Reminder: Nominations for Bingham Medal, Metzner Award and SoR Fellowship
Bingham Medal Award is the highest honor of the Society of Rheology. Deadline is February 27, 2026
Arthur B. Metzner Award is bestowed upon an individual who has distinguished themselves in rheological research, rheological practice, or service to rheology. Deadline: February 27, 2026
SoR Fellowship recognizes a history of distinguished scientific achievement, a significant technological accomplishment, and/or outstanding scholarship in the field of rheology. Service to the Society is also an important component to Fellowship status. Deadline: March 13, 2026
We welcome applications from the full diversity represented in The Society of Rheology Membership. The awards will be bestowed at the 79th annual SoR Meeting, October 25-29, 2026, in Boston, MA.
Hoodie Giveaway!
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10th International Soft Matter Conference (ISMC)
This is a final reminder about the approaching extended deadline ( 15-January -2025), for the submission of abstracts, of the 10th International Soft Matter Conference (ISMC) 2026, that will be held in Goa, BITS Pilani, K K Birla Campus, from 25-29 May 2026.
There will be a Mini School during May 22-24, 2026, which is designed for graduate students, early-career researchers, and professionals in soft matter, biophysics, and materials science.
For more details, please visit the conference webpage: https://ge.iitm.ac.in/ismc2026
JNNFM+JoR+RA Seminar Series
We are pleased to announce a new season of our online seminars jointly organized by Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Rheology and Rheologica Acta. We will kick off on Wednesday 21st January at 13:00 CET with:
Ellie Hajizadeh from the University of Melbourne (Australia), who will speak about: “Structure and rheology of associative polymers bridging colloidal particles through a novel active learning-driven multiscale simulation framework”.
Please note that all following seminars will be at 17:00 CET, while this first one will be somewhat earlier (13:00 CET)
Zoom:
https://liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96361611777?pwd=mVoV8vwojaiNQQMBhujI4XRxNR2dIT.1
Passcode: y!X26s.h
Click here for seminar series flyer
Future of Rheology Seminar Series:
January 29, 2026 at 1PM (EST)
Mark your calenders to hear two new voices in rheology!
Parth Uday Kelkar, Purdue University
Scale Up Processing of structured complex fluids: Optimizing concentrated surfactant flow with In-line/ Online technology
and
Hammad A. Faizi, The Dow Chemical Company
Recombinant fibrous protein gels and functionalized polysaccharides as rheological modifiers in personal care formulations
For more info: https://www.societyofrheology.org/future-of-rheology-january-2026
Webinar: Rheological Transformations in Electrode Processing: Slurry to Dry Electrode Technology
Wednesday, January 21st, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT Register Here:
Speakers:
Behbood Abedi, Applications Scientist - Rheology, TA Instruments - Waters
and
Jenessa Duncombe, Editor, Physics Today
Sponsored by Waters TA
Hosted by Physics Today and The Society of Rheology
Berris Bingham Lecture 2025
Antony Beris’ 2025 Bingham Lecture -Click and scroll to bottom
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