Allow me to introduce Joseph Bushell Tanski, born on August 29, 2009. Joey!

Joey at the Trevi Fountain in Rome, October 2012.

Joey in Venice, July 2015.

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I can often be found at crystallography conferences….

In 2005, I attended the 20th Congress of the International Union of Crystallography in Florence, Italy.

PHOTO ESSAY FROM FLORENCE ITALY!  This is the pulpit in Santa Maria Novella from which Galileo was condenmed as a heretic. Turns out he was right, and now he’s buried across town in Santa Croce, but his middle finger rests in Florence’s History of Science Museum, making a final statement.

In the summer of 2007, I traveled to Erice, Sicily, to take part in the 39th Course of the International School of Crystallography on crystal engineering.

In October 2008, I attended the Bruker Users Meeting, at Delft, The Netherlands.

2009: American Crystallographic Association meeting in Toronto, Canada.

2011: American Crystallographic Association meeting in New Orleans.

In August, 2011, I attended the Twenty-Second Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography, in Madrid, Spain.

2012: American Crystallographic Association meeting in Boston.

2013: American Crystallographic Association meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, July, 2013.

2014: Twenty-Third Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography, in Montreal, Canada, August 2014.

2015: American Crystallographic Association meeting in Philadelphia, PA, July, 2015, where I co-chaired a session with Roger Rowlett on engaging undergraduates with crystallographic research.

December 2015: Pacifichem!

In 2016, X-ray crystallography with undergraduates sessions at ACA and ACS:

ACA: July, 2016, Denver – 1.09 Engaging Undergraduates with Crystallographic Research.

ACS: August, 2016, Philadelphia – CHED007 Engaging Undergraduates with X-ray Crystallography.

2017: ACA New Orleans, May 26-30, 2017 – 1.1.4 Engaging Undergraduates with Crystallographic Research.

2018: ACA Toronto, July 20-24, 2018.

2019: ACA Covington, KY, July 20-24, 2019.

2020:  ACS Philly (cancelled due to Covid-19), ACA San Diego (virtual meeting), and IUCr Prague (moved to 2021 as hybrid).

2021: vACA2021 July 30 – August 4.

2021: Hybrid Twenty-Fifth Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography from Prague, Czech Republic, August 2021.

2022 ACA in Portland, OR.

2023: Twenty-Sixth Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography Melbourne, Australia, August 2023.

2024 ACA in Denver, CO.

I am a huge Red Sox fan. I witnessed the Reverse Of The Curse firsthand.