Some new, and some long overdue welcomes to the lab. Last September, we welcomed three new PhD students: Eva Erickson, Anoop Kiran and Ronan Gissler who joined the PhD program from Ga Tech, SUNY Buffalo and Tufts. In January, we welcomed PJ Gaudio to the PhD program from U. Hartford, via Electric Boat; just this week, we welcomed Alex Gehrke – a new Post Doc – who just completed his PhD with Karen Mulleners at EPFL (Switzerland). Welcome to all of you!