Officers and Committees for 2024

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 2024-2025

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Jonathan P. ROTHSTEIN
President

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Website

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Jeff MORRIS
Vice President

Chemical Engineering and Levich Institute for Physicochemical Hydrodynamics
CUNY City College of New York
Website

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Kalman MIGLER
Secretary

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

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S. Lisa BISWAL
Treasurer

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Rice University
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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Simon A. ROGERS
Member at Large

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Website

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Evelyne van RUYMBEKE
Member at Large

Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences
Université catholique de Louvain
Website

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Kelly M. SCHULTZ
Member at Large

Chemical Engineering
Purdue University
Website

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Anne M. GRILLET
Past President

Engineering Sciences Division
Sandia National Laboratories
LinkedIn

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Chuqiao (Elise) Chen
Student Representative

Molecular Engineering
University of Chicago
LinkedIn

Standing Committees for 2024

Membership Committee (2024)

Michelle Calabrese
Safa Jamali, chair
Carina Martinez
Hadi Mohammadigoushki
Antonio Perazzo
Travis Walker
Chuqiao (Elise) Chen (student, 2024-2025)

Education Committee (2024)

Matt Armstrong
Sumana Chakrabarti
Kendra Erk
Reza Foudazi
Jim Gilchrist, co-chair outreach
Matthew Helgeson, chair
Thomas O'Connor, outreach
Ryan Poling-Skutvik
Maggie Qi

Bingham Award Committee

Ralph Colby (2023-2025)
Cari Dutcher (2022-2024)
Randy Ewoldt (2024-2026)
Sara Hashmi (2024-2026)
Ali Mohraz (2022-2024), chair
Denis Rodrigue (2023-2025)
Jan Vermant (2024-2026)

Metzner Award Committee

Arezoo M. Ardekani (2022-2024)
Sujit Datta (2024-2026)
Jay Schieber (2022-2024), chair
Charles Schroeder (2023-2025)
Sachin Velankar (2023-2025)

SoR Fellowship Committee

Will Hartt (2023-2025)
Savvas Hatzikiriakos (2022-2024)
Srinivas Raghavan (2024-2026)
Maryam Sepehr (2024-2026)
Dave Venerus (2022-2024), chair

Journal Publication Award Committee

Dimitris Vlassopoulos (Editor)
Emanuela Del Gado (Associate Editor)
TBA (MAL)
TBA (MAL)
TBA

Meeting Policy Committee

Jeff Morris, 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)
Lisa Biswal (ex officio)

Financial Advisement Committee

Rekha Rao (2023-2025), chair
Jonathan Seppala (2024-2026)
Phil Sullivan (2022-2024)
Lisa Biswal (ex officio)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (2024)

Lilian Hsiao
Peter Gilbert
Ali Mohraz
Susan Muller
Jae Park
Kelly Schultz
Maryam Sepehr
Katie Weigandt, chair
Arshiya Bhadu (student, 2024-2025)

Nominating Committee (2024)

Marie-Claude Heuzey, chair
Emanuela del Gado
Rajesh Khare

Webmaster

Albert Co

Editor of Rheology Bulletin and Communication Coordinator

Paulo E. Arratia

Editor, Journal of Rheology

Dimitris Vlassopoulos

Associate Editor, Journal of Rheology

Emanuela Del Gado

Editorial Assistant, Journal of Rheology

Ania Bukowski

Social Media Director

Christine Roberts

Director, International Outreach Program

Gerald G. Fuller (2024-2025)

SoR Historian

Gareth McKinley (2024-2025)

Ad Hoc Committees for 2024

SOR Ad-Hoc Centennial Celebration Committee

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

Associations with External Committees/Organizations for 2024

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

Eric Furst (Mar 2023 - Mar 2026)

SoR Member Representative to AIP

Jonathan Rothstein (2024-2025)

SoR Liaison on AIP History Committee

Gareth McKinley (2023-25)

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

Gareth McKinley (2022-2024)

SoR Representatives on AIPP Publishing Partners Committee

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

International Committee on Rheology
SoR Delegate to ICR

Mike Graham (2024-2025)

Secretary to the ICR

Gerry Fuller

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

Anne M. Grillet (2023-2027)

Soft Matter Association of the Americas (IUPAP)
SoR Representative

Jaci Conrad