IBRO Officers: Current & Past
IBRO Officers include the President, Secretary General and Treasurer. They provide exceptional leadership with the potential to make a powerful impact on global neuroscience by overseeing, promoting and guiding the organization as a whole. They work with over 90 international, national and regional scientific member organizations, five Regional Committees, IBRO-ECC, Secretariat staff and other groups and like-minded partners to ensure that the needs of neuroscientists everywhere are met, global priorities are identified and gaps in knowledge, investment and resources in brain research are bridged.
The President and Treasurer serve for one full term of 3 years and can be re-elected for a second and final term also consisting of 3 years. The Secretary General serves for only one full term for a total of 3 years (1 year as Secretary General Elect, 2 years as active Secretary General and cannot be re-elected. Candidates are sought and nominated by the Nominations Committee and elected through an online voting process by the Governing Council members. Official descriptions of these roles can be found in the IBRO Regulations.
PRESIDENT
Tracy L. Bale
2020 – 2025
USA
Pierre Magistretti
2014 – 2019
Switzerland
Carlos Belmonte
2008-2014
Spain
Albert Aguayo
2005-2008
Argentina, Canada
Torsten Wiesel
1999-2005
Sweden
Dominick P. Purpura
1984-1999
USA
Masao Ito
1980-1984
Japan
Walle Nauta
1974-1980
The Netherlands
Chairman
Alfred Eugène Fessard
1971-1974
France
Honorary President
Hans-Lukas Teuber
1969-1971
Germany, USA
Chairman
SECRETARY GENERAL
Sung-Jin Jeong
2020 – 2024
South Korea
Keiji Tanaka
2018 – 2021
Japan
Larry Swanson
2015-2017
USA
Sten Grillner
2012-2015
Sweden
Pierre Magistretti
2010-2014
Switzerland
Marina Bentivoglio
2007-2009
Italy
Jennifer Lund
2004-2007
USA
Albert Aguayo
2001-2004
Canada
Carlos Belmonte
1998-2001
Spain
David Ottoson
1983-1998
Sweden
Mary Agnes Burnston Brown Brazier
1978-1983
USA
Derek Richter
1972-1978
UK
Herbert Henri Jasper
1971-1972
Canada
Executive Secretary
Paul Dell
1969-1971
France
Executive Secretary
Klaus Robert Walter Unna
1964-1969
Germany
Executive Secretary
Heinrich Benedict Waelsch
1962-1964
Czechoslovakia/USA
Executive Secretary
Herbert Henri Jasper
1960-1962
Canada
Executive Secretary
TREASURER
Jerome Sanes
2020 – 2025
USA
Hans-Joachim Pflüger
2017 – 2019
Germany
Quentin Pittman
2011-2016
Canada
Stephen Redman
2003-2010
Australia
Piergiorgio Strata
1991-2003
Italy
Michel Imbert
1984-1991
France
Treasurer, Executive Secretary
Luciano Martini
1978-1983
Italy