The CAP has established 14 internal divisions and 1 external division to more deeply support and promote specialized areas of interest in physics. Division Chairs participate on the CAP Advisory Committee and the Congress Program Committee. For more information on a Division and its activities, follow the links below.

 


Internal Divisions

 

Division of Applied Physics and Instrumentation (DAPI) 

2025/26 Chair:  Steffon Luoma

Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Canada (DAMOPC)

2025/26 Chair: Jens Lassen

Division of Atmospheric and Space Physics (DASP)

2025/26 Chair: Daniel Billett

Division of Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (DCMMP)

2025/26 Chair: Tami Pereg-Barnea

Division for Gender Equity in Physics (DGEP)

2025/26 Chair: Juliette Mammei/Hilding Neilson

Division on the History of Physics (DHP)

2025/26 Chair: Vacant

Division of Nuclear Physics (DNP)

2025/26 Chair: Greg Christian

Division of Physics Education (DPE)

2025/26 Chair: Ania Harlick

Division of Physics in Medicine and Biology (DPMB)

2025/26 Chair: Maria Kilfoil

Division of Plasma Physics (DPP)

2025/26 Chair: Stephan Reuter

Division of Quantum Information (DQI)

2025/26 Chair: Daria Ahrensmeier

Division of Surface Sciences (DSS)

2025/26 Chair: Viki Meli

Division of Theoretical Physics (DTP)

2025/26 Chair: Hari Kunduri

Particle Physics Division (PPD)

2025/26 Chair: Savino Longo

External Divisions

 

Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU)