Officers and Committees for 2025

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 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
EmailEditorialOffice

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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
LinkedIn

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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 2025

Membership Committee

Stacey Elliott (2025-2027)
Safa Jamali (2022-2025), chair
Mazi Jalaal (2025-2027)
Carina Martinez (2023-)
Antonio Perazzo (2022-)
Sara Reynaud (2025-2027)
Travis Walker (2023-)
Chuqiao (Elise) Chen (student, 2024-2025)

Education Committee

Matt Armstrong (2022-2025)
Sumana Chakrabarti (2024-2027)
Kendra Erk (2022-2025)
Reza Foudazi (2022-2025)
Jim Gilchrist (2025-), chair
Matthew Helgeson (2025)
Thomas O'Connor (2024-2027), co-chair outreach
Maggie Qi (2023-2026)
Abhinendra Singh (2025-2028)

Bingham Award Committee

Ralph Colby (2023-2025)
Randy Ewoldt (2024-2026)
Sara Hashmi (2024-2026)
Saad Khan (2025-2027)
Denis Rodrigue (2023-2025), chair
Michael Rubinstein (2025-2027)
Jan Vermant (2024-2026)

Metzner Award Committee

Xiang Cheng (2025-2027)
Sujit Datta (2024-2026)
Julie Kornfield (2025-2027)
Charles Schroeder (2023-2025), chair
Sachin Velankar (2023-2025)

SoR Fellowship Committee

Will Hartt (2023-2025)
Steve Hudson (2025-2027)
Srinivas Raghavan (2024-2026)
Maryam Sepehr (2024-2026), chair
Paulo de Souza Mendes (2025-2027)

Journal Publication Award Committee

Dimitris Vlassopoulos (Editor)
Emanuela Del Gado (Associate Editor)
Evelyne van Ruymbeke (MAL)
Simon Rogers (MAL)
Norbert Willenbacher (previous winner)

Meeting Policy Committee

Jeff Morris, co-chair (VP)
Andrew M. Kraynik, co-chair
Kalman Migler (Secretary)
Albert Co (Webmaster)
Rae Anderson (Webmaster in Training)

Audit Committee

Brian Edwards (2025)
Jeffrey Martin (2023-2025), chair
Paul Salipante (2025-2027)
Lisa Biswal (ex officio)

Financial Advisement Committee

Ryan Murphy (2025-2027)
Rekha Rao (2023-2025), chair
Jonathan Seppala (2024-2026)
Lisa Biswal (ex officio)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (2024)

Ria Corder (2025-2027)
Jesse Gadley (2025-2027)
Peter Gilbert (2022-2025)
Ali Mohraz (2020-)
Jae Park (2022-2025)
Kelly Schultz (2019-)
Maryam Sepehr (2019-)
Katie Weigandt (2022-), chair
Arshiya Bhadu (student, 2024-2025)

Nominating Committee (2025)

Christian Clasen
Marie-Claude Heuzey, chair
Rajesh Khare

Webmasters

Albert Co, Rae Anderson

Editor of Rheology Bulletin and Communication Coordinator

Carlos Lopez-Barron

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 2025

SOR Ad-Hoc Centennial Celebration Committee

Mike Graham, chair
Anne Grillet
Safa Jamali
Gareth McKinley
Jeff Morris
Peter Olmsted
Vivek Sharma

SOR Ad-Hoc Future of Meetings Committee

Albert Co
Members at Large (Ex Officio)

Associations with External Committees/Organizations for 2025

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

TBA

SoR Representatives on AIPP Publishing Partners Committee

Peter Olmsted (2025)
Simon Rogers (2022-2025)

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 (2023-2026)