NRS awards 2011  goes to Niall Young and Diana Gómez Martínez

Short extracts from the motivations:

Niall Young, has worked extensively in the field of rheology, mainly in the food science environment. He has always sponsored innovative ideas and solutions to solving some of our everyday problem. Much of Niall's work has come from the study of hydrocolloidial systems; rheological response behaviour. Recently, Niall has been involved in developing the industrial use of Ultrasonic Velocity Profiling with pressure difference, for observation of emulsion systems in dynamic flow. Niall has provided enthusiasm and innovative thinking towards the development of a unique tool for the in-line study of bulk edible oil, and emulsions. Niall has previously been the president of the NRS and has always had the ambition of expanding rheology in Scandinavia. He is the father of the vision and mission statements of NRS which clearly shows his aim of his contribution to rheology in the Nordic countries.

Diana Gómez Martínez has made outstanding achievements during her PhD studies. During 4 years in Huelva, Spain, she has produced several scientific publications and her PhD thesis concerns protein based bioplastics. She spent part of her PhD studies in Scandinavia and is currently pursuing a rheology career in Sweden. She is highly competent and an important addition to the rheological community within NRS. It is also important for the NRS to encourage the mobility of skilled, young scientists aiming to pursuit a career in rheology within the Nordic countries.

Nordic Rheology Awards

The Carl Klason Rheology Award amounting to 1000 Euro may be given to a person who either

• has made outstanding contributions to the basic understanding of rheological phenomena or to the application of rheology, or
• has made outstanding contributions to the progress of rheology in one or more of the Nordic countries.

The Young Rheologists  Rheology Award with 500 Euro may be given to a young person who has made outstanding work in basic or applied rheology at the graduate or postgraduate level.

The awardees are selected from the nominations by the Award Committee. An e-mail describing the nominee and a motivation can be sent to the Award Committee at any time or you can use the award form.

The awards have been given to the following distingushed rheologists: