Future of Rheology

Future of Rheology is a monthly virtual seminar series highlighting exciting research performed for early stage rheologists. On the last Thursday of each month, we hold two 20-minute virtual talks + 5 minutes of Q&A, Discover our upcoming and past seminars below!


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Future of Rheology Invited Session Presenters: On screen: Peyman Rostami. From left to right: Parth Kelkar, Rakan Alrashdan, Lucas Warwaruk, Mehrnoosh Afshang, Kalpit Bakal, and Jiye Lee (organizer).

Congratulations to all of the excellent presenters at the Future of Rheology Invited Session at the 2026 Annual Meeting .

And special congratulations to the juried winners:

1st Place: Lucas Warwaruk | Dripping-onto-substrates (DoS) Dos and Donts

2nd Place: Parth Kelkar | Scale Up Processing of Structured Complex Fluids: Optimizing Concentrated Surfactant Flow with In-line/On-line Technology

3rd Place: Mehrnoosh Afshang | Reversible dehydration of microfibrillated cellulose for sustainable formulation design


Add upcoming seminars to your calendar and check out recordings of past seminars
Questions? Reach out to SoR Student Representative Jiye Lee at futureofrheology@rheology.org