2026/27 Council MembersPresident: Dr Heather Shewan Vice President: A/Prof Pat Spicer Secretary: Dr Rishabh More Treasurer: Dr Nick Robe Webmaster: Mr Jake Willett Chairs of Committees Industrial Engagement: Prof Nicky Eshtiaghi Awards: A/Prof Pat Spicer Events: Dr Phuong Nguyen Cognate Societies: A/Prof Anthony Stickland Member-at-large: Dr Ashish Kumar Member-at-large: Dr Mark Coghill Member-at-large & NZ Representative: Dr Pav Devananthan |
President Dr. Heather Shewan Senior Research Fellow School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, QLD 4072 h.shewan@uq.edu.au |  Vice President A/Prof Pat Spicer Associate Professor School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, NSW 2033
p.spicer@unsw.edu.au | 
Immediate Past President Dr. Prabhakar Ranganathan Senior Lecturer Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, VIC 3800 Prabhakar.Ranganathan@monash.edu |
Secretary Dr. Rishabh More Senior Lecturer Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, VIC 3800 |
Treasurer Dr. Nick Robe Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 nick.robe@unimelb.edu.au |
Webmaster (Website & Communications) Mr. Jake Willett PhD Candidate Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 jswillett@student.unimelb.edu.au |
Chair: Industrial Engagement Prof. Nicky Eshtiaghi Professor Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, VIC 3000 nicky.eshtiaghi@rmit.edu.au |
Chair: Cognate Societies Prof. Anthony Stickland Associate Professor Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 stad@unimelb.edu.au |
Chair: Events Dr. Phuong Nguyen Lecturer School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Science, The University of Melbourne phuong.nguyen@unimelb.edu.au | Member-at-large Dr. Ashish Kumar Product and Sales Manager (Characterisation) Anton Paar Australia Pty Ltd ashish.kumar@anton-paar.com |
Member-at-large Dr. Mark Coghill Principle Advisor Rio Tinto Ltd |
Member-at-Large & NZ Representative Dr. Pav Devananthan Senior Tutor and Research Associate Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ pavithran.devananthan@canterbury.ac.nz |
Acknowledgement
The Australian Society of Rheology would like to acknowledge the traditional owner of the land on which we work. We would like to pay respect to elders past, present and emerging and any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people here today.
