Press Release: 3 October 2023

We are extremely pleased to announce that Antonio Ventosa will become our new President, starting in January 2024. On 8 September, he was elected unanimously by the FEMS Council at their most recent meeting in Vienna (Austria). His three-year term as FEMS President will take place from 2024 to 2026. We wish to thank outgoing FEMS President, Hilary Lappin-Scott, for her extraordinary service during the last four years. 

Antonio Ventosa has a glowing career in learned societies and microbiology research. He is Professor of Microbiology at the Department of Microbiology and Parasitology in the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Sevilla (Spain). He investigates extremophilic microorganisms, mainly halophilic archaea and bacteria, their biodiversity, taxonomy, comparative genomics and metagenomics as well as biotechnological applications.