After my sabbatical at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer research in Germany in 2024... I'm back! I'm thrilled to be here. While there are definitely some things I miss about Germany, I am so happy to be back working with everyone at CMU. The team started 2025 with a lab cleanup and great energy. It's way too cold to take an outside picture, but it had been over a year so it was time. Here's our Winter 2025 group picture.