I’m fortunate and honored to have received an NSF CAREER Award to use synchrotron techniques to continue studying the Mn-Bi interaction in rechargeable alkaline batteries. The full title of the project is “Engineering electrochemical reversibility in disordered materials for high energy density batteries.” Special thanks to Dr. Andrea Bruck and Matthew Kim, whose data were essential to the proposal. Northeastern did a nice magazine writeup about the project, which has a subheading called “Saving the World,” a level of drama/sincerity that I wholeheartedly endorse.