{"id":3490,"date":"2026-09-25T14:08:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/?p=3490"},"modified":"2026-09-25T14:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:20:33","slug":"mazi-jalaal-receives-oldroyd-early-career-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/2026\/09\/25\/mazi-jalaal-receives-oldroyd-early-career-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Mazi Jalaal receives Oldroyd Early Career Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3490\" class=\"elementor elementor-3490\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84c70c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"84c70c0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a305e2\" data-id=\"8a305e2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3172dc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3172dc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.5 - 03-02-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The European Society of Rheology has awarded the 2026 Oldroyd Early Career Award to IoP-physicist Mazi Jalaal. The award highlights outstanding, early-career achievements in the field of rheology and for commitments to the rheological community.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b5cd90 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b5cd90\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-01bd32f\" data-id=\"01bd32f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b53b76b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b53b76b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rheology is the branch of physics and material science that studies the flow and deformation of matter. In commemoration of the scientific achievements of James Gardner Oldroyd, pioneer of rheology, the European Society of Rheology introduced the Oldroyd Early Career Award in 2023. The prize is awarded annually and eligible to rheologists regardless of their geographical location.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f8f3f7\" data-id=\"4f8f3f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9334bfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9334bfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.5 - 03-02-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"700\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mazi-photo.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mazi-photo.png 700w, https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mazi-photo-293x300.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5fef7da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5fef7da\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50c5d18\" data-id=\"50c5d18\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f584a1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f584a1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In his work, Mazi Jalaal and his research team study the flow of complex fluids and biophysics of living organisms, with the aim to tackle industrial and environmental challenges. The citation for the award reads:<\/p><p><em>&#8220;For fundamental contributions to the rheology and flow of complex fluids with deformable interfaces, and for pioneering work in active and biological materials, Dr. Mazi Jalaal has made outstanding advances through the integration of theory, experiments, and computation, while bridging fundamental rheological physics with impactful real-world applications.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><p>The award ceremony will take place at the Annual European Rheology Conference in Krakow, Poland, from 14-17 April 2026. At the conference, Jalaal will present a plenary lecture about his work.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Society of Rheology has awarded the 2026 Oldroyd Early Career Award to IoP-physicist Mazi Jalaal. The award highlights outstanding, early-career achievements in the field of rheology and for commitments to the rheological community. Rheology is the branch of physics and material science that studies the flow and deformation of matter. In commemoration of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,12,20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3490"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3497,"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490\/revisions\/3497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iop.fnwi.uva.nl\/scm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}