The Board of the Nordic Rheology Society

The board of NRS consists of four officers and representatives from each of the Nordic Countries. Please don't hesitate to contact any of the members of the board if you want more information on the Society. The board members are:

President

Olli-Ville Laukkanen

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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Secretary

Norbert Raak

University of Copenhagen

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Treasurer

Kasra Amini

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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ICR Representative

Roland Kádár

Chalmers University of Technology

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Danish Representative

Peter Szabo

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

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Danish Deputy Member

Florian Nettesheim

International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF)

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Finnish Representative

Juho Pokki

Aalto University

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Finnish Deputy Member

Mari Niemelä

Tampere University

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Icelandic Representative

Krishna Kumar Damodaran

University of Iceland

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Icelandic Deputy Member

Margrét Geirsdóttir

Matís

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Norwegian Representative

Catherine Taylor Nordgård

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

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Norwegian Deputy Member

Blandine Feneuil

SINTEF

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Swedish Representative

Gustaf Mårtensson

Mycronic / KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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Swedish Deputy Member

Dragana Arlov

Tetra Pak

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Editor of the NRS Annual Transactions

Andrianifaliana Herimonja Rabenjafimanantsoa

University of Stavanger

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  HIGHLIGHTS
Carl Klason Rheology Awardee 2026: Mats Larsson
We are extremely pleased to announce Mats Larsson as the recipient of the 2026 Carl Klason Rheology Award. The announcement was made by the NRS President Olli-Ville Laukkanen at the RheoMAXESS/AIDA workshop at LINXS - Institute of advanced Neutron and X-ray Science.

Award Citation: "For pioneering contributions to rheological research and instrumentation that have bridged academic research and industrial application, and for his enduring leadership in advancing and promoting rheology in the Nordic countries through innovation, education and collaboration."

Mats is one of the most well-known faces in the Nordic rheology community, having worked in the field of rheology since early 1980s. He is the first author of the most cited paper ever published in the Annual Transactions of the Nordic Rheology Society (currently 285 citations), titled "Suspension stability; why particle size, zeta potential and rheology are important". Mats has been heavily involved in the development of novel rheological measurement techniques over the decades, and he has also made an exceptional effort in popularizing rheology in the Nordic countries and beyond.

Mats is invited to give an award lecture at the Nordic Rheology Conference & Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials Conference 2026 in Lund in August.

Let's congratulate Mats for this great accolade! 👏
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