Daniel Gamelin is the Harry and Catherine Jaynne Boand Endowed Chair in Chemistry at the University of Washington. Prof. Gamelin received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Stanford University in 1998. His research targets the development and physical characterization of new functional inorganic materials with unusual electronic structures that give rise to desirable photophysical, photochemical, chemical, electronic, magnetic, or magneto-optical properties. He is a recipient of an NSF CAREER Award, a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, and a Sloan Research Fellowship, and is a Fellow of the AAAS.