Prof. Emilio Minguez Torres was elected as the new president of the European Nuclear Society (ENS) on 5 December 2019, the Brussels-based society said.

ENS said Prof. Minguez will take up the post in April 2020, replacing Alastair Laird, who will continue to support the ENS as an active past president.

Prof. Minguez is the professor chair in nuclear engineering at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain.

According to ENS, as president, Prof. Minguez plans to focus on making careers in the nuclear sector more attractive, with the goal of bringing more young professionals into the industry.