Professor Ian Shipsey FRS (1959–2024) , elected an Academician of the IEAS UK Centre in 2008, was a world-leading experimental particle physicist and Head of the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford. Henry Moseley Centenary Professor of Experimental Physics, he was distinguished for pioneering instrumentation that enabled the discovery of the Higgs boson and major advances in flavour physics, dark energy, and quantum technologies. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2022.

Professor Ragnar Sigbjörnsson (1944–2015) , elected an Academician of the IEAS UK Centre in 2005, was a distinguished Icelandic engineer and seismologist. He served as Professor of Applied Mechanics and Earthquake Engineering at the University of Iceland, where he founded the Earthquake Engineering Research Centre (2000) and established the Icelandic Strong Motion Network (1986). His research bridged stochastic modelling of environmental loads with engineering applications, significantly advancing seismic hazard assessment and structural safety.

Professor Sergey A. Fedotov (1931–2019) , elected an Academician of the IEAS UK Centre in 2005, was a distinguished Russian geophysicist, seismologist, and volcanologist. A full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, he served as Director of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Far East Branch, RAS (1971–2004). He is widely recognised for his pioneering research on the seismicity and volcanic activity of the Kuril–Kamchatka arc, and for developing long-term seismic hazard prediction methodologies.