Officers and Committees for 2023

Officers of The Society are elected for a two-year term. The officers, plus the most recent living Past President and three other elected members comprise the Executive Committee, which is the governing body of The Society. They take office at the beginning of January 1st of the year immediately following their election.

In addition, there are several committees to carry out the various activities of The Society.

For Officers and Committess of previous years, proceed to the Archives page.

Executive Committee 2022-2023

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Anne M. GRILLET
President

Engineering Sciences Division
Sandia National Laboratories
LinkedIn

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Jonathan P. ROTHSTEIN
Vice President

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Website

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Kalman MIGLER
Secretary

Polymers Additive Manufacturing and Rheology
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Website

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Jonathan P. ROTHSTEIN
Interim Treasurer

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Website

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Dimitris VLASSOPOULOS
Editor

Materials Science and Technology
University of Crete and IESL-FORTH
Website

JOR Editorial Office

Ania Bukowski, Editorial Assistant
Email JOR Editorial Office

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Randy H. EWOLDT
Member at Large

Mechanical Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Website

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Kelly M. SCHULTZ
Member at Large

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Lehigh University
Website

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Maryam SEPEHR
Member at Large

Chevron Oronite Company

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Michael D. GRAHAM
Past President

Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Website

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Chunzi LIU
Student Representative

Chemical Engineering
Stanford University
LinkedIn

Standing Committees for 2023

Membership Committee (2023)

Michelle Calabrese
Safa Jamali, chair
Carina Martinez
Hadi Mohammadigoushki
Antonio Perazzo
Simon Rogers
Travis Walker
Chunzi Liu (student)

Education Committee (2023)

Matt Armstrong
Kendra Erk
Reza Foudazi
Jim Gilchrist, co-chair outreach
Matthew Helgeson, chair
Ryan Poling-Skutvik
Maggie Qi
Brittany Rauzan (industry forum)

Bingham Award Committee

Ralph Colby (2023-2025)
Cari Dutcher (2022-2024)
Suzanne Fielding (2021-2023)
Emanuela del Gado (2021-2023), chair
Ali Mohraz (2022-2024)
Denis Rodrigue (2023-2025)
Eric Shaqfeh (2021-2023)

Metzner Award Committee

Arezoo M. Ardekani (2022-2024)
Rajesh Khare (2021-2023), chair
Sachin Velankar (2023-2025)
Jay Schieber (2022-2024)
Charles Schroeder (2023-2025)

SoR Fellowship Committee

Surita Bhatia (2021-2023)
Will Hartt (2023-2025)
Savvas Hatzikiriakos (2022-2024)
Saad Khan (2021-2023), chair
Dave Venerus (2022-2024)

Journal Publication Award Committee

Randy H. Ewoldt (MAL)
Gareth McKinley
Kelly Schultz (MAL)
Dimitris Vlassopoulos (Editor)
Roseanna Zia (Associate Editor)

Meeting Policy Committee

Jonathan Rothstein, co-chair (VP)
Andrew M. Kraynik, co-chair
Kalman Migler (Secretary)
Albert Co (Webmaster)
Kendra Erk (95th Program)
Safa Jamali (95th Program)
Roger Bonnecaze (95th Local)

Audit Committee

Brian Edwards (2022-2024)
Anthony Kotula (2022-2024), chair
Jeffrey Martin (2023-2025)
Jonathan Rothstein (ex officio)

Financial Advisement Committee

Lisa Biswal (2021-2023), chair
Rekha Rao (2023-2025)
Phil Sullivan (2022-2024)
Jonathan Rothstein (ex officio)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (2023)

Lilian Hsiao
Peter Gilbert
Ali Mohraz
Susan Muller
Jae Park
Kelly Schultz
Maryam Sepehr
Katie Weigandt, chair
Arman Ghaffarizadeh (student, 2022-2023)

Nominating Committee (2023)

Marie-Claude Heuzey
Aditya Khair
Norman Wagner, chair

Webmaster

Albert Co

Editor of Rheology Bulletin and Communication Coordinator

Paulo E. Arratia

Editor, Journal of Rheology

Dimitris Vlassopoulos

Associate Editor, Journal of Rheology

Roseanna N. Zia

Editorial Assistant, Journal of Rheology

Ania Bukowski

Social Media Director

Christine Roberts

Director, International Outreach Program

Gerald G. Fuller (2022-2023)

Student-Member Travel Grants Administrator

Maryam Sepehr (2022-2023)

SoR Historian

Gareth McKinley (2022-2023)

Ad Hoc Committees for 2023

SOR Ad-Hoc Centennial Celebration Committee

Albert Co
Morton Denn
Safa Jamali
Andy Kraynik
Gareth McKinley
Faith Morrison
Vivek Sharma, chair

SOR Ad-Hoc Future of Meetings Committee

Mubashir Ansari
Gordon Christopher
Sara Hashmi
Marie-Claude Heuzey
Jason Maxey
Jonathan Rothstein, chair
Lih-Sheng Turng

Associations with External Committees/Organizations for 2023

American Institute of Physics (AIP)
SoR Designee to AIP Governing Board

Eric Furst (Mar 2023 - Mar 2026)

SoR Member Representative to AIP

Anne Grillet (2022-2023)

SoR Liaison to AIP Education Committee

Matt Helgeson (2022-2023)

SoR Liaison to AIP Committee for Underrepresented Minorities

Kelly Schultz (2021-2023)

SoR Liaison on AIP History Committee

Gareth McKinley (2023-25)

SoR Liaison on AIP Public Policy Committee

Kathleen Weigandt (2021-2023)

AIP Publishing (AIPP)
SoR Designee to AIPP Board of Managers

Gareth McKinley (2022-2024)

SoR Representatives on AIPP Publishing Partners Committee

Peter Olmsted (2021-2023)
Simon Rogers (2022-2024)

International Committee on Rheology
SoR Delegate to ICR

Norman Wagner (2022-2023)

Secretary to the ICR

Gerry Fuller

US National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
SoR Representative to NCTAM

Anne M. Grillet (2023-2027)