The SOCIETY is for the Asia-Pacific region and is to cover the entire range of disciplines that use EPR.

The objectives of APES are to advance and stimulate knowledge of the principles, recent developments, and applications of Electron Paramagnetic (Spin) Resonance (EPR/ESR) and related techniques; to communicate information and news about EPR and its applications among its members and to serve as a clearing house on EPR among scientists in academia, government, and industry; to encourage appropriate and useful application of EPR in a wide variety of fields including physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, medicine, geology, and other disciplines; and to foster scientific interaction among EPR spectroscopists throughout the Asia-Pacific region and to engage in any lawful activities which further this end.

APES is managed by an elected Council which follows the APES Constitution in its proceedings. The Council consisting of the President, two Vice Presidents, the Immediate Past President, the Secretary/Treasurer, Founding President, as Officers, and Country/Regional Representatives and Advisory Council Member. The composition of the Council provides for a balanced geographical distribution within the Asia-Pacific region, as well as a proper balance of researchers in different branches of EPR. The Council shall meet normally during the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposia. The term of office of elected members of the Council shall be two years or until the next General Meeting, normally held every two years during the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposia.

APES Council for the term 2024-2026

Officers:

President:		Prof. Jiangfeng Du		China
Vice President:		Prof. Kazuhiro Marumoto		Japan
Vice President:		Prof. Fazhan Shi		China
Immediate Past President:		Prof. Elena Bagryanskaya		Russia
Immediate Past President:		Prof. Elena Bagryanskaya		Russia
Secretary:		Ms. Ying Rui		China
Founder President		Prof. Czesław Rudowicz		Poland (formerly Hong Kong SAR)
Chair of APES2026		Prof. Kiminori Maeda		Japan

Country/Regional Representatives:

Australia/New Zealand:		Dr. Nicholas Cox
China:		Prof. Shangda Jiang
India:		Prof. Balachandra G Hegde
Japan:		Prof. Akio Kawai
Philippines:		Dr. Marvin Jose F. Fernandez
Republic of Korea:		Prof. Sun Hee Kim
Russia:		Prof. Matvey Fedin

Advisory Council Members:

• Prof. Hitoshi Ohta (Japan, former President & Vice President APES)
• Prof. Hiroshi Hirata (Japan, former Vice President of IES)