Hello everyone. My name is William Meldrum-Thush, and I am the new editor of the Chini Ultrafast Research Group news blog. I am currently a senior at Lyman High School taking 6 Advanced Placement courses. Outside of class, I participate in band and tennis as well as clubs such as National Honor Society and Modern Music Masters. My recent scholastic achievements include passing REC’s pre-engineering certification test and being nominated as a National Merit Scholar semifinalist. Some future blog posts include news from the lab, interviews with the graduate and undergraduate researchers, and short articles about the types of research we are conducting. I look forward to transforming this blog into both a learning tool as well as an outlet for updates on the research of the ultrafast lab!