InterPore News featuring New Editor for Research Spotlights

Sent on: 09-12-2025

Dear InterPore colleagues,

Summer season (for the Northern Hemispherers) ! Yet, we have a fully packed Newsletter today: InterPore2026 is rapidly shaping up, the last day (today!) to submit an abstract to the Brazilian Chapter meeting, the Academy has several announcements, some great science and many, many jobs (and also more News items, but this is not supposed to be a content list…).

Also, a National Chapter is having their kick-off meeting. For a second, I thought this would be a new Chapter, but they have already been really active online for some time. Great to see their first National Symposium being held. Scroll down to find out which InterPore Chapter I am talking about.

All the best,

Matthijs de Winter
Editor-in-Chief
InterPore News

Submission of proposals for Conference Courses at InterPore2026 is now open! Courses will be organized as satellite events of the InterPore Annual Meeting in Nantes, France on the following dates:

  • Monday, 18 May 2026

  • Saturday, 23 May 2026

Standard duration of a given course will be half a day (3-hour lecture). Proposals for non-standard duration, if well justified, will be considered. Main criteria for selection of proposals include track record of the proposers as well as the opportunity to ensure diversity to a full extent across all courses.

To submit your proposal, please complete the submission form.

Submission form

Prof. Paolo Colombo – University of Padova, Italy
Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics from Preceramic Polymers

How can we harness preceramic polymers to 3D print porous ceramics for extreme environments? Prof. Paolo Colombo is pioneering novel additive manufacturing techniques—from direct ink writing to volumetric printing—that enable precise control over porosity and complex geometries, unlocking applications from aerospace to nuclear.

With a passion for materials science and an eye toward real-world applications, Prof. Colombo will share how preceramic polymers help overcome key manufacturing challenges, like sedimentation and nozzle clogging, and open the door to lightweight, high-performance components.

Read his abstract and full interview: Paolo Colombo

The InterPore2026 Block Program is now available. Stay tuned for detailed information on the specific blocks and how to submit contributions.

InterPore2026 Block Program

Following the strong interest and positive feedback from InterPore2024, the Grant Writing Workshop will once again be offered at InterPore2026!

Join Professor Nima Shokri (Director of Faculty, Hamburg University of Technology) as he guides participants through the essentials of persuasive grant writing, from crafting compelling proposals to designing effective project budgets and mastering the art of revisions.

Whether you're a student, postdoc, or early-career researcher, this hands-on session will equip you with tools to navigate your funding journey with confidence.

Details and registration info coming soon – seats will be limited!

InterPore2026 will be in Nantes. This week's cultural highlight: The Jardin des Plantes

The Jardin des Plantes de Nantes is a 7-hectare botanical garden in central Nantes, located right next to the railway station. It features over 10,000 plant species within a web of ponds, waterways, and paths. A fine collection of statues, as well as fountains, cascades, pavilions and greenhouse are scattered in the garden. The Jardin des Plantes is well known for its peaceful landscaping, exotic plants, and whimsical art installations. It is free to enter and popular for strolls and botanical exploration.

Photo credit: Make Me Smile

We are pleased to announce that Benzhong (Robin) Zhao, Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at McMaster University (Hamilton, Canada), has officially been appointed as the new Editor of Research Spotlights.

Dr. Zhao also serves as the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies at McMaster. His research focuses on multiphase flow and transport in porous materials, with important applications in climate change mitigation, renewable energy storage, and water security.

He writes: I'm grateful for the opportunity to help highlight impactful research across the porous media community and look forward to working with colleagues around the world to continue building this platform.

He succeeds Lynn Schreyer, who took on the role in 2022. We extend our sincere thanks to Lynn for her dedicated contributions over the past three years.

Please join us in welcoming Robin to his new role—we look forward to the insights and energy he will bring to the Research Spotlights section!

More on Robin Zhao

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 year’s distinguished award, Prof. Lyesse Laloui will be giving one of his two lectures at selected institutions. Hosts may select one of two options:

  • Lecture 1: Tailoring Soil Properties through Bio-Geo-Chemical Engineering
  • Lecture 2: Carbon Dioxide Injection into Deep Aquifers: a Geomechanical Perspective

For detailed information about the lectures, please visit Prof. Laloui’s page.

