
InterPore News featuring lots of scientific highlights
Sent on: 03-04-2025
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Editorial
Dear InterPore colleagues, Terrible news from Southeast Asia is unfolding while composing this Newsletter. First and foremost, our thoughts are with all those affected. It also once more points out the relevance of science in general and of porous media in particular. Understanding and ultimately predicting earthquakes starts at the pore scale. More urgently, the call for international help. Clearly a practical call, but also pointing out we need to work together and not fight or create barriers. That will be my input for the academic leadership discussion organized at InterPore2025 in Albuquerque! All the best, Matthijs de Winter |
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Roundtable Discussion on Academic Leadership
What does it take to lead academia through times of change? How do we lead future porous media research at our institutes? How do we lead our community? From students to deans and rectors: We invite you all to join us for an hour of roundtable discussions on academic leadership taking place on Tuesday, 20 May at 17:30 during InterPore2025 in Albuquerque. |
SAC Game Night
Join us for a Networking Game Night on Tuesday where students and early-career researchers can connect while enjoying games and local craft beers. This fun, interactive event will feature trivia challenges and conversations about research and career paths. It's the perfect opportunity to expand your academic network and make meaningful connections in a relaxed setting! |
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Must See in Albuquerque...!
This week in Must see…!: Jennifer Riordan Spark Kindness Sports Complex The Jennifer Riordan Spark Kindness Sports Complex in Albuquerque is a tribute to the late Jennifer Riordan, a beloved community leader known for her spirit of kindness. The Spark Kindness Sports Complex offers more than just sports—it's a place where kindness shines, inspired by the legacy of Jennifer Riordan. Whether you're there for a game, a walk, or to simply enjoy the atmosphere, the legacy of Jennifer Riordan’s inspiring work will continue to make an impact for years to come. Be sure to visit and let the spirit of kindness inspire you! Photo Credit: Core-Visual |
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SIAM Prizes to R. Helmig and J. Both
Two active members of InterPore have been awarded prizes from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM): Rainer Helmig (photo, right) getting Geosciences Career Prize and Jakub W. Both (photo, left) receiving Geosciences Early Career Prize. Congratulations! |
Kimberly-Clark Distiguished Lectureship 2025
Prof. Rainer Helmig, from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, is the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2025. After two successful lectures, in Switzerland (in-person) and Mexico (online), Prof. Helmig is now in China for an extensive tour of universities all over the country. He will be in China from March 24th to April 2nd and will visit Tongji University (Shanghai), Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics and Chinese Academy of Sciences (Wuhan), Chongqing University (Chongqing), China University of Petroleum (East China) and Ocean University of China (Qingdao), State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering/Tsinghua University (Beijing) and Peking University (Beijing). |
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Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lectureship 2026
Prof. Lyesse Laloui from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, is the Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lecturer of 2026. As the winner of this distinguished award, Prof. Lyesse Laloui will be giving one of his two lectures at selected institutions. Interested in hosting the Kimberley-Clark Lectureship at your institution? You may apply by 31 December 2025 for one of two options:
For detailed information about the lectures, please visit Prof. Laloui’s page. |
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14-16 April 2025, Monastir, Tunisia We are excited to invite you to the inaugural Maghreb InterPore Conference, a landmark event uniting leading researchers from the Maghreb, Mediterranean, and international communities. This conference provides a unique platform to exchange insights, foster collaborations, and explore the latest advancements in porous media research. |
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28 March 2025, online The next webinar from the India National Chapter Webinar Series, titled „Hydrological Modeling and Simulation for Watershed Management“ by Prof. Sekhar Muddu, will take place on 28 March 2025 at 2:30 pm. Join us via Google Meet here -- we look forward to your participation! |
Please join us for one of our upcoming Academy Webinars! |
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Stroke across scales – impact on blood perfusion and oxygen supply in the brain – a computational perspective
Join us on April 1st at 16:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time) for an exciting talk on cerebral microcirculation and related processes with Franca Schmid, Group Leader at the ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research at the University of Bern, Switzerland.
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Wettability Control of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media
Join us on May 6th at 16:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time) as Benzhong (Robin) Zhao, an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at McMaster University, presents a webinar on the topic of "Wettability Control of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media". |
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Huge congratulations to Professor Monica Riva! 👏
Professor Monica Riva (Politecnico di Milano, PoliMI (Italy) has been elected as a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Class IV: Natural Sciences). The European Academy of Sciences and Arts is committed to promoting scientific and societal progress. This recognition highlights her outstanding academic contributions in the hydrogeological field. The induction ceremony took place on March 8th in Salzburg. Congratulations, Monica, on this remarkable achievement! |
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A novel application of inverse gas chromatography for estimating contact angles in porous media
Khoeini, M. H., Vukovic, T., van der Net, A., Luna-Triguero, A., & Rücker, M. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2024.10.164 In this study, we demonstrate the use of inverse gas chromatography (iGC) to characterize wetting properties of a porous media. In porous media, surface wetting is a critical factor controlling multiphase flow, as it occurs in various applications, such as filtration, fuel cells, underground C02 or H2 storage. Traditional methods for assessing wetting of porous media include contact angle measurements using micro-computed tomography (microCT). However, its precision and accuracy are limited due to restrictions in sample size or resolution. IGC measures the retention of gas molecules pulsed into a continuous flow of a carrier gas to infer surface area and energy, which can be used to compute contact angle distribution. We show for a set of glass beads, that this method recovers the contact angle distribution obtained from microCT data and is sensitive to wetting alteration the glass beads were exposed to. Furthermore, we discuss the use of this methodology for a wider range of materials in future. |
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Last but not least...
CorrectionIn the newsletter edition sent on 14 March 2025, InterPore2025 Invited Speaker Linda Abriola’s affiliation was unfortunately erroneously published as Tufts University. In fact, she has been affiliated with Brown University since January 2021. We apologize for this error. |
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Matthijs de Winter (Editor in Chief)
Leslie Jakobs (Managing Editor)
Lars Bilke (Production Officer)
Lynn Scheyer (Assistant Editor, Research Spotlights)
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