Jan Vermant Has Been Awarded the European Society of Rheology Weissenberg Award
In commemoration of the scientific achievements of Karl Weissenberg, performed in several European countries, the European Society of Rheology (ESR) decided in 1997 to create a “Weissenberg Award” for outstanding, long-term achievements in the field of rheology. Eligible are rheologists whose centre of scientific activities lies in Europe. The award is bestowed biannually. The 2019 Weissenberg Award recipient is Jan Vermant, head of the Soft Materials Group at the Deparment of Materials.
Prof. Jan Vermant is one of Europe’s finest experimental rheologists and also a leading scientist in colloid and interfacial dynamics. [...] His work includes seminal discoveries that have brought understanding and fundamental insight to problems at the forefront of rheology and represents the qualities one seeks in a Weissenberg medalist.1