If your university/institution is interested in hosting Prof. Laloui, please fill out the application form in our website by 31 December 2025.

link to application

Reminder – Stay Safe from Suspicious Emails

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  • Be cautious with unexpected emails — especially those asking you to click links, open attachments, or provide personal or financial information.
  • Official InterPore communications will always come from an @‌interpore.org email address.


InterPore will never request sensitive information via email.

If you ever receive a questionable email that appears to be from us:

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  • Contact us directly at info@interpore.org if you're unsure whether an email is legitimate.

Thank you for staying vigilant and helping keep our community secure.

11-13 August 2025 – Florianópolis-SC, Trindade Campus

 

Registration is open! Visit the event page or follow them on Instagram to learn more.

The National Symposium on Porous Media Research, jointly organized by the Department of Civil Engineering at the India Institute of Technology Hyderabad and the India InterPore Chapter, will take place on 2 August 2025.

*Spot Registration is open on 2 August 2025 at the registration desk*

The National Symposium on Porous Media Research & India InterPore Chapter Kickoff Meeting

InterPore is pleased to announce two more recipients of the InterPore Journal Invited Student Paper Award:

  • Zhilei Han, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

  • Yanying Chen, School of Civil and Resource Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China

More ..

detail info for event

The Society of Core Analysts (SCA) has announced Steffen Berg as the recipient of the 2025 Darcy Award. The award is the SCA’s highest honor and the only award for technical achievement. Steffen Berg, currently treasurer of the InterPore Foundation, has been involved with InterPore in various roles since 2013 and with the Society of Core analysts since 2009.

Congratulations!

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As a member society of the International Science Council, InterPore is pleased to share this global survey on scientists’ participation in scientific organizations. We encourage our members to take part and contribute their experiences.

ISC survey

The 17th International Conference on Thermal Engineering will be held in Valletta, Malta, from June 22 to June 24, 2026.. This is in collaboration between the University of Malta and the Toronto Metropolitan University. The conference website is www.ictea.ca.

Submit abstract

Wenhai Lei, Yuankai Yang, Shuo Yang, Ge Zhang, Jenna Poonoosamy, Anne Juel, Yves Méheust, Shervin Bagheri, Moran Wang

From carbon capture and hydrogen storage to nuclear waste disposal, understanding multiphase reactive flow in porous media is essential for driving the energy transition. This review highlights how microfluidic porous media—tiny chips that mimic the subsurface—can help us visualize and decode these complex, hidden processes.

What makes this work special? A truly interdisciplinary collaboration across microfluidics, fluid mechanics, geoscience, materials science, and energy engineering—uniting researchers from KTH, Forschungszentrum Jülich, CNRS Rennes, Stanford, Manchester, and Tsinghua.

Lab on a Chip, 2025, 25, 3374-3410

Ruotong Huang, Anna Herring, Mohammad Saadatfar, Adrian Sheppard

We investigated the coupling effect of sub-core-scale heterogeneity and miscibility on the development of drainage flow patterns in two Bentheimer sandstone cores. For each core, two drainage experiments were performed under (1) partially miscible and (2) immiscible conditions for the supercritical CO2-brine fluid pair. The impact of miscibility on the development of the flow patterns is not as significant as mild levels of sub-core-scale heterogeneity. In the more heterogeneous core, the flow pattern was highly sensitive to small changes - such as the changes resulting from miscibility during the initial stage of primary drainage.

Water Resources Research 61 (2025), e2024WR039070

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Job Offers

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Junior Professorship: Thermal battery for environmentally friendly low temperature heat storage energy (BETTER), University of Bordeaux, France Show Job Offer
Two postdoc positions in modeling thermal-hydro-chemical-mechanical processes in fractured rock, University of California, Irvine, USA Show Job Offer
PhD position (3.5 years): Unsaturated reactive transport in porous media: Impact of pore-scale heterogeneity and its alteration by precipitation, Institute of Environmental Assessment and WateResearch (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain Show Job Offer
PhD Investigating and modeling a semi-industrial-scale pilot of an innovative chemical method for uranium in situ recovery, Mines Paris PSL University, France, ORANO Mining Show Job Offer
PhD Position on heat and moisture transfers in biobased construction materials: impact of ambient conditions. Laboratoire Navier, Univ. Gustave Eiffel campus, Champs sur Marne, France Show Job Offer
PhD Position in Environmental Science - PFAS remediation, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany Show Job Offer

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