The European Society of Rheology is open for everyone interested in rheology in all countries of Europe. Rheology is defined as the science of the deformation and flow of matter which means that rheology in some form enters almost every study of material properties. The ESR involves rheologists engaged in both industrial and academic research and development and is therefore a common meeting ground for engineers, physicists, chemists and biologists with a common interest in rheology.
Annual European Rheology Conference (AERC 2028)
Rotterdam, April 22-26, 2028
The next Annual European Rheology Conference (AERC 2028) will be held in Rotterdam (Netherlands).
AERC 2029 will be held in Vienna (Austria).
Peter Fischer is the 2026 Weissenberg Awardee
Award Citation:
“For advancing rheology through pioneering, structure-informed methodologies that decode the complexity of food and biological soft matter and for establishing fundamental understanding across physiological function, sustainable systems, and processing-driven engineering.”
Peter Fischer studied Physics at the University of Regensburg and earned his doctorate in Physical Chemistry at the University of Essen in 1995. Following postdoctoral research at Stanford University, he joined ETH Zürich, where he has served as Professor of Food Process Engineering since 1998. Over nearly three decades, he has established an internationally recognized research program at the interface of rheology, soft matter physics, and food engineering.
Mazi Jalaal is the 2026 Oldroyd Early Career Awardee
Award Citation:
“For fundamental contributions to the rheology and flow of complex fluids with deformable interfaces, and for pioneering work in active and biological materials, Dr. Mazi Jalaal has made outstanding advances through the integration of theory, experiments, and computation, while bridging fundamental rheological physics with impactful real-world applications.”
After completing his Ph.D. in Rheology and Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics at the University of British Columbia under the supervision of Neil Balmforth and Boris Stoeber, Mazi Jalaal pursued postdoctoral research at the University of Twente with Detlef Lohse in Soft and Active Matter, and at the University of Cambridge with Raymond Goldstein in Cell Biology and Biophysics. He joined the Institute of Physics at the University of Amsterdam as Assistant Professor in 2021, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2024, and in 2026 began a joint appointment as Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), University of Cambridge.
Access to Rheologica Acta
Access to Rheologica Acta and Applied Rheology is free for all individual members of the ESR. Please access Rheologica Acta via the 'Member area'.
All participants of the AERC (or ICR) of the past year are automatically individual members of the ESR until the next AERC.
Rheologica Acta Publication Award
At every AERC or ICR, the editors of Rheologica Acta present the publication award sponsored by Anton Paar. This award gets selected by three editorial board members based on a preselection by the editors and is aimed to highlight the type of work which the journal likes to see published.
The 2026 Rheologica Acta Publication Award is given to: Marraffa, Chiara, Aime, Stefano: A two-axis cell for rheo-optics, Rheologica Acta (2024) 63:705–717.
The entire list of the Rheologica Acta Publication Awards and the Weissenberg Lecture papers can be found in the Archive.
Latest Job Offers
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Postdoctoral Position in Microfluidics and Rheology at OIST
The Amy Shen Group at OIST is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to contribute to cutting-edge experimental research in the areas of microfluidics, rheology, and viscoelastic instabilities involving complex fluids and bacterial suspensions.
Latest News
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PhD at Scuola Superiore Meridionale
22.06.2022
The selection for PhD candidates in MPHS – Mathematical and physical sciences for advanced materials and technologies is open.
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Society of Rheology - 2020 Fellows
20.11.2020
The 2020 Society of Rheology Fellows are Lynden Archer, Surita Bhatia, William Hartt, Savvas Hatzikiriakos, Saad Khan, and Gregory B. McKenna.
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DRG Rheology Prize 2020
20.11.2020
The 2020 Rheology price of the German Rheology Society (DRG) was given to Volker Räntzsch from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
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ASR Medallion to Prof. Ravi Prakash Jagadeeshan
20.07.2020
The Australian Society of Rheology (ASR) is proud to award the ASR Medallion this year to Prof. Ravi Prakash Jagadeeshan in recognition of his outstanding and meritorious contributions to rheology and for his many years of distinguished service to the Society and the rheology community in Australia
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JNNFM Complex Fluids Seminar Series
16.05.2020
The Editors of the Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Ian Frigaard and Rob Poole are launching the “JNNFM Complex Fluids Seminar Series”
Next Conferences + Workshop
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Novel Trends in Rheology XI Conference
The 11th edition of Novel Trends in Rheology will be held in Zlín, Czech Republic on July 28 – 29, 2027
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djR Summer School "Sustainable Materials in Rheology"
The upcoming djR Summer School on "Sustainable Materials in Rheology" will be held during June 9–12, 2026 in Dresden/Germany,
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35th Nordic Rheology Conference and 14th Intl Conference on Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials
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The European Society of Rheology (ESR), formed by the national European societies as well as individual members, serves as the European platform for advancing rheology as a fundamental and applied scientific discipline. Rheology addresses the deformation and flow of matter and is relevant across a broad range of materials, processes, and technologies. By bringing together researchers and practitioners from physics, mathematics, chemistry, engineering, biology, and materials science, across academia, research organisations, and industry, ESR contributes to the development and application of rheological knowledge.
ESR promotes scientific exchange, collaboration, and education in rheology. It supports the development of early-career researchers through training activities, conferences, and professional networks, with a commitment to ensuring equal access to opportunities. ESR contributes to the dissemination of research, supports interdisciplinary interaction and represents the interests of the rheology community in the broader European research and innovation context.
ESR is guided by the principles of scientific quality, integrity, openness, inclusiveness, and respect. It supports the free exchange of scientific ideas and the participation of members across disciplines, sectors, career stages, and countries of origin. As a scientific society, ESR provides a neutral institutional framework for scientific dialogue, collaboration, and education, upholding an environment that values human dignity, mutual respect, and peace as a foundational principle of international scientific cooperation, ensuring a trusted and safe space for all members to contribute and collaborate.