Ene Ergma is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Tartu. Professor Ergma is also the President of the Estonian Parliament and Vice-President of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Moreover she is in charge of the Women and Sciences in the Enwise Countries Group. Professor Ergma has served on the ALLEA (All European Academies), Committee for Science and Ethics since 2000. In 2001 she was awarded the order of the White Star, fourth class.