In June 2022, the Academia Europaea announced the election of its new members including MPA scientist Prof. Marat Gilfanov. Along with Rashid Sunyaev and Simon White, elected to Academia Europaea in 1990 and 2009, respectively, Gilfanov is the third MPA scientist honoured with an AE membership. A few weeks earlier Marat became a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.