ACS Session Honoring Mike Hochella

Last week a session was held at the American Chemical Society's Fall 2022 meeting in honor of Prof. Emeritus Mike Hochella. Many people from all around the world presented their research and celebrated Mike's contribution to the field of Nanogeoscience. PhD student Ali Namandayeh contributed the photos of the event below. The picture on the left shows the so-called "VT Nano Mafia" -- left-to-right: Ali Namayandeh, Kevin Rosso (VT geosciences alumni, PNNL), Marc Michel (VT-Geosciences), Gordon Brown ( VT geosciences alumni, Stanford University), Mike Hochella (Geosciences, PNNL; VT), and Peter Vikesland (Environmental engineering; VT). This was a kind of "family reunion:" Gordon Brown was the advisor of Mike (Ph.D.) and Marc (Postdoc) at Stanford, Mike was the Ph.D. advisor of Kevin at VT, and Marc is Ali's advisor at VT. Three scientific generations paying it forward.

Congratulations on this session honoring your career, Mike!