Iupac welcomes new year in with a new president

Mary Garson

Source: © Royal Society of Chemistry

International chemistry nomenclature organisation to be headed by Mary Garson

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Iupac) is starting the New Year with a new president.

On 1 January 2026, Mary Garson, professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, took over the reins from Ehud Keinan at the Israel Institute of Technology and president of the Israel Chemical Society.