Dear InterPore friends,

Today’s newsletter features the InterPore Academy pre-recorded Short-Course series. If you have
missed a
short course or want to suggest the course to a colleague, this is your chance. When composing this
Newsletter, I came to realize that we probably would not have had this feature without the highly
accelerated
extending of online possibilities. A year ago, we’d be travelling across the globe.

Dear InterPore friends,

Happy New Year! I hope that 2021 will bring you good health, good spirit and a great environment for living
and working. When those pieces fall in place, beautiful science will follow, almost as a natural consequence.
That is why we look after each other.

Those looking after InterPore are our president, council and Student Affairs Committee (amongst many other
InterPore committees, of course). But to start the year with great news: The election results led to an
indisputable outcome. See below!

Dear InterPore friends,

The end of the year is nearing. What a year it was. Certainly not as we would have imagined one year
ago. Of course, science progressed, and we get better and better at online activities, but the human
tragedies caused by COVID-19 does cast a major shadow over everything. Unfortunately, the near
future will likely look similar.

Dear InterPore friends,

Last chance to vote, as the polls close at 30 November. Why voting? Well, for example our current president
Laura Pyrak-Nolte represented us, the porous media community, at the very large University Alliance of the
Silk Route events, as you can read below. You can choose which of the two capable candidates will do that in a
few years from now.

Dear InterPore friends,

It’s InterPore Election time! Voting is made very easy, but choosing candidates is hard. Of course,
it is a
luxury problem, having to choose between all these wonderful people who are willing to invest time
in our
InterPore community. Happy voting everybody!

Dear InterPore friends,

Dear InterPore Friends,

Dear InterPore friends,

Just in case you’re into special numbers: Today’s issue is number 20 in the year 2020. It may not
mean a lot, but if you miss it, it won’t happen again.

Something that does bear some meaning is being awarded with one of the
prestigious InterPore awards. It is still possible to nominate candidates for this. Please
consider your colleagues and realize that this can be a major boost for their career or a
well-deserved acknowledgement for a life-long contribution to porous media science.

Take care,

Dear InterPore friends,

InterPore2020 is finished, although… it remains available online. And the book of abstracts has been published… and we can announce the winners of the contests…

…but it is also time to look ahead. For example updates from InterPore Chapters and the flyer of InterPore2021. Something to look forward to! We are also always looking forward to innovative scientific achievements (see the In Journals section), job opportunities and fascinating lectures. We’ve got a bit of everything in today’s Newsletter.

Stay healthy,

Dear InterPore friends,

What a week! Wonderful! What else is there to say…?
Well, thanks to all who’ve attended, who’ve contributed, who’ve managed all the technical aspects, made the program, ran the sessions…

…and for those who missed it? You may not be too late, as you can read below!

Also: Many job opportunities, a special issue opportunity and something interesting called thermoporometry.

All the best,
Matthijs de Winter
Editor-in-Chief
InterPore News