Officers and Committees for 2021
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.
View list of Past Presidents.
Executive Committee 2020-2021
Anne M. GRILLET
Vice President
Engineering Sciences Division
Sandia National Laboratories
Email A. M. Grillet
Kalman MIGLER
Secretary
Polymers Additive Manufacturing and Rheology
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Email K. Migler /
Website
Christopher C. WHITE
Treasurer
Materials and Structural Systems Division
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Email Treasurer /
Website
Jonathan P. ROTHSTEIN
Member at Large
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Email J. P. Rothstein /
Website
Jennifer MILLS
Student Representative
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Delaware
Email J. Mills /
Website
Standing Committees for 2021
Membership Committee (2020-2021)
Gordon Christopher, chair
Cari Dutcher
Carlos López-Barrón
Simon Rogers
Vivek Sharma
Patrick Spicer
Kathleen Weigandt
Jennifer Mills (student)
Education Committee (2020-2021)
Ross Clark, co-chair for short courses
Christopher Dimitriou
Matthew Helgeson
Helen Joyner
Brittany Rauzan
Jonathan Rothstein
Maryam Sepehr, chair
Bingham Award Committee
Suzanne Fielding (2021-2023)
Emanuela del Gado (2021-2023)
Eric Shaqfeh (2021-2023)
Patrick Spicer (2019-2021), chair
Patrick Underhill (2020-2022)
Evelyne van Ruymbeke (2019-2021)
Dimitris Vlassopoulos (2020-2022)
Metzner Award Committee
Jacinta Conrad (2020-2022)
Aditya Khair (2019-2021)
Rajesh Khare (2021-2023)
Joao Maia (2019-2021), chair
Amy Shen (2020-2022)
SoR Fellowship Committee
Surita Bhatia (2021-2023)
Roger Bonnecaze (2019-2021), chair
Saad Khan (2021-2023)
Kalman Migler (2019-2021)
Faith Morrison (2020-2022)
Journal Publication Award Committee
Ralph Colby (Editor)
Anke Lindner (MAL)
Romain Mari
Jonathan Rothstein (MAL)
Roseanna Zia (Associate Editor)
Meeting Policy Committee
Anne Grillet, co-chair (VP)
Andrew M. Kraynik, co-chair
Kalman Migler (Secretary)
Albert Co (Webmaster & 92nd Local)
Patrick Underhill (92nd Program)
Cari Dutcher (92nd Program)
Audit Committee
Rekha Rao (2020-2022)
Montgomery Shaw (2019-2021), chair
Christopher White (ex officio)
Financial Advisement Committee
Lisa Biswal (2021-2023)
John Brady (2020-2022)
Wesley Burghardt (2020-2022), chair
Christopher White (ex officio)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (2021)
Jennifer Hofmann (student)
Lilian Hsiao
Safa Jamali
Ali Mohraz
Susan Muller
Kelly Schultz, chair
Maryam Sepehr
Norman Wagner
Nominating Committee (2021)
Patrick Anderson, chair
Aditya Khair
Susan Muller
Webmaster (2020-2021)
Albert Co
Editor, Rheology Bulletin (2021)
Paulo E. Arratia
Associate Editor, Journal of Rheology (2020-2021)
Roseanna N. Zia
Editorial Assistant, Journal of Rheology
Ania Bukowski
Social Media Director (2020-2021)
Vivek Sharma
Director, International Outreach Program (2020-2021)
Gerald G. Fuller
Student-Member Travel Grants Administrator (2020-2021)
Marie-Claude Heuzey
SoR Historian (2020-2021)
Gareth McKinley
Ad Hoc Committees for 2021
Journal of Rheology Editor Search Committee
Emanuela Del Gado
Anne M. Grillet (ex officio)
William Hartt
Gareth McKinley, chair
Peter Olmsted
Evelyne van Ruymbeke
Associations with External Committees/Organizations for 2021
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
SoR Designee to AIP Governing Board (2020-2022)
Eric Furst
SoR Member Representative to AIP (2020-2022)
Michael Graham
SoR Representative on AIP Education Liaison Committee (2021-2022)
Maryam Sepehr
SoR Representative on AIP Liaison Committee for Underrepresented Minorities (2021-2023)
Kelly Schultz
SoR Representative on AIP History Liaison Committee (2020-2022)
Gareth McKinley
SoR Representative on AIP Public Policy Liaison Committee (2021-2023)
Kathleen Weigandt
AIP Publishing (AIPP)
SoR Designee to AIPP Board of Managers (2019-2021)
A. Jeffrey Giacomin
SoR Representatives on AIPP Publishing Partners Committee
Peter Olmsted (2021-2023)
International Committee on Rheology
SoR Delegate to ICR (2020-2021)
Norman Wagner
US National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
SoR Representative to NCTAM (2020-2022)
Anne M. Grillet