academy of Finland and several Finnish universities, as well as a visiting professorship at the University of Michigan, he was appointed Director of the Aleksanteri Institute at the University of Helsinki in 1996. During his 22-year tenure, he developed the Institute from a small research unit into one of Western Europe’s largest centres for Russian studies. He currently serves as Professor Emeritus and Research Director of the Institute and previously led the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence “Choices of Russian Modernisation” (2012–2019). His contributions to scholarship and public intellectual life have been recognised through the Order of the White Rose of Finland, the City of Helsinki Research Prize, and an Honorary Doctorate from the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Elected an Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences (IEAS) on 25 April 2015, the late Professor George Djolov (1938–2018) was a distinguished Bulgarian-born South African atmospheric and environmental physicist whose career bridged Eastern European science and the development of environmental research in Africa. Born in Bulgaria, he earned two doctoral degrees, in Physics and Mathematics from a Canadian institution and in Mechanical Engineering from Russia, before establishing a distinguished academic career in the Balkans. Prior to 1990, he served as Professor of Physics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, where he founded and directed the Institute of Ecology, the country’s first dedicated environmental research institute. He also served as Senior Advisor on Environmental Problems to the Bulgarian State President’s Office and, from 1990 to 1995, as President of the World Committee on Engineering and Environment of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), while maintaining close engagement with the Energy and Climate Task Force of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2005, Professor Tingyun Kuang is a distinguished Chinese plant biologist whose research has focused on photosynthesis, photosynthetic membranes, and the structure and function of chlorophyll–protein complexes. She received her B.S. from the Department of Soil and Agricultural Chemistry at Beijing Agricultural University (now China Agricultural University) in 1956, and her Candidate of Sciences degree, equivalent to a Ph.D., from the Department of Biology and Soil Science at Moscow State University, USSR, in 1962. She was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2005. From 1981 to 1982, she conducted research as a visiting professor at the Plant Laboratory of Michigan State University, USA, where she received a Certificate of Distinguished Research Visiting Scholar. She currently serves as President of the Botanical Society of China.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2015, Professor Jianpan Wang is a distinguished Chinese mathematician whose research and professional work have focused on algebra, representation theory, and quantum groups. Born on 2 January 1949 in Gutian County, Fujian Province, he was sent to work at the Luanlong Production Brigade, Fengpu Commune, Gutian County, from March 1969 to February 1972. He subsequently worked as a private mathematics teacher at Pingnan No. 1 Middle School from 1972 to 1973 and as a playwright for the Pingnan County Fujian Opera Troupe from 1973 to 1978. In 1978, he enrolled at South China Institute of Technology before transferring to East China Normal University (ECNU), where he received his M.S. in Pure Mathematics in 1981 and his Ph.D. in Pure Mathematics in 1982, becoming one of the early doctoral graduates in mathematics in China after the Cultural Revolution. He joined ECNU as a lecturer in 1983, was promoted to Associate Professor in 1986 and Professor in May 1991, and served as Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Virginia, USA, from January 1989 to June 1990. At ECNU, he subsequently served as Deputy Director and Director of the Department of Mathematics, Vice President from 1994 to 1997, and President from March 1997 to December 2005. From March 2013 to August 2015, he served as Dean of the Meng Xiancheng College at ECNU and was appointed Honorary Dean in September 2015. He currently serves as a Second-Level Professor at ECNU.

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences on 25 April 2015, Professor Shilin Chen is a distinguished Chinese pharmacognosist and a pioneer in the development of herbal genomics, with major contributions to the study, identification, and quality control of traditional Chinese medicine resources. Born in November 1961 in Jingmen, Hubei Province, he received his degree in Chinese Materia Medica from Hubei University of Chinese Medicine in 1978 and has since pursued a career integrating modern biological sciences with traditional medicine research. From 2006 to 2012, he served as Director and Legal Representative of the Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and subsequently served as Director of the Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. He currently serves as Chief Professor at Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chief Researcher at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Honorary Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University, and Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine. He was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2023 and Foreign Member of both the Russian Academy of Engineering and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences in 2022. He also serves as a Member of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. A Qi Huang Scholar and leader of a Ministry of Education Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team, he has received the National Medal for Innovation and Excellence and three National Science and Technology Progress Awards (Second Prize).

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences on 22 March 2015, Professor Igor Rogachevskii is a distinguished Israeli physicist and an internationally recognised authority on magnetohydrodynamic turbulence, mean-field dynamo theory, and stably stratified flows. He is Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, where he has developed a sustained research programme in theoretical fluid dynamics and plasma physics. He has also maintained longstanding scientific collaborations with NORDITA in Stockholm, the Finnish Meteorological Institute, and the University of Helsinki, working closely with Professors Nathan Kleeorin and the late Tov Elperin on the theoretical description of turbulent transport in geophysical and astrophysical plasmas. His research has encompassed turbulent thermal diffusion, self-excitation of particle-concentration fluctuations, mean-field theories of the electromotive force in MHD turbulence, and the formation of large-scale magnetic structures in stratified turbulent flows.