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Dr. Shrayesh N. Patel is currently an Assistant Professor in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago. He holds a joint appointment in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division at Argonne National Lab, and is also a member of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) − a DOE Energy Innovation Hub. Dr. Patel completed his undergraduate degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in 2007, then received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2013 under the supervision of Dr. Nitash P. Balsara. Before joining the University of Chicago, he was a postdoctoral research associate in the Materials Research Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Barbara under the supervision of Dr. Michael Chabinyc and Dr. Edward Kramer. Dr. Patel’s research interests focus on enabling polymers for sustainable energy systems through fundamental understanding of charge and mass transport, relevant to energy storage and conversion devices such as lithium-ion and beyond lithium-ion batteries, redox flow batteries, and thermoelectrics. Overall, his research expertise lies at the interface of polymer science and engineering, electrochemistry, and organic electronics. You can learn about his group’s research by visiting: https://pme. uchicago.edu/group/patel-group. His Article for this issue is titled “Structure−Transport Properties Governing the Interplay in Humidity-Dependent Mixed Ionic and Electronic Conduction of Conjugated Polyelectrolytes”. Article DOI:10.1021/acspolymersau. 2c00005.