Editorial

Dear InterPore colleagues,

The first full InterPore News of 2026! Proudly announcing two awards, academy webinars and the next course. Reflecting on the Kimberly-Clark tour 2025 which actually hasn’t finished just yet, the latest updates on InterPore2026 and some highlighted science. Very proudly we report about our own journal making another significant step forward! What a great start to the new year!

All the best,

Matthijs de Winter
Editor-in-Chief
InterPore News

Abstract Submission Update

Abstract submission for oral presentations has now closed, and we are excited to share that we have received close to 1,000 submissions! Abstracts for poster and online presentations are still being accepted. If you haven’t already submitted, it’s not too late to join us for what will be a vibrant and diverse scientific program!

Student Poster Award

Outstanding student poster presentations at InterPore2026 will be honored at the annual conference of InterPore.

Award details

• Four awards, each with a prize of 500 €
• Two awards sponsored by Earth Energy Science, Earth Energy Science | Journal | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
• Two awards sponsored by Capillarity, Capillarity

Exhibitor at InterPore2026!

We welcome Teledyne ISCO as exhibitor at InterPore2026! Known for their high-quality solutions in fluid sampling, pumping, and flow measurement, Teledyne ISCO supports research and applications across environmental, geoscience, and engineering fields—making them a great fit for the InterPore community.

New Gold Sponsor

TotalEnergies joins InterPore2026 as a Gold Sponsor! We are grateful for their support and look forward to their engagement with the InterPore community at the conference.

Sightseeing Hunt...in Nantes!

The Loire Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is an outstanding cultural landscape of great beauty, with many historic towns and villages, great architectural monuments (the châteaux), 80 km east of Nantes. The political history of France during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, is reflected in the region's world-famous castles (châteaux), such as Chambord, and Azay-le-Rideau.

Photo credit: Philippe49730  / CC BY-SA 4.0

InterPore Journal Accepted for Indexing in DOAJ

We are pleased to announce that the InterPore Journal has been officially accepted for indexing in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

This important milestone recognizes the journal’s commitment to high-quality peer review, editorial transparency, and open-access publishing standards. Inclusion in DOAJ enhances the visibility, accessibility, and impact of the research published in InterPore Journal, while also serving as a mark of quality assurance and credibility, further strengthening its role within the porous media research community.

We thank our authors, reviewers, editors, and readers for their continued support in reaching this achievement.

Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lectureship 2025 Comes to a Close

A warm thank you to Professor Rainer Helmig, University of Stuttgart, Germany, for successfully concluding his lectureship year. Over the course of 2025, he delivered 24 lectures around the world, sharing his expertise and inspiring colleagues across the global porous media community. Even as the offical lectureship year comes to a close, his commitment continues, with two additional lectures in 2026 (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe, Germany, and NTNU in Trondheim, Norway). We are deeply grateful for his outstanding engagement, generosity with his time, and willingness to travel extensively in support of porous media. We also thank Kimberly-Clark for all the support provided throughout the years.

Kimberly-Clark Lectureship 2026: Prof. Lyesse Laloui

A reminder that applications to host Prof. Lyesse Laloui, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, are still open until 28 February 2026.

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 on our website.

InterPore Chapter Award

The UK InterPore Chapter has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 InterPore National Chapter Award, recognizing its sustained activity, strong membership, and strategic leadership within InterPore. Congratulations to our colleagues in the UK InterPore Chapter on this well-deserved award and their excellent work!

Final Recipient of the Inaugural Invited Student Paper Award Announced

The final recipient of the inaugural Invited Student Paper Award—based on student presentations from the InterPore 2024 Annual Meeting—has now been formally recognized in a long-overdue announcement. The awarded work by Yang Liu et al., published in the final issue of 2025, highlights the successful development of outstanding student research into a peer-reviewed journal article.

Register for Pore 2-8.2

There's only one week remaining to register for our next Academy Course:

PORE 2-8.2: Salt Cavern Modeling and Simulation
Lecturers: Hadi Hajibeygi, Herminio Honório, and Mathias Erdtmann
Start: 23 January 2026, 10:00 CET (online)

Academy Webinars 2026

Mark your calendars for the webinars in 2026! Curious about The Secret Life of Soil (27 January), taught by Professor Xiaofan Yang? Or maybe Ice Scupturing with Porous Media Flow (3 March), taught by Assistant Professor Xiaojing Fu? Or how about on 21 April, the lecture by Professor Jimenez-Martinez on How Inert Phases and Active Matter Shape Mixing and Reactions in Porous Media?

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February 2026, the International Science Council (ISC), InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science (SCGES) will host a webinar highlighting the role of women in scientific organizations, focusing on leadership, representation and strategies to advance gender equality across the global science system.

Modeling of Hydraulic Fracture Propagation in Real Heterogeneous Conglomerates from the Mahu Oilfield using the Global Cohesive Zone Method

Mingyang Zhang, Yanying Chen, Ming Yue, Ninghong Jia, Weifeng Lyu, Amer Alizadeh, Haoran Cheng, Chiyu Xie

Zhang et al. investigate how geological heterogeneity influences hydraulic fracture propagation in conglomerate reservoirs from the Mahu area, China. Combining CT imaging, QEMSCAN analysis, and a global cohesive-zone FEM model, the study shows that fractures preferentially propagate in regions with lower critical fracture energy and advance more slowly in heterogeneous cores. The results provide valuable insights into how mineral composition and internal structure shape fracture networks, with implications for optimizing hydraulic fracturing in complex reservoirs.

Understanding Fracture Aperture and Permeability Evolution due to Carbonate Mineralization Utilizing 3D Printing

Md. Fahim Salek, Harrish Kumar Senthil Kumar, Abdullah Al Nahian, Samsul Mahmood, Bryan S. Beckingham, Kyle Schulze, Lauren E. Beckingham

This work aims to understand changes in fractures due to mineral precipitation. Our study leverages 3D printing and 3D X-ray CT imaging to systematically investigate how mineral precipitation impacts fracture aperture and permeability evolution over time. While traditional laboratory experiments with real rock samples are often challenging due to natural heterogeneities, our approach enables a better understanding of reaction kinetics in a highly controlled system. It also paves the way for using the same model in both simulations and experiments, opening new avenues for research and validation.

Static Elastic Properties of Rocks Obtained by X-ray Microtomography, Inverse Modeling and Surrogate Model

Ruan Gomes, Sergio Fontoura, Guilherme Righetto, Luiza Fernandes, Rafael Lopez, Rafaella Sampaio, Claudio Lima, Marcel Naumann, William Silva

Gomes et al. advances digital rock analysis by introducing an inverse modeling approach to estimate variations in elastic properties in rocks. Using a sandstone sample from the Botucatu Formation, the authors combine finite element modeling, a genetic algorithm, and artificial neural networks to iteratively match simulations with experimental data. Their studies demonstrate that this integrated framework can reliably infer mechanical properties, offering a robust new tool for pore-scale characterization.

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Thank you for your ongoing dedication to our community!

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