Congratulations IS-MPMI member Eva Kondorosi for her election to the German Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina). Eva is a Research Professor at the Biological Research Center (BRC) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, where her research focuses on signaling, differentiation and regulation of the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis. In addition to her current role as a member of the Board of Directors of IS-MPMI, Eva has served in a number of advisory and service-oriented roles in the broader arena of international plant biology. In Hungary, she served as the founding director of the BAYGEN Institute (2007-2012), now part of the BRC of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Szeged. In addition, Eva was a founding member of the Institut des Science Végétales CNRS in Gif sur Yvette, France, where she served as one of the first research directors.