Prof. Mario Martínez will succeed Prof. Eugenio Coccia as IFAE Director on November 1, 2026.
IFAE’s Governing Board nominated Prof. Mario Martínez as the new director of the Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) at its meeting on September 4, 2026. He will take office on November 1, 2026.
Mario Martínez will be the fifth director of IFAE, succeeding Prof. Eugenio Coccia, who has led the institute since November 2022. Previous directors of IFAE were Ramon Miquel (2015–2022), Matteo Cavalli-Sforza (2008–2014) and Enrique Fernández, founder and first director of IFAE (1991–2008).
Mario Martínez is an ICREA Research Professor and has been Deputy Director of IFAE since 2023. He has been at the institute for more than two decades and has held several scientific and management responsibilities at IFAE and within major international research collaborations.